SCIENTIFIC COURSES

With the support of Promega Corporation, the BTC Institute is pleased to offer the following courses for college and university students, graduate students, postdoctoral candidates, staff and faculty, as well as for scientific personnel employed by industry.  (Please refer to the associated course description for a more detailed explanation regarding the intended audience for a particular course.)

Courses are arranged in chronological order. Those designated Introductory are intended for undergraduates and others seeking information at a basic level; Intermediate and Advanced are intended for graduate students, post-doctoral candidates, academic faculty and staff, and scientists and technicians working in the private sector.

The BTC Institute is also proud to serve as partner for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Science in Biotechnology program, delivering three lab-based courses: Molecular Technologies I, II and III.

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Introductory

• Molecular Technology Basics for the Non-Scientist
  (upcoming sessions: September 30 & October 20, 2010; March 2 and May 25, 2011)
   
• Introduction to PCR and Reverse-Transcription PCR Technologies
  (customized training; dates arranged with instructor)
   
• Molecular Technologies for the Clinical Laboratory 
  (Two sessions: January 11-15, 2010; May 10-14, 2010; 2011 dates TBA - comparable weeks as in 2010)
   
• Forensic DNA Analysis
  (June 21-25, 2010)
   
• Real Time PCR Technologies - CANCELLED for 2010
  (August 11-13, 2010)

Intermediate

• Molecular Approaches to Neuroscience: Gene Expression and Cell Analysis
  (June 7-11, 2010; 2011 dates TBA)
   
• Computational Approaches to Analyzing Microarray Data
  (July 12-16, 2010)  CLOSED
   
• Introduction to Proteomics: Theory and Practice
  (August 4-6, 2010)