2012 Events
iPlant Events and Workshops for 2012
Title |
Type |
Date |
Location |
iPlant Contact |
Institution Contact |
Notes |
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CaBIG NIH-ICR Working Group |
Seminar |
Jan. 11 |
Austin, TX |
D. Stanzione |
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Dan S presenting on connections, "The iPlant Collaborative and TACC: Quick Overviews" |
Workshop |
Jan. 12-13 |
San Diego, CA |
J. Williams |
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San Diego State University |
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Meeting |
Jan. 12-13 |
San Diego, CA |
S. Goff |
Phil McClean, BeanCAP, Project Director |
S. Goff attending |
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Conference |
Jan. 14-18 |
San Diego, CA |
S. McKay |
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iPlant Workshop, Jan 17, 10:20 AM - 12:30 PM, California Room |
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Meeting |
Jan. 24 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
D. Stanzione |
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Dan presented: "The Case for Well-Architected Networks: Data Intensive Science and it's Impact on TACC" ; 200 in audience |
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Meeting |
Jan. 25-27 |
Tucson, AZ |
S. Goff |
K. Cone |
Closed meeting to NSF Site Visit Team and iPlant Staff |
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Seminar-Industry |
Feb. 1 |
Germantown, MD |
S. Goff |
Thomas Hohn |
Steve Goff presentation |
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Internal Training |
Feb. 8-10 |
Austin, TX |
U. Hilgert |
D. Stanzione |
Closed internal workshop training |
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Seed Project Working Group |
Feb. 17 |
Tucson, AZ |
M. Narro |
M. Narro |
iPlant reimbursing NCEAS participants only |
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Meeting |
Feb. 26-27 |
Chevy Chase, MD |
D. Micklos |
D. Micklos |
Dave Micklos presented "The iPlant Collaborative". |
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iPlant participating in User Group Meeting |
Mar. 1-2 |
Tucson, AZ |
N. Merchant |
R. Moore |
Nirav: this is a good opportunity to interact with other CI groups that use iRODS and also suggest features/improvements, meet the developers. |
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Conference |
Mar. 5-6 |
Champaign, IL |
D. Ware |
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Doreen Ware presenting March 5, 9:15am, "Data Resources for Genomic and Functional Analysis" |
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Conference |
Mar. 9-13 |
Austin, TX |
D. Stanzione |
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Dan Stanzione to present "The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure to Feed the World" in the Government and Global Issues Campus (AT&T Conference Hotel). |
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Workshop |
Mar. 12 |
Berkeley, CA |
E. Lyons |
Madhavan Ganesh (mailto: ganeshm@berkeley.edu) |
UC Berkeley/USDA-ARS Albany |
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Workshop |
Mar. 12 - 13 |
Davis, CA |
J. Williams |
UC Davis |
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Workshop |
Mar. 13 |
Palo Alto, CA |
E. Lyons |
Stanford University |
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Workshop |
Mar. 21-22 |
Riverside, CA |
M. Vaugh, N. Matasci |
UC Riverside |
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Workshop |
Mar. 27-28 |
West Lafayette, IN |
J. Williams |
Purdue University |
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Conference |
Mar. 29-Apr. 1 |
Indianapolis, IN |
J. Williams |
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Jason Williams to give DNA Subway Talk |
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Workshop/Demo |
Apr. 3 |
Tucson, AZ |
E. Lyons |
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University of Arizona, KEating #433 |
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Meeting |
Apr. 4-6 |
Tucson, AZ |
M. Narro |
M. Narro |
In-person code review for Global Names Architecture and TNRS. |
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Iowa State Plant Sciences Institute |
Meeting |
Apr. 5 |
Ames, IA |
S. Goff |
W. Beavis |
Presentation on iPlant resources to the Plant Sciences Institute Advisory Board |
Workshop/Demo |
Apr. 9 |
Tucson, AZ |
E. Lyons |
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University of Arizona |
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Symposium + CoGe Workshop |
Apr 12-13 |
Gainesville, FL |
E. Lyons |
William Bradley Barbazuk & Pam Soltis |
Apr. 12: Eric Lyons to give a workshop, "From Microbes to Plants to Animals: Making comparative genomics easy with CoGe and iPlant" |
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Workshop |
Apr. 26-27 |
New Orleans, LA |
J. Williams |
