[BBC] GMOD Summer School, 11-13 July 2008, Durham, NC, USA

[Dave Clements]

GMOD Summer School
11-13 July, 2008
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
Durham, North Carolina, USA

The first GMOD Summer School (http://gmod.org/GMOD_Summer_School) will be
held July 11-13, 2008 at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
(NESCent), in Durham, North Carolina, USA.  GMOD is a collection of
interoperable open source software components for managing genomic
data.  GMOD components are used in diverse contexts, with both emerging and
established model organisms.

The course will provide an overview of GMOD and cover these popular
components in detail:
* Chado - a modular and extensible database schema
* Apollo - genome annotation editor
* GBrowse - genome viewer
* CMap - comparative map viewer
* Community Annotation System - GMOD's most popular components in a
single system

This is a 2 1/2 day hands-on workshop aimed at teaching new GMOD users how
to get up and running with popular GMOD components.  There will also be a
concurrent 1 day session aimed at principal investigators that will give
decision makers an overview of what GMOD can do, how the project operates,
and what level of resources are needed to use GMOD.

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent, http://nescent.org) has
joined the GMOD project with the goal of lowering the barrier to entry for
research communities focused on emerging model organisms.  The GMOD Summer
School is a part of this effort.  NESCent is also extending GMOD components,
particularly Chado, to better support comparative and evolutionary data.

If you are interested in attending the GMOD Summer School please submit a
Statement of Interest before April 15, 2008.  The course is free but
enrollment is limited. For application information and a tentative program
see:

  http://gmod.org/GMOD_Summer_School

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or requests.

Thanks,

Dave Clements
GMOD Help Desk
help at gmod.org
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