BrainNavigator Demo: Interactive Atlas & 3D Brain Imaging Software
Remlee Green
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join us for a hands-on demo of BrainNavigator, a new product sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Navigating brain structures is complex—especially in small subjects like rats and mice. It’s easy to get lost as you view structures, make injections and analyze research. BrainNavigator is a collaboration between Elsevier and the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and it helps you locate the positions of structures within the brain, making visualization and understanding the brain easier.
Learn to use BrainNavigator to:
• Browse and compare diagrams
• View high-resolution images at the cellular level
• Compare rat and mouse brains using a unified nomenclature
• Compare BrainNavigator information with your own content
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/brainnav
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, x3-4088, remlee@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Practically Genomic
Charlie Whittaker, AJ Bhutkar, Courtney Crummett, Sebastian Hoersch
Mon Jan 25, Wed Jan 27, Fri Jan 29, 11am-01:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Genomics, microarrays, and massively parallel applications such as next generation sequencing have made biology research a highly quantitative field. As a result, many biologists face the challenge of mastering computers and computational methods. Our sessions are designed to begin the process. We will provide an overview of some of the bioinformatics tools and methods mandated by modern biological research. Practical examples will be used to introduce powerful aspects of the Unix operating system, Perl, R, Excel and MySQL. We will also instruct attendees on the usage of bioinformatics tools for genomics, phylogenetics and microarray data analysis. Topics to be covered include the UCSC genome browser, GALAXY, Argo, GenePattern, Bioconductor, ClustalX, and a variety of functional annotation methods.
Web: http://luria.mit.edu/Jan_10_IAP/
Contact: Charlie Whittaker, E18-366, x4-0337, charliew@mit.edu
Sponsor: David H. Koch Inst. for Integrative Cancer Researc
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Tue Jan 12, Thu Jan 14, 05-07:00pm, 68-077
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science.--Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a course on repair of laboratory equipment, geared toward but not limited to beginners. Equipment will include: electrophoresis units, spectrophotometers, motors on shakers and centrifuges, etc. General topics will also include: assessing the tools required to disassemeble, fix and reassemble a piece of equipment; tool quality; and rational disassembly of equipment when the function of some component is not known. Bring broken equipment on which to practice. Session starts at 7:00 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-641, x3-4721, bminesin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
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Using NCBI's BLAST
Courtney Crummett, Amy Stout
Tue Jan 19, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Want to know more about how BLAST works and how to use it more effectively in your research? Then this class is for you! Learn how to use NCBI resources and optimize your BLAST protein searches to get the most out of your results. Attendance at Bioinformatics for Beginners and familiarity with BLAST are recommended.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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