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The Microarray Research Group has many goals and is aimed at providing useful information for both academic and industrial scientists employing various forms of microarrays in their research. The main focus of the MARG is to promote communication and cooperation among core laboratories providing microarray and data analysis services. In addition, the MARG is charged with conducting studies to help assess technological advancements and provide information about these technologies to all interested parties. Information developed and communicated by the MARG should be used to help laboratories evaluate their performance and achieve the highest quality results possible from the use of microarray technologies. In order to accomplish these goals the MARG will also strive to provide ways for sharing information relevant to the administration of facility laboratories that provide microarray technologies as a shared resource.

Current Membership
Dr. Susan Hester (Chair) - US Environmental Protection Agency
Herbert Auer - IRB Barcelona
Dr. Don A. Baldwin - University of Pennsylvania
Dr Christina A Harrington (Co-Chair) - Oregon Health & Science Univesity
Nadereh Jafari - Northwestern Universtiy
Dr. Wei Wang - Cornell University
Mr. Aldo B Massimi (Ad hoc) - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr Nancy D Denslow (EB Liaison) - Univ of Florida-Gainesville

Studies
1) MARG 2009 Study
    - 2009 MARG Study Announcement (16K)
2) MARG 2008 Study
    - View Announcement (8K)
3) 2007 MARG Research Project Powerpoint Presentation
    - View Document (2,623K)
4) 2004 RESEARCH PROJECT PROTOCOLS
    - Ambion- MessageAmp II aRNA kit (48K)
    - Enzo BioArray RNA Amplification labeling system (126K)
    - Nugen Ovation Biotin system (27K)
    - AffymetrixTwo-cycles labeling Assay (140K)
    - Standard protocol

Activities
1) 2008 MARG Talk
    - 2008 MARG Talk
2) 2007 MARG Educational Session
    - View Document (6,826K)
3) 2007 MARG Research Project Poster
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Electronic Posters
1) 2008 MARG Survey Poster
    - 2008 MARG Survey Poster
    - Survey Summary
2) Taking the Pulse of the Microarray Field: The Microarray Survey 2005. For more information and requests for the slide presentation please email kevin-knudtson@uiowa.edu
    - View Document (204K)
3) Evaluation of Small Sample Nucleic Acid Amplification Technologies for Gene Expression Profiling. For more information and requests for the slide presentation please email Herber Auer at auerh@ccri.net
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4) A Current Profile of Microarray Laboratories: The Microarray Survey 2003
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5) Comparing GeneChip Data Generated in Different Laboratories (Reid et al.)
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6) Estimation and Reduction of the Bias Caused by RNA Degradation in Microarray Analysis
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7) Microarray Variability Study 2002
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8) A Current Profile of Microarray Laboratories: The Microarray Survey 2001
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9) The State of the Art of Microarray Analysis: The Microarray Survey 1999
    - View Document (184K)

