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2009 GMOD Summer School - Americas 16-19 July, 2009 NESCent Durham, NC, USA |
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The 2009 GMOD Summer School - Americas will be held 16-19 July at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in Durham, North Carolina. Like the 2008 GMOD Summer School, this course will focus on installing, configuring and integrating popular GMOD Components.
Another GMOD Summer School is being offered in Oxford, UK in August, as part of the GMOD Europe 2009 week.
Contents
Syllabus
The syllabus will be posted here once it is finalized.
Prerequisites
The course requires a minimal level of Linux systems administration knowledge (see Computing Requirements). By "a minimal level of Linux systems administration knowledge" we mean that participants should be comfortable installing packages under Linux. A good benchmark for this level of knowledge is that you should be able to get a basic GBrowse installation (that is, GBrowse without MySQL) up and running with the example GBrowse data. This also requires installing Apache, and BioPerl and all its dependencies.
Getting a basic GBrowse up and running on your system will be assigned as homework to be done prior to the course's start.
System Requirements
| VMware | http://www.vmware.com}} | Participants are required to bring their own laptops, already capable of running a VMware system image. |
The course starts with getting a VMware image built specifically for the course up and running on your machine. We then build upon that image in each succeeding session.
- VMware on Windows and Linux
- VMware on Mac OS X
Participants can also bring newer Macs with Intel processors. The Intel processor is a requirement for all the packages discussed below.
- VMware Fusion
- Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) and Boot Camp
The Leopard release of Mac OS (10.5) includes Boot Camp, a feature that allows you to boot your Mac into another operating system, including Windows or Linux. From there you can install the VMware player for your OS.*
* Apple tells you that you can partition your disk drive at any time using Boot Camp. In practice, this appears to only work easily when you first get your system.
Cost and Application
This course will be free thanks to an NIH grant under Ian Holmes of UC Berkeley, and to the grants of the individual instructors. Participants will be responsible for their own transportation, lodging and some meal costs.
We expect to have the syllabus finalized (or nearly so) in March, at which point we will start accepting applications. Enrollment is limited. If interest exceeds the limited capacity of this course (we expect it will), then we will select attendees based on their application.
Travel, Lodging and Food
Participants will be responsible for their own travel, lodging and some meal costs. We will offer a block of rooms in a local hotel at a discounted rate of $79/night (including tax). Participants can share a room to further reduce their costs. The hotel is within walking distance and also will have a free shuttle service to NESCent.