Southern University of New Orleans |
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Conference |
May 8-12 |
Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
C. Noutsos |
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Christos Noutsos to present poster "iPlant Collaborative’s resources for life sciences" |
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Workshop |
May 16-17 |
UA, Tucson, AZ |
Naim Matasci |
Greg Caporaso, Julie Neilson, Director, Research Lab, Department of Soil Water and Environmental Science, Shantz Bldg Room 429, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel:520-621-9759 |
May 16 - Greg can meet with iPlant folks in Rm 409 (reserved 9am-5pm) |
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Workshop |
May 17-18 |
LIttle Rock, AK |
J. Williams |
Emily Devereux (mailto: edevereux@astate.edu), Roger Hall |
University of Arkansas |
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Workshop |
May 21-22 |
West Lafayette, IN |
J. Williams |
Purdue University |
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Symposium |
May 30 -June 4 |
CSHL, NY |
J. Williams |
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DNA Subway Poster |
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Workshop |
May 31 -June 1 |
Raleigh, NC |
Uwe Hilgert, 411 |
North Carolina State University |
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Meeting |
June 3-9 |
Beijing, China |
S. Goff |
X. Delannay -IBP Proj Ldr; Jianmin Wan, CAAS |
Steve has been invited as iPlant's representative, but will not attend. |
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Phylotastic Hackathon (HIP) |
Hackathon |
June 4-8 |
Durham, NC |
N. Matasci |
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The Hackathon took place at NESCent June 4 to 8. This wiki, which was used as a central resource for pre-hackathon planning, is in a state of flux. Some parts reflect pre-hackathon brainstorming and are out of date. Other parts reflect outcomes of the hackathon. iPlant contributed to the funding of this event. |
HHMI Bioinformatics Workshop for Student-Scientist Parnerships |
Meeting |
June 14-16 |
Chevy Chase, MD |
D. Micklos, M. Vaughn |
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iPlant will be giving two presentations at HHMI: |
Conference |
June 20-24 |
West Lafayette, IN |
J. Williams |
Jason Williams will give an iPlant Workshop on June 21 2012. |
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Workshop |
June 20-21 |
Tulsa, OK |
J. Williams |
Tulsa Community College |
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NSF Cyberinfrastructure Meeting |
Meeting |
June 27 |
Annapolis, MD (SeSynC) |
S. Goff, D. Stanzione, N. Merchant |
Margaret Palmer, SeSynC |
Meeting to identify and prioritize CI needs and determine the extent of coordination needed to allow an independent network of biological research centers/center-like orgs to thrive and add value to existing and future investments across the research community. |
11th Symposium of Genetics in Aquaculture Registration |
Symposium |
June 28 |
Auburn, GA |
S. McKay |
Rex Dunham |
Sheldon McKay will present a seminar, "iPlant: Cyberinfrastructure for the life sciences" and will hold a mini-workshop on "Using iPlant Resources". |
Workshop |
June 29-30 |
Fargo, ND |
J. Williams |
North Dakota State University |
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Workshop |
June 29-30 |
Fargo, ND |
J. Williams |
North Dakota State University |
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Conference |
July 3-7 |
Vienna, Austria |
D. Stanzione |
Session organized by Blake Meyers (UDel) and Erich Grotewold (Ohio State U) |
Abstract deadline: April 30; Dan giving talk to Arabidopsis informatics group, Tues, July 3, 4-5:30 PM |
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Conference |
July 7-11 |
Columbus, OH |
J. Williams, N. Matasci |
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iPlant (1/2 day; afternoon) and DNA Subway (full day) workshop on Sun 7/8/12. |
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Evaluation Strategy Meeting |
Internal Meeting |
July 10-11 |
Wilmington, NC |
S. Goff |
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Internal Meeting for Steve Goff, EMEC, and Dave Micklos. |
Conference |
July 16-20 |
Portland, OR |
JMatt Peterson |
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JMatt attending OpenStack worshop |
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Workshop |
July 18-19 |
Austin, TX |
U. Hilgert |
Dan Stanzione; Valerie Alvarez |
UT Austin, TACC |
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Workshop/Demo |
July 20 |
Phoenix, AZ |
E. Lyons |
Shane Burgess, Lakshmi Matukumalli |
Trainers: Eric Lyons, Shannon Oliver, Andy Lenards |
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DNA Subway / Barcoding Presentation @ Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows Conference |
