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"Microarray Informatics" Courseware launched
At CHI's Third Annual Pharmacogenomics Conference
Cambridge, MA, October
9, 2001— GeneEd, Inc., a leading provider of advanced
e-Learning solutions for the life science industry, officially launched
its newest Advanced Courseware entitled "Microarray Informatics".
"Microarray Informatics" was created, using a live workshop developed
by 3rd Millennium, Inc. as the template. The half-day workshop has
been given at several CHI conferences, receiving extremely favorable
feedback. Dr. Jack Pollard, head of 3rd Millennium's microarray
informatics practice, led their team of instructors who served as
Scientific Content Providers for the development and validation
of this course. This approach allowed GeneEd, 3rd Millennium and
CHI to accurately capture the best part of the live seminar and
create a course that can be more broadly deployed and accessed.
"This newest addition to our Advanced Life Science
curricula comes at a perfect time," said Barry Giordano, VP of Sales
and Marketing at GeneEd. "Unless you understand how to use these
sophisticated technologies and informatics tools, you'll waste a
lot of time, or worse; misinterpret data."
"We worked very closely with our colleagues at
3rd Millennium to capture the information and knowledge that served
as the foundation for this course. Anyone involved with microarray
data analysis, gene expression or statistics will directly benefit
from the information contained in this courseware. Incorporating
world-class content, with our validated methodology of instructional
design, creativity and delivery, we can offer a new level of e-Learning
for life science. We also incorporated our Version 2.0 interface,
designed to further enhance GeneEd's e-Learning experience."
GeneEd, CHI, and 3rd Millennium introduced "Microarray
Informatics" today at CHI's Third Annual Pharmacogenomics Conference
in Cambridge, MA. In accordance with the terms of this partnership,
3rd Millennium and CHI will be able to distribute the course. Financial
terms were not discussed.
"We initially developed the live microarray workshop
because we saw many of our clients struggling with the issues of
microarray data analysis and management as they scaled up their
investments in microarray technology," said Richard Dweck, President
of 3rd Millennium. "The workshop and this on-line course will allow
research organizations to increase their return on those microarray
investments by introducing the latest analytical techniques and
informatics strategies into their process."
Microarray Informatics focuses primarily on the
techniques and strategies required for successful use of Microarray
technology by:
- Introducing the fundamental concepts
behind microarray technology.
- Giving a detailed description of each
stage of data collection and analysis for the microarray process.
- Describing the information systems issues
organizations face in tracking microarray experiments and data
(LIMS, etc.) and highlighting the challenges of combining analytical
tools and tracking analyses in an information management system
(AIMS)
- Providing a comparative analysis of leading
academic and commercial software packages.
For more information on the Microarray Informatics
course, please contact sales@geneed.com
The GeneEd e-Learning
Experience
GeneEd's web-delivered life science courses are built on and deployed
from its powerful e-Learning platform, which allows for rich interactivity
and engaging content via any standard Web-browser over connections
as slow as 36.6 kbs. GeneEd's e-Learning platform also allows for
the integration of e-tutor support throughout every course, all
via the Web. GeneEd's learning management tools provide tracking
and reporting on groups of users, as well as an individual user.
GeneEd's e-Learning platform easily integrates with third-party
learning management systems and other enterprise software applications
that are AICC/SCORM-compliant.
About Cambridge Healthtech
Institute
CHI services the biotechnical and biomedical markets by acting as
an information resource in an ever-changing environment. Through
the organization of scientific conferences and publication of market
reports, CHI offers a one-stop resource for learning about the latest
technological developments in such areas as genomics, drug discovery
and development, lab instrumentation, and blood products. CHI holds
over 50 U.S. and international events each year, and currently offers
a growing list of technology and application reports in the new
Genomic Pathways Report Series. Additional information about CHI's
conferences and reports can be found on their web site.
About 3rd Millennium,
Inc.
3rd Millennium, Inc., located in Cambridge, MA is a leading bioinformatics
consultancy that works with pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic
clients on a project basis to design and develop software systems
critical to early stage biological research and discovery. 3rd Millennium's
expertise is in custom biological database applications, microarray
informatics and analytics, and data and analysis integration. The
company has extensive experience developing systems for laboratory
information management, microarray-based gene expression profiling,
sequence analysis and annotation, high-throughput genomics, proteomics,
and biological pathway modeling. Additional information can be found
at http://www.3rdmill.com.
About GeneEd
GeneEd, Inc. was founded in 1997 to provide life science and health
e-Learning solutions through the creation of compelling, multimedia-based
training, using the Internet and company's Intranets as the primary
delivery platform. GeneEd uses the best life science content, combined
with a validated methodology for repurposing, to rapidly create
basic and advanced curricula in the areas of genomics, drug discovery
and development, pharmacogenetics and clinical genomics, and therapeutic
and diagnostic products.
GeneEd, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered
in San Francisco, California. Visit http://www.GeneEd.com
for additional information about GeneEd and its courseware.
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