Dear Listers, The VIB MicroArray Facility (MAF) is organizing a User Group Meeting, this time focusing on miRNA expression analysis. Other topics covered are: AGRONOMICS1, a new tiling array for Arabidopsis, DamID, an alternative for ChIP-chip, Breast cancer gene expression profiling, Toxicogenomics, nCounterR analysis system, and many more. Attendance is completely free but as space is limited you are required to register and attendance will be acknowledged on a "first come first served" principle. Check out the preliminary program below and at: www.microarrays.be You may register at: torik.ayoubi@vib.be, do not forget to state "registration" in the subject header. In the body of the email please give your - -Name -Affiliation Torik Ayoubi (PhD) Research Manager VIB MicroArray Facility, K.U. Leuven Herestraat 49 O&N 1, Post Box 816 3000 Leuven, Belgium email: <mailto:torik.ayoubi@vib.be> torik.ayoubi@vib.be tel: 0032-16347939 web site: http://www.microarrays.be/ <https://vibportal.vib.be/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f7765626d61696c2e6d61617374726 9636874756e69766572736974792e6e6c$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=79d0788ad2864e59b7182fa dcb4db57e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.microarrays.be%2f> , http://www.vib.be/ <https://vibportal.vib.be/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f7765626d61696c2e6d61617374726 9636874756e69766572736974792e6e6c$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=79d0788ad2864e59b7182fa dcb4db57e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vib.be%2f> personal web site: http://www.biomedicalgenomics.org <https://vibportal.vib.be/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f7765626d61696c2e6d61617374726 9636874756e69766572736974792e6e6c$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=79d0788ad2864e59b7182fa dcb4db57e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.biomedicalgenomics.org> 9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.30 New developments at VIB MicroArray Facility; More, Better, Faster, Cheaper, Torik Ayoubi, VIB MAF 10.30-11.00 MicroRNAs: A comparison of different platforms, Hinrich Goehlmann, Johnson & Johnson, Beerse 11.00-11.15 MicroRNA data analysis, Rudy van Eijsden, VIB MAF 11.15-11.30 Microarray analysis of microRNA profiles in a mouse model of left ventricular hypertrophy, Peter Pokreisz, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, KU Leuven and Vesalius Research Center, VIB. 11.30-11.45 MicroRNAs in heart progenitor cells, Stefania Crippa, Maurilio Sampaolesi, Stem cell Institute, K.U.Leuven 11.45-12.15 MicroRNA profiling and targets genes in normal and malignant B cells, Anke Van den Berg, Pathology & Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen 12.15-13.20 Lunch 13.20-13.40 Extracting knowledge from your microarray experiment, Joke Allemeersch, VIB MAF 13.40-14.00 AGRONOMICS1, a new tiling array for Arabidopsis transcriptome profiling, Pierre Hilson, Functional Genomics, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University 14.00-14.20 High resolution profiling of the LEDGF/p75 chromatin interaction in the ENCODE region, Jan De Rijck, Moleculaire Virologie en Gentherapie, K.U.Leuven 14.20-14.40 Prediction of lymph node involvement in breast cancer from primary tumor tissue using gene expression profiling, Ann Smeets, Multidisciplinary Breast Centre Leuven 14.40-15.10 Coffee 15.10-15.30 Toxicogenomics in an in vitro estrogenic screening context: added value to classical single endpoint estrogenicity screens , Caroline Vanparys, Laboratory of Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Antwerp 15.30-15.50 Mapping gene regulatory networks in Drosophila, Stein Aerts, Laboratory of Computational Biology, Center for Human Genetics, KULeuven 15.50-16.10 nCounterR, multiplex transcript quantification using a molecular barcoding detection system, Frederik Coppens, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University 16.10-16.25 End Remarks