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2013 Events

2013 Events

iPlant Events and Workshops for 2013

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Title

Type

Date

Location

iPlant Contact

Institution Contact

Notes

CSUPERB

Symposium

Jan 3-5

Anaheim, CA

Nirav Merchant

Sandy Sharp, CSU LA Taskforce Chair

Workshop:  Atmosphere Cloud Computing for Education and Research
Trainers: Nirav Merchant, Andre Mercer

2013 Tucson Winter Institute in Plant Breeding

Workshop

Jan 7-11

Bio5 Institute, Tucson, AZ

S. Goff

B. Walsh, BIO5

Module 4 (Slides): iPlant Overview, Discovery Environment, Heterosis, Cloud Computing, Climate Models, Data Store (Quick Start Guide), CoGe, Molecular Breeding, Integrated Breeding Platform
Trainers: Steve Goff and Nirav Merchant

International Biogeography Society Mtg

Annual Meeting

Jan 9-12

Miami, FL

M. Narro

 

Presentation: Brian Enquist, The commonness and distribution of rarity: Quantifying the botanical diversity of all plant species in the Americas
Posters:
- Benjamin Blonder*, Assembly of plant communities in climate space
- John C. Donoghue, Quantifying the fundamental unit of biogeography: Assessing different methods to measure geographic range size and why it matters
- Benoit Parmentier, Climate interpolation of daily maximum temperature: improvements for the production of climate datasets
* Lists M Narro as co-author

BeanCAP Adv Cmte Meeting

Annual Meeting

Jan 10

Handlery Hotel and Resort
950 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA

S. Goff

Phil McClean
BeanCAP Project Director

Steve Goff invited; not attending as he'll be teaching at Winter Breeding Institute.

National Institute for Food and Agriculture - Animal Project Directors' Meeting

Meeting

Jan 11

San Diego, CA

D. Ware

 

Presentation: Doreen Ware, Overview of iPlant

Tools and Services Workshop @ PAG

Workshop

Jan 11

Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

J. Williams

N/A

Half-day workshop (~1:00PM-7:00PM) one day before the start of PAG.  The Sheraton is adjacent to the San Diego airport.

PAG XXI (wikipage)

Conference

Jan 12-16

San Diego, CA

S. Goff

 

PAGXXI (website)
Early Pre-Registration - accepted up through and including October 31
Standard Pre-Registration - November 1 through January 9th
On site Registration - available after January 9th, 2013

Ensembl Browser Workshop @ UA

Workshop

Jan 22

Tucson, AZ

N. Merchant, F. McCarthy

Bert Overduin
Vertebrate Genomics Team
EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
United Kingdom

Participants will include iPlant staff, plus UA departments.  Room: Keating 103
Limit: 45 people

Ensembl API Workshop @ UA

Workshop

Jan 23

Tucson, AZ

N. Merchant, F. McCarthy

Bert Overduin
Vertebrate Genomics Team
EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
United Kingdom

Participants will include iPlant staff, plus UA departments.  Room: Drachman 119
Limit: 20 people

iPlant HIP Hackathon

Hackathon

Jan 28-Feb 1

Tucson, AZ

N. Matasci, 411

Arlin Stoltzfus 
arlin@umd.edu
Fellow, IBBR; Adj. Assoc. Prof., UMCP; Research Biologist, NIST
IBBR, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850

HIP = Hackathons, Interoperability, and Phylogenies Group at NESCent
Room: Keating 103 (and breakout rooms) 

4th AgMIP Development Sprint

Hackathon

Feb 4-8

Austin, TX

Jayme Brown
411

Steve Welch

Invited workshop for AgMIP community. The main goal of the workshop is to develop data translation tools to enable multiple crop models to be used by AgMIP researchers.  Info about AgMIP Development Workshops can be found here.

Big Data Computing: Building a Vision for ARS Information Management

Meeting

Feb. 5-6

GWCC, Beltsville, MD

D. Ware, M. Vaughn

 

The USDA ARS is hosting a meeting on big data.  
Presentations:
Doreen Ware, 
Matthew Vaughn,

Biotechnology - Life Sciences Seminar Series at University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Presentation

Feb. 6

Lincoln, NE

S. Goff

Thomas C. Hoegemeyer
362 H Plant Science Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE  68583-0915 402-472-7049

Presentation: Steve Goff, The heterosis model, why iPlant tools/CI are necessary to solve this, and other basic biology questions

BIOSA/BIO5 Student Industry Networking Event

Meeting

Feb 13

Tucson, AZ

U. Hilgert

BIO5 EOT

Andre Mercer, Chris LaRose, Monica Lent, and Tina Lee to provide information about Big Data in biomedical research to UA graduate and undergraduate students. 