Publications
1) Grills, G. (1999).  Problems and Pleasures of Implementing Microarray Technologies.  J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract).
2) Albertson, H.(1999).Microarrays in a Shared Facility - Practical and Scientific Experiences from the Huntsman Cancer Institute.  J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract).
3) Massimi, A. (1999).Implementation of a Custom cDNA Microarray Facility at AECOM.  J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract).
4) Sandmeyer, S. (1999).A Userís-Eye View of the Affymetrix Gene Expression System: The Early Days. J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract).
5) Grills, G., Griffin, C., Heck, D., Lilley, K., Massimi, A., Sandmeyer, S., Bao, Y., and J.I. Van Ee (2000).The State of the Art of Microarray Analysis: A Profile of MicroarrayLaboratories.J. Biomolecular Techniques11(1), 30 (abstract).
6) Bumgarner, R. (2000).  DNA Arrays: Technologies, Applications, and Data Analysis. J. Biomolecular Techniques 11(1), 35 (abstract).
7) Grills, G., Bumgarner, R., Delrow, J., Lilley, K. Massimi, A., Bao, Y., Knudtson, K., VanEe, J. andC. Griffin (2000).The State of the Art of Microarray Research: Results of the ABRF Microarray Research Group Studies.Microb. Comp. Genomics(abstract, in press).
8) Grills, GS. Problems and pleasures of implementing microarray technologies. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2):105.
9) Albertson, H. Microarrays in a Shared Facility - Practical and Scientific Experiences from the Huntsman Cancer Institute. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105 (abstract).
10) Massimi, A. Implementation of a Custom cDNA Microarray Facility at AECOM. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105.
11) Sandmeyer, S. A Userís-Eye View of the Affymetrix Gene Expression System: The Early Days. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105.
12) Grills GS, Griffin C, Heck D, Lilley K, Massimi A, Sandmeyer S, Bao Y, VanEe JI. The state of the art of microarray analysis: a profile of microarray laboratories. J. Biomol. Tech. 2000; 11(1):30.
    - Web poster, last updated 8/23/00
13) Bumgarner, R. (2000). DNA Arrays: Technologies, Applications, and Data Analysis. J. Biomol. Tech. 2000; 11(1), 35 (abstract).
14) Grills GS, Griffin C, Lilley K, Massimi A, Bao Y, VanEe JI. A profile of microarray laboratories. Proceedings of the Northwest Microarray Conference 2000.
15) Grills GS, Burngarner R, Delrow J, Lilley K, Massimi A, Bao Y, Knudtson K, VanEe JI, Griffin C. The state of the art of microarray research: results of the ABRF Microarray Research Group studies. 12th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference 2000; 10.
16) Grills GS, Griffin C, Massimi A, Lilley K, Knudtson K, VanEe JI. A current profile of microarray laboratories: results of the 2000-2001 ABRF Microarray Research Group survey of laboratories using microarray technologies. J. Biomol. Tech. 2000; 11(4):225.
    - Web poster, last updated 6/1/01
17) Knudtson KL, Griffin C, Brooks A, Iacobas A, Johnson K, Khitrov G, Lilley K, Massimi A, Viale A, Zhang W, Bao Y, Grills GS, Thaler H, Cox C. Factors contributing to variability in DNA microarray results: the ABRF Microarray Research Group 2002 study. J. Biomol. Tech. 2002; 108.
    - Poster Updated 5/02 (1,486K)
18) At the national ABRF meeting the MARG convened a roundtable to discuss data comparability among commercial microarray platforms. A distinguished acadmic panel asked questions of bioinformaticists representing the microarray industry leaders. The discussion centered around 10 questions created by the academic panel and also addressed questions and comments from the meeting participants. Below are the transcripts from this meeting.
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Membership History
Member Name Organization Details
Mr Jason P Affourtit The Jackson Laboratory  Member: 03/04 - 09/04
Herbert Auer IRB Barcelona  Chair: 02/05 - 02/06
Member: 03/04 - 02/05
Dr. Yongde Bao Univ of Virginia Sch of Med  Ad hoc: 01/99 - 01/00
Ad hoc: 03/01 - 04/02
Dr Andrew I Brooks UMDNJ/Rutgers  Chair: 05/02 - 03/04
Member: 03/01 - 03/02
Ad hoc: 02/05 - 02/06
Co-Chair: 03/04 - 02/05
Jaime Gill   Member: 06/03 - 03/04
Chandi Griffin Univ. California San Francisco, SFGH/GCRC  Member: 01/99 - 02/01
Member: 04/02 - 02/05
Ad hoc: 02/05 - 02/07
Co-Chair: 03/01 - 03/02
George S. Grills Cornell University  Chair: 07/99 - 03/00
Member: 01/99 - 07/99
Ad hoc: 03/01 - 03/07
Co-Chair: 03/00 - 03/01
Dr Dumitru A. Iacobas Albert Einstein Coll of Med  Member: 03/01 - 06/03
Ad hoc: 06/03 - 03/04
Ad hoc: 08/04 - 08/04
Kevin A. Johnson The Jackson Laboratory  Member: 03/01 - 06/03
Ad hoc: 06/03 - 06/04
Mrs. Cassie Keener moved - no address  Member: 06/03 - 03/04
Dr Greg Khitrov Mount Sinai Medical Center  Member: 06/04 - 05/06
Dr. Kevin L. Knudtson Univ of Iowa  ChairCo-Chair: 03/01 - 04/02
Member: 05/02 - 02/05
Ad hoc: 02/05 - 02/07
Ad hoc: 01/00 - 03/01
Dr Shawn E Levy Vanderbilt University  Member: 11/02 - 03/04
Dr Kathryn S Lilley University of Cambridge  Member: 01/99 - 01/00
Ad hoc: 01/00 - 04/02
EB Liason: 03/04 - 02/05
Mr. Aldo B Massimi Albert Einstein College of Medicine  Member: 08/99 - 02/02
MBCF- Paul T Morrison MBCF @ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  EB Liason: 01/99 - 01/00
Dr. Norma J. Nowak SUNY Buffalo and RPCI  Member: 07/02 - 03/04
Dr Marco F Ramoni Harvard Medical School  Member: 08/04 - 02/05
Caprice Rosato Oregon State Univ  Member: 10/06 - 05/07
Laurey Steinke University of Nebraska Medical Center  EB Liason: 01/00 - 03/01
Theodore W Thannhauser United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service  EB Liason: 03/01 - 03/04
James Van Ee Cornell University  Ad hoc: 01/99 - 04/01
Agnes Viale Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr.  Member: 03/01 - 03/04
Member: 04/04 - 12/07

Links
Microarray Information Resource
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