DNA Microarrays and Gene Expression: From Experiments to Data Analysis and Modeling

Massive data acquisition technologies—such as genome sequencing, high-throughput drug screening, and DNA arrays—are in the process of revolutionizing biology and medicine. This concise, user-friendly and interdisciplinary guide to DNA microarray technology is an introduction and a reference for both biologists and computational scientists. The authors describe the underlying technologies and offer an awareness of the "noise" and pitfalls present in the data generated. They also provide an idea of the different data mining techniques and algorithms that are available to interpret data, and the advantages and disadvantages of each in differing situations.

Concise, 2002 inter-disciplinary introduction to DNA microarray technology, which is revolutionizing biology and medicine.

Pierre Baldi is Professor and Director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics in the Department of Information and Computer Science and in the Department of Biological Chemistry in the College of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.

Wes Hatfield is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the College of Medicine and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences in the School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.