Conference |
July 20 |
Columbus, OH |
J. Williams |
Dana DiLullo |
Invited oral Presentation of DNA Subway Blue line and DNA Barcoding experiment. |
Conference |
July 20-24 |
Austin, TX |
U. Hilgert, C. Noutsos, D. Micklos |
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Oral presentation at ASPB 2012 Education Minisymposium (Micklos) |
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PI Meeting |
Internal Meeting |
July 23-24 |
Austin, TX |
S. Goff |
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Internal meeting for Steve Goff and Dan Stanzione to discuss iPlant Roadmap. |
Workshop |
July 25-26 |
Maricopa, AZ |
U. Hilgert, MM Sprinkle |
Mike Gore, Jeff White |
Trainers: Eric Lyons, Sheldon McKay, Andy Lenards |
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Workshop |
July 27 |
Tucson, AZ |
Sheldon McKay |
Eric Lyons |
Trainers: Sheldon McKay |
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Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology, CSU (CSUPERB) |
Demo (Atmosphere) |
Aug. 6 |
Long Beach, CA |
Dave Micklos, Jason Williams |
Presenter: Nirav Merchant |
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iPlant Renewal Roundup: Technical Issues |
Internal Meeting |
Aug 8-9 |
Austin, TX |
Dan Stanzione |
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UA Attendees: S. Goff, N. Matasci, M. Narro, E. Lyons, J. Schneider, N. Merchant, A. Lenards, E. Skidmore |
Workshop |
Aug. 13-14 |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
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OSU Summer Workshop in Bioinformatics: Disentangling Entangled Genomes |
Workshop |
Aug. 13-17 |
Stillwater, OK |
M. Vaughn |
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Workshop coordinated by Dan Stanzione and Matt Vaughn |
UA Cooperative Extension Annual Meeting |
Meeting |
Aug. 15 |
Tucson, AZ |
S. Goff |
Mike Crimmins, Assoc. Prof. & Extension Spec, Climate Science, Dept. of Soil, Water, and Env. Science, UA |
Steve presenting "The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure to Support Life Science Research" in Breakout Session for UA Cooperative Extension Collaborators |
Workshop |
Aug. 16-17 |
Provo, UT |
J. Williams |
Brigham Young University |
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Workshop |
Aug. 20-21 |
Madison, WI |
Uwe Hilgert, J. Williams, 411 |
Edgar Spalding (TSW) |
Trainers : Jason Williams, Roger Barthelson, Andy Lenards |
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Workshop |
Aug. 22-23 |
Madison, WI |
Uwe Hilgert, Jason Williams |
Scott Woody |
Trainers: Jason Williams, Brent Buckner (guest trainer, Truman State U) |
iPlant Renewal Roundup II |
Meeting |
Aug. 28-29 |
Tucson, AZ |
S. Goff |
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Designated lodging: Windmill Inn |
Nature Sweet Mtg |
Meeting |
Sept 4 |
Tucson, AZ |
S. Goff |
Chieri Kubota, UA |
S. Goff attending for iPlant representation |
Genome Informatics |
Conference |
Sept. 6-9 |
Hinxton, England |
M. Vaughn |
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Doreen Ware will be attending, Josh Stein will be giving a 20-min talk. |
USDA Livestock Cyberinfrastructure meeting |
Workshop |
Sept. 12-13 |
Hinxton, England |
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Doreen Ware will be attending, Sheldon McKay will be presenting |
iPlant Overview Presentation / Co-Teach |
Classroom Presentation |
Sept. 20 |
Lowell, MA |
J. Williams |
Jason co-taught an introduction to iPlant and DNA Subway. Students will be working with Jessica to annotate genome sequence with DNA Subway as part of the 15K invertebrate genomes project. |
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IPG Seminar Series Presentation |
Seminar Presenation |
Sept. 24 |
Columbia, MO |
S. Goff, T. Lee |
Vicki Bryan |
Sheldon McKay |
Workshop |
Sept. 24-25 |
Columbia, MO |
U. Hilgert, T. Lee |
Chris Pires, Vicki Bryan |
Trainers: Sheldon McKay, Christos Noutsos, Zhenyuan Lu, Jason Williams |
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Workshop |
Oct. |
Seattle, WA |
J. Williams |
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Jason will present a half-day pre-SACNAS workshop at University of Washington. |
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Webinar |
Oct 12 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
J. Williams, S. McKay |
Yvette Piceno |
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Plant Sciences Seminar: iPlant Semantic Web |
Seminar |
Oct. 16 |
Tucson, AZ |
D. Gessler |
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Damian Gessler will give a seminar, "iPlant Semantic Web Platform: Next Gen Integration for Plant Scientists" in UA's Plant Sciences Department (4pm in Marley 230). |
iPlant Overview Presentation / Co-Teach |
Classroom Presentation |
Oct. 19 |
Amherst, MA |
J. Williams |
Jason Co-taught a presentation introducing iPlant and demoing the DE to Dr.Ma's introductory genomics course |
