CHI Advances Comparative Genomic Hybridization Survey –

1. Please classify your organization.
2. Please classify how you organization is involved with CGH.
3. If your use of CGH is in basic research, please indicate the appropriate field(s).
4. If you application of CGH is clinical, please indicate the appropriate field(s).
5. If you use CGH in reproduction research, please indicate which field(s) your laboratory investigates or which technique it utilizes.
6. If you use CGH to investigate inherited developmental disorders, please indicate which one(s) are studied in your laboratory.
7. If you use CGH in cancer research, please indicate in which area(s) your lab applies CGH.
8. Please indicate which type(s) of cancers your laboratory analyzes using CGH.
9. When do you think that copy number will become part of clinical testing beyond investigational uses?
10. Do you think that CGH holds greater promise than SNP genotyping as a means of enabling personalized medicine?
11. Which of the following products do you use in CGH research?
12. Do you assemble components or use a multistep kit?
13. Do you use a system that also incorporates genotyping?
14. Do you use a system that also incorporates gene expression analysis?
15. What factor(s) do you consider when selecting products and devices for CGH experiments?
16. What is(are) your source(s) of cells?
17. Which method(s) of DNA amplification do you use with CGH?
18. Which fluorescent DNA labels do you use with CGH?
19. If you use microarrays, please indicate how extensive their coverage(s) is(are).
20. What elements are on you CGH microarrays?