The Goal of MAGIC Tool
The purpose of MAGIC Tool is to allow the user to begin with DNA microarray tiff files and end with biologically meaningful information. Comparative hybridization data (glass chips) and Affymetrix data are compatible with MAGIC Tool. You can start with tiff files or expression files (spreadsheet of ratios or absolute expression levels).
MAGIC Tool was created with the novice in mind but it is not a "dumbed down" program. In fact, MAGIC Tool is designed to illuminate the algorithms being used rather than be a black box that produces results with little input from the user. MAGIC Tool allows the user to change parameters for clustering, data quantification etc. This User's Guide will teach you how to use the software but leaves the theoretical explanations to the Instructor's Guide.

Users are also encouraged to visit related sites:
MAGIC web site: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/MAGIC
Online MAGIC Tool lab: http://gcat.davidson.edu/GCAT/workshop2/derisi_lab.html
Tutorial for Clustering:  http://gcat.davidson.edu/DGPB/clust/home.htm
GCAT: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/GCAT/
Genomics Course: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/genomics

MAGIC Tool support is provided by the authors and student assistants (with NSF support). Email magictool.help@gmail.com or laheyer@davidson.edu for assistance.  You can also email the GCAT listserv for help, as there are many MAGIC Tool users on this list. See http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/gcat/GCAT-L.html for more information about the GCAT listserv.