Tools

pensim: Parallelized penalized regression and simulation of collinear high-dimensional data with survival or binary outcome, with options for censoring of survival times and introduction of labeling errors (CRAN).

ffpe: Quality analysis and control of microarray expression data from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues.  (Bioconductor 2.10).

ffpeExampleData: Illumina DASL example microarray data (Bioconductor 2.10)

HGNChelper: identify and correct gene symbols which are outdated, synonyms, or have been mogrified to a date-format by Excel.