Re: [gmod-cmap] 2009 GMOD Summer Schools - Americas and Europe

[Dave C. G. H. D. <gmo...@go...>]

Hello all,

***The application deadline for both GMOD summer schools is April 6,
one week from now.***

GMOD Summer School - Americas will be held 16-19 July at the National
Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), in Durham, NC, USA.  Student
tuition is free.  See
http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas

GMOD Summer School - Europe will be held 3-6 August at the University
of Oxford, in Oxford, UK.  This is a part of GMOD Europe 2009, which
includes the next GMOD Meeting.  Student tuition is £95.  See
http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Europe

Please contact the GMOD Help Desk (he...@gm...) if you have questions.

We hope to see you in Durham or Oxford,

Dave C.


On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk
<gmo...@go...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> GMOD is offering two Summer Schools in 2009, one on each side of the
> Atlantic. GMOD Summer Schools
> (http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_Summer_School) introduce new GMOD users to
> the GMOD project and include several days of hands-on training on how
> to install, configure and administer GMOD tools.  The 2008 GMOD Summer
> School was a great success with 25 students from 4 countries in
> attendance.
>
> Americas, 16-19 July
> - at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham, NC, USA
> - Student tuition is free, thanks to NIH grant 1R01HG004483-01.
>  - http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas
>
> Europe, 3-6 August
>  - at the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
>  - Part of GMOD Europe 2009, which includes the next GMOD Meeting
>  - Student tuition is £75
>  - http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Europe
>
> The schools will feature training on these GMOD components:
> * GBrowse - the most widely installed genome viewer on the web
> * Chado - a modular and extensible database schema
> * Apollo - genome annotation editor
> * BioMart - biological data warehouse system
> * GBrowse_syn - a GBrowse based synteny viewer
> * JBrowse - a brand new Web 2.0 genome browser
> * Artemis-Chado Integration (Europe only)
> * MAKER - Genome annotation pipeline (Americas only)
> * Tripal - Web front end for Chado (Americas only)
>
> Applications for the 2009 GMOD Summer Schools are now being accepted.
>
> ***The deadline for applications is the end of the day, April 6.***
>
> Enrollment is limited to 25 participants in each course.  If
> applications exceed capacity (and we expect they will) then applicants
> will be picked based on the strength of their application.  Applicants
> will be notified of their admission status by mid April.
>
> Please contact the GMOD Help Desk if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Clements
> GMOD Help Desk
> he...@gm...
>
> http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas
> http://gmod.org/wiki/2009_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Europe
> http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_Europe_2009
>