title: The ABRF MARG microarray survey 2005: taking the pulse of the microarray field.
abstract: Over the past several years, microarray technology has evolved into a critical component of any discovery-based program. Since 1999, the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Microarray Research Group (MARG) has conducted biennial surveys designed to generate a profile of microarray service laboratories and, more importantly, an overview of technology development and implementation. Survey questions addressed instrumentation, protocols, staffing, funding, and work flow in a microarray facility. Presented herein are the results of the MARG 2005 survey; where possible, trends in the field are discussed and compared to data collected from previous surveys.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, DNA Facility, 323 EMRB, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. kevin-knudtson@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Kevin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Knudtson
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: Andrew I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Chandi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grills
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hester
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khitrov
authors.forename: Kathryn S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massimi
authors.forename: Jay P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tiesman
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D040901:Proteomics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012984:Software