[BioC] Agilent vs. Codelink vs. Applied?

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte]

Dear All,

We are trying to decide on whether to use Agilent two-color arrays, Codelink 
arrays or Applied Biosystems arrays (the last two are one-color) for a new 
study. An advantage of the one-color platforms is that design-related issues 
(loop, reference, all pairwise, etc) are no longer an issue. This is very 
relevant in our case because we have 5 groups of very unequal sample sizes 
and we´ll need to correct for the effect of several covariates, so finding an 
optimal design seems difficult. 

I've seen several recent posts in the lists concerning Codelink arrays. I 
wonder if anybody has any comparison among these platforms (specially if 
forced to use a common reference design for the two-color arrays), or any 
experience with the Applied Biosystems arrays.

Best,

R.

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Ramón Díaz-Uriarte
Bioinformatics Unit
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
(Spanish National Cancer Center)
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