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GMOD Americas 2011 is an 8 day event being held at the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in Durham, North Carolina. The week long event includes:

Help get the word out about GMOD Americas 2011!

Registration

There are separate registration fees for the Community Meeting and the GMOD School. The Satellite Meetings are free and registration is not required.

The deadline to apply for the 2011 GMOD Spring Training has passed, but you can still get on waiting list. Registration is now open for the remaining GMOD Americas 2011 events. The registration fee for March 2011 GMOD Meeting is

  • $80 on or before February 18
  • $95 after February 18

Events

The schedule of events is below. This is subject to slight revisions.

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Friday
March 4
7pm-9pm Introduction to GMOD
An overview of the GMOD project for GMOD newcomers, the night before the meeting starts. If you are new to GMOD this will give you the background you need to get the most out of the Community Meeting.
Saturday
March 5
9am-5pm GMOD Community Meeting
Talks and discussions on GMOD Components, project direction and planning, best practices, recent developments, extensions, ...
Sunday
March 6
9am-5pm
Monday
March 7
8:30am-5pm Satellite Meetings
GMOD special interest groups and birds-of-a-feather meetings where GMOD community members can discuss topics of common interest.
Tuesday
March 8
8:30am-5:30pm
7pm-9pm
2011 GMOD Spring Training
A week long hands-on course on GMOD Component installation, configuration, and usage. The course will cover these components in detail:

ApolloMAKERGBrowseChadoInterMineJBrowseGBrowse_synTripalGalaxy

Wednesday
March 9
8:30am-5:30pm
7pm-9pm
Thursday
March 10
8:30am-5:30pm
7pm-9pm
Friday
March 11
8:30am-5:30pm
7pm-9pm
Saturday
March 12
8:30am-5:30pm
7pm-9pm

Logistics

Details on lodging, meals, and transportation will be added here. GMOD Americas 2011 is being held at NESCent in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

Sponsors

NESCent

GMOD Americas 2011 is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). NESCent promotes the synthesis of information, concepts and knowledge to address significant, emerging, or novel questions in evolutionary science and its applications. NESCent achieves this by supporting research and education across disciplinary, institutional, geographic, and demographic boundaries.

Galaxy

The Galaxy Project is also sponsoring GMOD Americas 2011 events. Galaxy is a data integration framework that enables biologists to both analyze their data, and to archive those analyses (including data sets and program parameters) for future reference. Galaxy is developed at Penn State and Emory University.

Help Get the Word Out

GMOD Americas 2011 Flier

Help spread the word about GMOD Americas 2011 events by posting and distributing this flier, or the event announcements to your communities, mailing lists, and organizations.

There are many organizations out there that are struggling to cope with the volume of data that have and will continue to get in the future. GMOD is an excellent option for helping these groups get a grip on and exploit their data.

See Also