Data Requirements
Statistical data analysis for experiments in the Cancer Stem Cell Program is available by contacting Biostatistician Changjiang Xu at changjiang.xu@utoronto.ca. The following guidelines would be helpful to ensure that all relevant information is provided.
Laboratory Information, including the following:
- PI
- Researcher associated and contact information
- Technician
- Animal strain (i.e. A/J mice)
- Tissue/sample (i.e. lymphocytes)
- Data type (i.e. gene expression data)
- Chip used, along with version
- Day/Date when the experiment was conducted,
- If different samples were analyzed on different days, a list of which samples were analyzed on which days is needed.
- The experimental layout of the study, i.e. which samples are located where on the chip results (tracking worksheet for the experiment) [if relevant]
- Explanations for the column labels used in the raw data files
- Copy of Tracking worksheet for your experiment
Raw data files:
- Standard format
- Annotation file if your lab has prepared any special file
Description of the experiment’s goals: Primary and secondary objectives, proposed plan of analysis if biologists have any particular technique in mind, etc.