Technology in Tucson: Industry and Education Showcase 

Trade Show

Feb 16

Tucson, AZ

U. Hilgert

AZ Tech Council

Uwe Hilgert to staff booth providing information about iPlant Collaborative. 

GinE @ National Biotechnology Education Conference

Conference

Feb 16

Santa Clara, CA

D. Micklos

 

Workshop: DNA Barcoding
Trainers: Dave Micklos

Gordon Research Conference in Quantitative Genetics and Genomics

Conference

Feb. 17- 22

Galveston, TX

D. Ware, S. Goff, A. Stapleton

 

Presentation: Steve Goff, The iPlant Collaborative
This will be given in Doreen's stead.
Attendees: Ann Stapleton, Bruce Walsh, and many other associated collaborators.

Phenotype RCN

Meeting

Feb 23-25

NESCent, Durham, NC

R. Walls

Eva

Ramona Walls to represent iPlant at the meeting.

UA Microbiology Dept. Lecture Series

Seminar 

Feb 27

Tucson, AZ

S. Goff

Maggie So, Immunology Dept.

Presentation: Steve Goff, The heterosis model, why iPlant tools/CI are necessary to solve this, and other basic biology questions. 1PM, MRB102

Genomes to Germplasm

Meeting

Feb 28 - Mar 2

INRA, Versailles, France

N. Merchant, E. Lyons

P. Kersey, EMBL

Nirav Merchant and Eric Lyons to represent iPlant on "...(ii) informatics needs and solutions: what infrastructure and data standards are available, and what componenets are missing or underdeveloped, particularly in the context of globally distributed activities,..."  and "...(iv) tools needed to practically apply these data for the purposes of plant breeding and crop development."

RCN Pollen Meeting

Meeting

Mar 2

Tucson, AZ

M. Narro,

Ravi Palanivelu

Presentation: Martha Narro and Steve Goff, Overview of iPlant, Data Store, and DE
Presentation: Naim Matasic, Atmosphere 
Presentation: Shannon Oliver and Andrew Predoehl, Bisque
Presentation: Matt Bomhoff, CoGe

Murray State University

Seminar 

Mar 8

Murray, KY

A. Stapleton

 

Presentation: Ann Stapleton, iPlant Overview 

Tucson Festival of Books

Informal Talk for General Public

Mar 9

Tucson, AZ

E. Lyons

 

Presentation: Eric Lyons,  "What you can learn from your genome"
Part of Science Cafe Talks at the Book Festival, Main Stage, 3PM.

Ecological and Functional Genomics Group @ SUNY Stony Brook

Seminar

Mar 11

Stony Brook, NY

C. Noustsos

 

Presentation: Christos Noutsos, "Big Data in Plant Biology: an example in Ecology and Evolution"

High Tech Anthropology by Menlo Innovations

Course

Mar 11-15

Ann Arbor, MI

S. Oliver

 

Training for Shannon Oliver on Agile software Development
Designated Lodging: Campus Inn Ann Arbor

TSW @ Maize Genetics Conference

Workshop

Mar 14

Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL

U. Hilgert

Margy Moore 

Half-day workshop (~10:00AM-3:00PM) one day before the Maize Genetics Conference 2013.

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Presentation

Mar 18-19

Pittsburgh, PA

S. Goff

Phil Blood

Presentation: Steve Goff, Using the iPlant cyberinfratstructure to explore the potential connection between protein metabolism, hybrid vigor, and cellular aging. Designated lodging: Wyndham Hotel University Center.

GinE @ Hinxton, UK

Workshop

Mar 21-22 

Hinxton, UK

D. Micklos

 

Workshop: DNA Barcoding / DNA Subway
Trainers: Dave Micklos
Presentation: DNA Barcoding 101: A Practical and Planning Workshop for Science Centers

EAGER-RCN4GSC Meeting

Meeting

Mar 25-29

Seattle, WA

R. Walls

 

Ramona Walls to attend.  Hosted by the I3BR EAGER project.