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CI Days Resource Fair |
Conference |
Oct. 26 |
East Lansing, MI |
A. Stapleton |
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Ann to present a poster on iPlant resources |
Workshop |
Oct. 26-27 |
Detroit, MI |
J. Williams |
DNA Subway Workshop |
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Workshop |
Oct. 30-31 |
Anchorage, AK |
J. Williams |
DNA Subway Workshop in conjunction with AISES National Conference |
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Ann. Mtg. National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) |
Workshops & Demos |
Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 |
Dallas, TX |
DNALC |
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DNA Subway & DNA Barcoding Workshops and demos, partially in collaboration with Carolina Biologicals Supply company |
Western Assn of Core Directors (under ABRF) |
Meeting |
Nov. 1-2 |
Portland, OR |
N. Matasci |
Ryan Kim, Director |
Naim presenting on how to integrate genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics information via bioinformatics to understand biological network and regulation |
Conference |
Nov. 11 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
R. Dooley |
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Rion presenting on "Your Data, Your Way: The iPlant Foundation API", Third International Workshop on Data Intensive Computing in the Clouds. Other authors: M. Vaughn, E. Skidmore, S. Terry, N. Merchant, D. Stanzione. |
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5th IEEE Workshop on Many Task Computing on Grids and Supercomputers (MTAGS) (co-located with DataCloud 2012) |
Conference |
Nov. 12 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
R. Dooley |
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Rion presenting on "Software-as-a-Service: The iPlant Foundation API". Other authors: M. Vaughn, D. Stanzione, S. Terry, E. Skidmore. |
Workshop |
Nov. 11-15 |
Ft Lauderdale, FL |
N. Matasci |
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Naim attending Caltech 11th Annual Project Science Management Workshop |
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Conference |
Nov. 11-15 |
Boston, MA |
D. Gessler |
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Damian presenting the iPlant Semantic Web Platform as a "Semantic Challenge" at the Poster & Demo Session on Tuesday, November 13, 18:30-21:00 (Imperial) & Wednesday, November 14, 11:00-12:30 (Statler) |
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Swiss National Grid Association |
Conference |
Nov. 19 |
Bern, Switzerland, |
E. Skidmore |
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Edwin gave a presentation to 90 members of the "Swiss National Grid Association" for their "Supporting Science with Cloud Computing" meeting. They were very impressed with Atmosphere and expressed a strong desire to collaborate and possibly helping extend Atmosphere (once the updated code is available on GitHub). Presentation uploaded here. |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
Meeting |
Nov. 20 |
Tucson, AZ |
S. Goff, E. Lyons, N. Merchant, N. Narro, N. Hopkins, N. Matasci, U. Hilgert |
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SG to present a general overview of iPlant, Naim: a deeper view of the tools and services; Martha: on Geospatial tools and the support for ecologists, Uwe: EOT, and when Nirav and Eric on teaching bioinformatics at college / grad level. |
Meeting |
Nov 27 - 30 |
Santa Barbara, CA |
M. Narro, N. Matasci |
Michelle Morris |
Martha and Naim participating. |
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Combining Interdisciplinary & Translational Expertise (CITE) Inaugural Workshop |
Workshop |
Dec. 6-7 |
Arlington, VA |
S. Goff |
Syril Pettit, ILSI Health and Env Sci Institute |
Steve presenting on iPlant Collaborative in Session 2 (Case Studies in Collaboration: Translating New Science to Appliation in the Chemical, Agricultural, and Pharmaceutical Space) |
Int'l Life Sciences Institue Health and Env Sciences Inst.'s CITE Inaugural Workshop |
Workshop |
Dec 6-7 |
Arlington, VA |
S. Goff |
Syril Pettit, HESI Exec Director, 1156 15th St NW, 2nd floor, Washington, DC 20005 |
Steve presented on iPlant Tools and Services needed to address biological research questions; Session 2. See Agenda |
Workshop |
Dec. 10-11 |
Honolulu, |
J. Williams |
Gernot Presting |
Tools and Services Workshop, University of Hawaii, Manoa |
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NSF Reverse Site Visit |
Closed Meeting |
Dec. 12-13 |
Arlington, VA |
S Goff, D. Stanzione, N. Merchant, D. Ware, D. Micklos, M. Vaughn, J. Stein |
K. Cone, NSF Program Officer |
iPlant meets with reverse site visit team at NSF offices. |
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Workshop |
Dec. 13-14 |
Honolulu, HI |
J. Williams |
University of Hawaii, Manoa |