摘要:
Methods, systems and computer readable media for calling out genetic aberrations. Log ratio noise associated with log ratio signals read from respective probes on at least one array for signals representative of the same chromosomal locations in a test sample of nucleic acids and a reference sample of nucleic acids applied to the at least one array are estimated. Outliers for log ratio values from the reference sample to outliers for log ratio values from the test sample are compared. A copy number of one or more of the chromosomal locations in the test sample is outputted relative to the reference sample for viewing by a user.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for analysis of comparative genomic hybridization (“CGH”) data, including CGH data obtained from microarray experiments.
摘要:
Methods, systems and computer readable media for analyzing data. A variable width window is applied to data points from the data which are ordered to correspond to locations along a chromosome of targeted nucleotide sequences whose relative abundances are represented by the data points. The window applied is a moving window, the width of which is variable upon movement of the window to capture a fixed number of the data points, wherein the width is symmetrical about the data point to which a weighted average is to be assigned. A response function is applied to the data points captured in the window. The response function is symmetrical about the data point to which a weighted average is to be assigned.
摘要:
Methods, systems and computer readable media for controlling an instrument in communication with a host computer are provided. Operations of an instrument that must be completed on schedule are controlled via an embedded controller embedded in the instrument. A complete status packet is sent to a host computer from the embedded controller. Periodically, the embedded controller repeats the sending of a complete status packet to the host computer, wherein status values in the complete status packet are updated with each iteration of sending a complete status packet.
摘要:
Methods, systems and computer readable media for characterizing quality of CGH arrays, including generating at least one metric for a CGH array that characterizes a property of the CGH array; repeating generation of the at least one metric for at least one additional CGH array; and comparing each metric across all CGH array metric values generated to identify a quality of any one of the CGH arrays characterized, relative to the CGH arrays characterized for that metric. Methods, systems and computer readable media for determining the quality of a CGH array, including calculating a spread of the derivative of log ratio value differences between consecutive probes representing consecutive positions along a chromosome, wherein ratio values are calculated from probe signals from a CGH array, as read by a reader on first and second channels thereof, or from probes signals from two CGH arrays, as read by a single channel reader. Methods, systems and computer readable media for qualifying a CGH array, including quantifying an interarray reproducibility metric characterizing selected sets of probe replicates. Methods, systems and computer readable media for qualifying a CGH array, including generating a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve and analyzing false positive and true positive signals from a normal male sample and a normal female sample, as read by a reader on first and second channels thereof, or from one of a normal male sample and a normal female sample on the CGH array and the other of the normal male sample and normal female sample on a second CGH array, as read by a single-channel reader. Methods, systems and computer readable media for determining the quality of a CGH array, including segmenting, by copy number, log ratio signals from probes on the CGH array representing a genome; plotting a probability distribution of the segmented log ratio values; and quantifying separation between copy number peaks resulting from the plotting of the probability distribution.
摘要:
Methods, systems and computer readable media for controlling an instrument in communication with a host computer are provided. Operations of an instrument that must be completed on schedule are controlled via an embedded controller embedded in the instrument. A complete status packet is sent to a host computer from the embedded controller Periodically, the embedded controller repeats the sending of a complete status packet to the host computer, wherein status values in the complete status packet are updated with each iteration of sending a complete status packet.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for analysis of comparative genomic hybridization (“CGH”) data, including CGH data obtained from microarray experiments.
摘要:
Methods and systems for identifying and selecting nucleic acid probes for detecting a target with a nucleic acid probe array or comparative genome hybridization microarray, comprising selecting a plurality of potential target sequences, generating a plurality of candidate probes from the target sequences, filtering the plurality of candidate probes by analyzing candidate probes for selected probe properties in silico. Microarrays comprising probes selected by the methods of the invention are particularly useful for comparative genome hybridization and location analysis.
摘要:
The nanoscale FET probe comprises a cantilever element and, at one end of the cantilever element, a nanowire that extends from the cantilever element. The nanowire is electrically connected to the cantilever element at at least one of the ends of the nanowire. The nanowire is capable of being coated with molecules of a capture agent along at least part of its length.
摘要:
Methods of reading chemical arrays are provided. Aspects of the methods include reading an array at a first and second detector gain setting to produce linked data sets of an array, where each reading may be made using a different detector gain setting. Aspects of the methods further include extracting features from the linked data sets, where in certain embodiments a merged data set feature extraction protocol is employed. Aspects of the invention further include programming for operating devices, e.g., chemical array readers, as well as readers comprising such programming.