Software Carpentry Workshop: Programming for Biologists

Workshop

Apr 4-5

Tucson, AZ

N. Merchant, J. Messier

Titus Brown

Online Registration
Business purpose: "Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills, like program design, version control, testing, and task automation. In our teaching we emphasise how these skills can contribute to quality, usable, reproducible research. In this two-day boot camp, short tutorials will alternate with hands-on practical exercises. Attendees will be encouraged both to help one another, and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions."  iPlant is sponsoring the travel expenses of Dr. Titus Brown.

North Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting

Meeting 

Apr 6

Pembroke, NC

D. Micklos

 

Presentation: Dave Micklos, Engineering Society: The American Eugenics Movement 
Presentation: Dave Mcklos, iPlant Collaborative Project

PSI Advisory Board Mtg

Meeting

Apr 5

Ames, IA

S. Goff

Deanne Brill

Steve Goff to participate in Plant Science Institute Council/Board Meeting.

Institute of Bioinformatics State-of-the-Art Next Generation Sequence Symposium

Presentation

Apr 8-9

Athens, GA

E. Lyons

Travis Glenn

Presentation: Eric Lyons, iPlant Data Store: Managing Your Data's Lifescycle
Presentation: Eric Lyons, CoGe: Web Based Services for Comparative Genomics
Agenda

Genome/Transcriptome Assembly & RNA Seq Training

Workshop/Seminar

Apr 11

Blacksburg, VA

R. Barthelson

Dorothea Tholl, Shelley Moore, Gunjune Kim

Workshop:  Genome/Transcriptome Assembly & RNA Seq Training
Trainer:  Roger Barthelson
Audience: Molecular Plant Sciences Program students at Virginia Tech
Agenda: AM Sessions include Plantagora & Genome Assembly; PM Sessions include iPlant DE; RNA Seq; transcriptome assembly.

Bioinformatics Seminar Series

Seminar

Apr 12

Kannapolis, NC

S. Goff

Debby Roseman/Ann Loraine

Presentation: Steve Goff,  What iPlant Can Do For You 

Genomics Standards Consortium

Meeting

Apr 21-26

Bethesda, MD

R. Walls

 

Ramona Walls to attend.  Hosted by RCN4GSC.

G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture

Conference

Apr 29-30

Washington, DC

D. Stanzione

Jack Okamuro

Presentation (invited): Dan Stanzione,

Plant Phenotype Pilot Project Meeting

Meeting

Apr 30 - May 3

Ames, IA

R. Walls

 

Ramona Walls to attend.  Hosted by Phenotype Ontology RCN.

Nanoinformatics Workshop

Workshop

May 7

Los Angeles, CA

N. Merchant

Yoram Cohen

A workshop that will use iPlant CI as part of the CEIN collaboration.
Trainer: Nirav Merchant

Syngenta Corporation

Meeting

May 8

RTP, NC

S. Goff

 

Steve meeting to discuss Syngenta database in Data Store.

Iowa State Software Integration Tutorial

Workshop

May 13-14

Ames, IA

M. Vaughn

James Koltes

A training workshop to teach software integration into iPlant DE, use of the FAPI, Atmosphere, and XSEDE resources.
Trainer: Matt Vaughn

Mars Corporation

Meeting

May 14-15

Davis, CA

S. Goff

 

Steve Goff to meet with members of the Mars Corporation to discuss potential synergies and present on iPlant resources available for genomics research/molecular breeding.

Plant Ontology, Gene Ontology, and Protein Ontology Group

Meeting

May 15-17

Buffalo, NY

R. Walls

 

Ramona Walls to attend.

Next-Generation Sequencing Workshop @ UNC Charlotte

Workshop

May 16-17

Charlotte, NC

J. Williams, M. Vaughn 

Ann Loraine

Presentation: Matt Vaughn, How the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure Can Help Accelerate Your Science
Workshop: Scalable Metagenomic Analysis Using the iPlant Discovery Environment and Atmosphere
Trainer: Matt Vaughn

Forest Modeling

Meeting

May 22

Tucson, AZ

M. Narro

Brian Enquist

Kickoff meeting for Forest Modeling project

Syngenta

Meeting

May 28

RTP, NC

S. Goff

 

Continuing discussions re: database.

