[BioC] beginner question

[Matthew J Arno]

Hi,

This is probably a very trivial question coming from a complete 
beginner. I would like to use Bioconductor to normalise and analyse 
affymetrix chip data. However, looking at the website, I can't even 
work out how to install it! Can you let me know what I need to do to 
install and use Bioconductor? I recently attended a workshop held at 
the EBI in Cambridge, UK, where Sandrine Dudoit gave a great 
introductory talk on Bioconductor, however, she didn't have time to 
show us the Affy-specific part of the presentation.  Is there any way I 
can at least see the slides from that part of the talk, or attend a 
training course somewhere (or should I give uo now!!)? I feel a bit 
lost and lagging behind in the technology, here...

I'm a biologist with no special computer training, running a windows 
PC, and I know nothing of R or Unix or anything like that. I'm used to 
GeneSpring type packages that make things simple (but are expensive). 

Thanks very much for your time and help.

Regards,
matt
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Leukaemia Sciences
Rayne Institute
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