What has this to do with Europython? Regards Andreas Jung ----- Sorry for being brief - sent from a mobile device.
> Am 04.01.2015 um 04:26 schrieb thomas hahn <thomas.f.ha...@gmail.com>: > > Help with finding tutors for Python, Linux, R, Perl, Octave, MATLAB and/or > Cytoscape for yeast microarray analysis, next generation sequencing and > constructing gene interaction networks > > Hi > > I am a visually impaired bioinformatics graduate student using microarray > data for my master’s thesis aimed at deciphering the mechanism by which the > yeast wild type can suppress the rise of free reactive oxygen species (ROS) > induced by caloric restriction (CR) but the Atg15 and Erg6 knockout mutant > cannot. > > Since my remaining vision is very limited I need very high magnification. > But that makes my visual field very small. Therefore I need somebody to > teach me how to use these programming environments, especially for microarray > analysis, next generation sequencing and constructing gene and pathway > interaction networks. This is very difficult for me to figure out without > assistance because Zoomtext, my magnification and text to speech software, on > which I am depending because I am almost blind, has problems reading out > aloud many programming related websites to me. And even those websites it > can read, it can only read sequentially from left to right and then from top > to bottom. Unfortunately, this way of acquiring, finding, selecting and > processing new information and answering questions is too tiresome, > exhausting, ineffective and especially way too time consuming for graduating > with a PhD in bioinformatics before my funding runs out despite being > severely limited by my visual disability. I would also need help with > writing a good literature review and applying the described techniques to my > own yeast Affimetrix microarray dataset because I cannot see well enough to > find all relevant publications on my own. > > Some examples for specific tasks I urgently need help with are: > > 1. Analyzing and comparing the three publically available microarray > datasets that can be accessed at: > A. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE41860 > B. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE38635 > C. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE9217 > > 2. Learning how to use the Affymetrics microarray analysis software for > the Yeast 2 chip, which can be found at > http://www.affymetrix.com/support/technical/libraryfilesmain.affx > > 3. For Cytoscape I need somebody, who can teach me how to execute the > tutorials at the following links because due to my very limited vision field > I cannot see tutorial and program interface simultaneously. > A. > http://opentutorials.cgl.ucsf.edu/index.php/Tutorial:Introduction_to_Cytoscape_3.1-part2#Importing_and_Exploring_Your_Data > B. > http://opentutorials.cgl.ucsf.edu/index.php/Tutorial:Filtering_and_Editing_in_Cytoscape_3 > C. > http://cytoscape.org/manual/Cytoscape2_8Manual.html#Import%20Fixed-Format%20Network%20Files > D. http://wiki.cytoscape.org/Cytoscape_User_Manual/Network_Formats > > 4. Learning how to use the TopGo R package to perform statistical analysis > on GO enrichments. > > Since I am legally blind the rehab agency is giving me money to pay tutors > for this purpose. Could you please help me getting in touch regarding this > with anybody, who could potentially be interested in teaching me one on one > thus saving me time for acquiring new information and skills, which I need to > finish my thesis on time, so that I can remain eligible for funding to > continue in my bioinformatics PhD program despite being almost blind? The > tutoring can be done remotely via TeamViewer 5 and Skype. Hence, it does not > matter where my tutors are physically located. Currently I have tutors in > Croatia and UK. But since they both work full time jobs while working on > their PhD dissertation they only have very limited time to teach me online. > Could you therefore please forward this request for help to anybody, who > could potentially be interested or, who could connect me to somebody, who > might be, because my graduation and career depend on it? Who else would you > recommend me to contact regarding this? Where else could I post this because > I am in urgent need for help? > > Could you please contact me directly via email at thomas.f.ha...@gmail.com > and/or Skype at tfh002 because my text to speech software has problems to > read out this website aloud to me? > > I thank you very much in advance for your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, > recommendations, time, help, efforts and support. > > With very warm regards, > > Thomas Hahn > 1) Graduate student in the Joint Bioinformatics Program at the University > of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Arkansas Medical > Sciences (UAMS) & > 2) Research & Industry Advocate, Founder and Board Member of RADISH > MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (http://www.radishmedical.com/thomas-hahn/) > > Primary email: thomas.f.ha...@gmail.com > Cell phone: 318 243 3940 > Office phone: 501 682 1440 > Office location: EIT 535 > Skype ID: tfh002 > Virtual Google Voice phone to reach me while logged into my email (i.e. > thomas.f.ha...@gmail.com), even when having no cell phone reception, e.g. in > big massive buildings: (501) 301-4890 > > Web links: > > 1) https://ualr.academia.edu/ThomasHahn > 2) https://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-hahn/42/b29/42 > 3) http://facebook.com/Thomas.F.Hahn > 4) https://twitter.com/Thomas_F_Hahn > > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython-Improve mailing list > EuroPython-Improve@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
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