National Association of Plant Breeders

Meeting

Jun 2- 5

Tampa, FL

S. Goff, D. Ware

David Francis

Presentation:  Steve Goff,  Overview of iPlant CI and its Applications, Wed. June 5, 8:05 am, Ballroom
Data Workshop:  D. Francis and D. Ware presiding, Wed. June 5, 1 pm
Attendees:  Doreen Ware, Steve Goff, Liya Wang, Jason Williams, Nicole Hopkins 

KBase-iPlant Collaborations

Meeting

Jun 4-6

Lemont, Illinois

D. Stanzione, N. Merchant, S. McKay, E. Skidmore, et al.

India Gordon

Goal: to discuss KBase-iPlant Collaborations

Navigating New Risk
Landscapes & Opportunities in Global Food Systems

Meeting

Jun 11-13

Tallberg, Sweden

S. Goff

M. Jahn, D. LeZaks

Steve Goff is invited to this meeting for 40 senior distinguished colleagues from private and public sectors entitled "Navigating New Risk Landscapes & Opportunities in Global Food Systems." This meeting will start in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 11th and run through early afternoon June 13th 2013 in Tällberg, Sweden.

IBP Annual Meeting

Meeting

June 18-21

Montpellier, France

S. Goff

Xavier Delannay

Steve Goff invited to represent iPlant.

iRODS Tutorial for UITS

Workshop (UA internal)

June 24-25

Tucson, AZ

N. Merchant

L. Breeger, iRODS

Trainer: Lisa Breeger, iRODS

Galaxy Meeting

Internal iPlant Meeting

June 24 - 28

Austin, TX

N. Merchant, E. Skidmore, N. Matasci, D. Stanzione, M. Vaughn

 

Meeting with Galaxy/TACC/UA to discuss synergies /shared resources between the two projects.
Designated lodging:  Westin Austin at the Domain

Science for Team Science 4th Annual Conference

Conference

Jun 26

Evanston, IL

Catherine Freeman

 

Presentation: Catherine Freeman, Examining the iPlant Collaborative from a Team Science Perspective

Training Material for CI for Use by Biologists

Workshop

July 8-9

Baltimore, MD

N. Merchant, S. McKay

 

Part of the BEACON-led NSF "training material for CI use by Biologists " Workshop

UArizona IT Summit

Closed Workshop

July 10

Tucson, AZ

E. Skidmore

Michele Norin
Chief Information Officer
University of Arizona
ITSummit.arizona.edu

Presentation: Sangeeta Kuchimanchi, Log Monitoring and Visualization  
Presentation: JMatt Peterson, Monica Lent, and Steve Gregory, The Cloud Is For Everyone 
Presentation:  Edwin Skidmore, OpenStack: The Sky is the Limit

2013 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling

Conference

July 17-19

Logan, UT

D. Gessler

 

Presentation: Damian Gessler,

ASPB/Plant Biology 2013

iPlant@ASPB

Conference

Jul 20 - 24

Providence, RI

J. Williams
D.Ware

 

Presentation: Doreen Ware, Cyberinfrastructures for Plant Science: iPlant and KBase 
Poster: Christos Noutsos, iPlant collaborative: A case study on Soybean RNA-expression analysis
Attendees: Jason Williams,

RCN-UBE Incubator Workshop: Enhancing Data Discovery and Usability for Inquiry in Biology

Workshop

July 25- 26

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

N. Matasci, J. Williams

Tanya Dewey

Participants: Martha Narro, Uwe Hilgert
The goals of the workshop are to discuss the issues around challenges of making data available for use in undergraduate biology classrooms
Meeting Report

Botany 2013

iPlant@BSA

Conference

Jul 24 - Aug 1

New Orleans, LA

J. Williams

 

Sunday July 28th; Full day iPlant Tool and Services workshop; Full day DNA Subway workshop
Trainers: Jason Williams, Sheldon McKay, Uwe Hilgert 

MidAtlantic Plant Molecular Biology Meeting

Meeting

Aug 15-16

Laurel, MD

S.McKay

 

Presentation: Sheldon McKay, The iPlant Collaborative: Bringing together high performance computing and biology

SESYNC Vis Tools Short Course

Short Course

Aug 15-16