Genomics Research Group

Mission

The goal of the Genomics Research Group is to provide both academic and industrial scientists useful information and guidance in the use of various microarray, next gen sequencing and other genomic platforms and applications in their research. The main focus of the GRG is to promote communication and cooperation among core laboratories providing microarray and data analysis services. In addition, the GRG 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 GRG should be used to help laboratories evaluate their performance and achieve the highest quality results possible from the use of genomic technologies. In order to accomplish these goals the GRG will also strive to provide ways for sharing information relevant to the administration of facility laboratories that provide microarray technologies as a shared resource.

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Current Membership

Studies

1)	GRG 2021 Publication: Comparative Analysis of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Platforms and Methods
2)	GRG 2012 Study: Elucidating the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Atlantic oyster using global transcriptome analysis - View Document (96K)
3)	MARG 2011 Study: evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of miRNA profiling on QPCR, microarray, and next-gen sequencing platforms
4)	MARG 2008 Study - View Announcement (8K)
5)	2007 MARG Research Project Powerpoint Presentation - View Document (2,623K)
6)	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)	2012: MARG changes name to GRG to reflect the expansion of the technology focus areas
2)	2010 MARG session - microRNA Profiling: Platform Comparison; microRNA Synthetic Reference Project - View Presentation (pdf)
3)	2010 MARG session: MARG Activities and New Wiki Discussion Forum - View Document (909K)
4)	MARG wiki link - technology discussion forum - View Document
5)	2008 MARG Talk - 2008 MARG Talk
6)	2007 MARG Educational Session - View Document (6,826K)
7)	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. - View Document (117K) - View Document (63K)

Electronic Posters

1)	2012 - GRG Study Poster: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Atlantic Oysters - View Document (7,214K)
2)	2008 MARG Survey Poster - 2008 MARG Survey Poster - Survey Summary
3)	2009 MARG Study Poster - microRNA Profiling - View Document (620K)
4)	2007 MARG Research Project Poster - View Document (2,193K)
5)	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 - View Document (50K)
6)	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)
7)	Comparing GeneChip Data Generated in Different Laboratories (Reid et al.) - View Document (224K)
8)	A Current Profile of Microarray Laboratories: The Microarray Survey 2003 - View Document (418K)
9)	Microarray Variability Study 2002 - View Document (1,486K)
10)	Estimation and Reduction of the Bias Caused by RNA Degradation in Microarray Analysis - View Document (71K)
11)	A Current Profile of Microarray Laboratories: The Microarray Survey 2001 - View Document (106K)
12)	The State of the Art of Microarray Analysis: The Microarray Survey 1999 - View Document (184K)

Links

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
Don Baldwin	MicroPath ID Diagnostics	Member: 2015 - 2017
Dr. Yongde Bao	Univ of Virginia Sch of Med	Ad hoc: 01/99 - 01/00 Ad hoc: 03/01 - 04/02
Sean Blake	Global Biologics LLC	Member: 06/12 - 03/13
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
Andrew Crenshaw	Broad Institute	Member: 01/11 - 01/13
Dr Nancy D Denslow	Univ of Florida-Gainesville	EB Liaison: 02/05 - 03/09
Jaime Gill		Member: 06/03 - 03/04
Chandi A. Griffin	Bionovo, Inc	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 Christina A Harrington	Oregon Health &amp; Science Univesity	MemberCo-Chair: 07/07 - 09/11
Dr. Susan Hester	US Environmental Protection Agency	emeritus: 04/04 - 03/09
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
Jelena Kühn-Georgijevic	ETH Zurich Functional Genomics Center	Member: 2015 - 2017
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 Ad hoc: 02/02 - 09/08
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
Anoja G Perera	Stowers Institute for Medical Research	MemberEb Liaison: 09/12 - 04/14
Dr. Steven Potter	Children's Hospital Medical Center	Member: 07/07 - 03/09
Dr Marco F Ramoni	Harvard Medical School	Member: 08/04 - 02/05
Dr. Laura H Reid	Expression Analysis, Inc.	Memberretired: 05/05 - 03/08
Caprice Rosato	Oregon State Univ	Member: 06/12 - 01/13 Member: 10/06 - 05/07
Nalini Raghavachari	NIH	MEMBER: - 3/15
Laurey Steinke	University of Nebraska Medical Center	EB Liason: 01/00 - 03/01
Theodore W Thannhauser	USDA/Agricultural Research Service	EB Liason: 03/01 - 03/04
Dr. Jay P. Tiesman	Procter & Gamble	Member: 06/04 - 01/09
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
Dr. Wei Wang	Cornell University	Member: 09/10 - 09/11

Publications

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.

Grills GS, Griffin C, Massimi A, Lilley K, Knudtson K, VanEe JI.
A profile of microarray laboratories. Proceedings of the Northwest Microarray Conference 2000.

Grills GS, Griffin C, Lilley K, Massimi A, Bao Y, VanEe JI.
A Userís-Eye View of the Affymetrix Gene Expression System: The Early Days. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105.

Sandmeyer, S.
A Userís-Eye View of the Affymetrix Gene Expression System: The Early Days. J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract). 1999

Sandmeyer, S.
DNA Arrays: Technologies, Applications, and Data Analysis. J. Biomol. Tech. 2000; 11(1), 35 (abstract).

Bumgarner, R.
DNA Arrays: Technologies, Applications, and Data Analysis. J. Biomolecular Techniques 11(1), 35 (abstract). 2000

Bumgarner, R.
Factors contributing to variability in DNA microarray results: the ABRF Microarray Research Group 2002 study. J. Biomol. Tech. 2002; 108.

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.
Implementation of a Custom cDNA Microarray Facility at AECOM. J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract). 1999

Massimi, A.
Implementation of a Custom cDNA Microarray Facility at AECOM. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105.

Massimi, A.
Microarrays in a Shared Facility - Practical and Scientific Experiences from the Huntsman Cancer Institute. J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract). 1999

Albertson, H.
Microarrays in a Shared Facility - Practical and Scientific Experiences from the Huntsman Cancer Institute. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2), 105 (abstract)

Albertson, H.
Problems and Pleasures of Implementing Microarray Technologies. J. Biomolecular Techniques 10(2), 105 (abstract). 1999

Grills, G.
Problems and pleasures of implementing microarray technologies. J. Biomol. Tech. 1999; 10(2):105

Grills, GS
The state of the art of microarray analysis: a profile of microarray laboratories. J. Biomol. Tech. 2000; 11(1):30.

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 MicroarrayLaboratories.J. Biomolecular Techniques11(1), 30 (abstract). 2000

Grills, G., Griffin, C., Heck, D., Lilley, K., Massimi, A., Sandmeyer, S., Bao, Y., and J.I. Van Ee
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.

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.Microb. Comp. Genomics. 2000

Grills, G., Bumgarner, R., Delrow, J., Lilley, K. Massimi, A., Bao, Y., Knudtson, K., VanEe, J. and C. Griffin

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