2009 GMOD Summer School - Americas

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.

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

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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

A free VMware player is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems from VMware. You will need to register to download it.

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.

There is no free VMware player that runs directly under Mac OS X. However, there are several other options, all of which require an Intel Mac:

VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion ({{{1}}}) allows you to run VMware images, Windows and Linux under Mac OS. We recommend this option for Mac users. There is a fully functional, 30 day free trial version of VMware Fusion available for download.

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.

Application

We will start accepting applications sometime in March. 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.

Cost

This course will be free thanks to NIH grant 1R01HG004483-01 under Ian Holmes, and to the grants of the individual instructors.

Participants will be responsible for their own transportation, lodging and some meal costs.

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.