Hello all, This is a reminder that the deadline for applying to the 2010 GMOD Summer School - Americas is the end of the day on Monday, February 22, which is now less than a week away. Any applications received after that will automatically be placed on the waiting list. Admission is competitive and is based on the strength of the application, especially the statement of interest. See http://gmod.org/wiki/2010_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas for additional information. Thanks, Dave Clements On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk <help@gmod.org> wrote:

Hello all,

I am pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

  2010 GMOD Summer School - Americas     6-9 May 2010     NESCent, Durham, NC, USA     http://gmod.org/wiki/2010_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas

This will be a hands-on multi-day course aimed at teaching new GMOD users/administrators how to get GMOD Components up and running. The course will introduce participants to the GMOD project and then focus on installation, configuration and integration of popular GMOD Components. The course will be held May 6-9, at NESCent in Durham, NC.

These components will be covered:    * Apollo - genome annotation editor    * Chado - a modular and extensible database schema    * Galaxy - workflow system    * GBrowse - the Generic Genome Browser    * GBrowse_syn - A generic synteny browser    * JBrowse - genome browser    * MAKER - genome annotation pipeline    * Tripal - web front end for Chado

The deadline for applying is the end of Friday, February 22. Admission is competitive and is based on the strength of the application (especially the statement of interest). In 2009 there were over 50 applications for the 25 slots. Any applications received after the deadline will be placed on the waiting list.

See the course page for details and an application link:  http://gmod.org/wiki/2010_GMOD_Summer_School_-_Americas

Thanks,

Dave Clements GMOD Help Desk

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