2012 06 28 TSW Auburn University

2012 06 28 TSW Auburn University

Note:

Per Sheldon, this is not an 'official' iPlant TSW, as it was not organized by iPlant, he only presented on RNA-seq, and the costs, including Sheldon's, were covered by the Genetics in Aquaculture Symposium organizers.

iPlant Organizer:

Sheldon McKay

Sponsor:

Genetics in Aquaculture Symposium

Local Point of Contact:

Rex Dunham

Trainer (iPlant):

Sheldon McKay

Date:

6:30-9:30 PM, June 28, 2012

Location:

Ballroom 1

Page Contents

Goal

The goal of this workshop is to demonstrate some of the ways that iPlant Cyberinfrastructure can advance your scientific objectives. As you navigate the through demonstrations and hands-on activities presented at the workshop, you will gain a sense of how to use iPlant tools and services for your investigations.

Agenda

Please check here for the latest updates to this workshop agenda

Thursday June 29

Time

Presentation

Slides

Links

6:30 PM -7:00 PM

Introduction and Discovery Environment (DE) Walk through

Slides

Discovery Environment Manual

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

RNA-seq in the in the DE

Slides

Tutorial

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Visualizing RNA-Seq data in Atmosphere

 

/wiki/spaces/eot/pages/241585166

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Phylogenetics and building Workflows in the DE

Slides

/wiki/spaces/eot/pages/241585221

9:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Questions and Discussion

 

 

Pre-Workshop Homework

At least 48 hours before the workshop, please register for an iplant user account at http://user.iplantcollaborative.org.
Once you have registered, please be sure to request access to Atmosphere, our cloud computing platform. These requests take at least 24 hours to process.

  1. Please make sure you have the latest version of your web browser. Firefox is preferred but most browsers are supported. You may find browsers at the links below:
    1. Firefox (preferred): http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
    2. Google Chrome:https://www.google.com/chrome
    3. Safari:http://www.apple.com/safari/
  2. Please try out your iPlant credentials to ensure you have access. You can Log-in from user.iplantcollaborative.org, click the button "iPlant Login"
    1. Once authenticated click the "My Services" link
    2. Under "My Services" please ensure you have access to: Atmosphere, Discovery Environment, iPlant Data Store. You can also request access to other services here
    3. If you have account problems, please email support@iplantcollaborative.org

Workshop Notes

Here are a few important links that you may wish to refer to during and after the workshop:

Account/Password Problems http://user.iplantcollaborative.org

iPlant Help and Discussion Forums

General iPlant Support Issues

iPlant Privacy (And other) policies - "Your Data is Your Data"