BIOL398-03/S13:Class Journal Week 8
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James P. McDonald Week 6 Journal
Questions
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- Determining what the color and shade of the spots would be on the chip when looking at the calculated ratios of the genes.
- What aspect of this assignment was the most challenging for you?
- No specific part of the assignment was especially difficult. It just took time to get through the paper and take out specific pieces of information that I analyzed to answer the assignment questions.
- What (yet) do you not understand?
- I don't think there was any part of this paper or the assignment that I did not understand. I don't know a lot about computer programming so I don't think I would understand how people have developed programs to interpret and simplify the massive amounts of data present on the microarray chips.
- What aspect of microarrays would you like to know more about?
- I would like to know how microarrays could someday be used to determine the the traits of a person or show how a person's genome could point to the potential for contracting diseases. I think this could be very interesting and useful information to have about a specific individual.
James P. McDonald 00:34, 14 March 2013 (EDT)
Ashley Rhoades Week 8
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- The reading of the chapter came easiest to me. It was a clear, well written chapter and I'm a good reader.
- What aspect of this assignment was most challenging to you?
- I think the challenge for me was making sure I was going in the right direction with the ratios. I understand what they mena and what the colors mean but it's easy to get mixed up.
- What (yet) do you not understand?
- I understand the process of producing a microarray in a basic sense but I think I could probably have a fuller understanding of how they are made.
- What aspect of microarrays would you like to know more about?
I would like to know more about the process of making the microarrays and the implications of expression profiles.
Ashley Rhoades 14:06, 14 March 2013 (EDT)Ashley RhoadesAshley Rhoades 14:06, 14 March 2013 (EDT)
Kevin McKay Week 8
- Analyzing the data on the graphs was the easiest part of the assignment to me.
- Choosing the correct color for the ratios was the hardest for me. It is pretty much up to the individual to tell where the ratio falls on the color scale.
- I had trouble understanding how to quantify the colored results so exactly.
- I would like to know more about the clustering in microarrays and similar expression profiles, and further applications of the microarray.
Kevin Matthew McKay 15:21, 14 March 2013 (EDT)
Laura Terada Week 8
- What aspect of this assignment came most easily to you?
- Understanding the microarray concept was easiest.
- What aspect of this assignment was most challenging to you?
- The most challenging was understanding the ratio calculations and the reasoning behind it. Also matching up the ratio values with the colors and what they mean were confusing at first.
- What (yet) do you not understand?
- I have a good understanding on the microarray; however, I find it amazing that people can use computer programs for data analysis on such a large number of genes.
- What aspect of microarrays would you like to know more about?
I would like to know more about the process of making the microarrays and the implications of expression profiles.
- I would like to know more about expression profiles of specific genes and how they affect different processes. I think learning about how microarrays have been used for biomedical research would be interesting as well.
Laura Terada 15:56, 14 March 2013 (EDT)