2013 Events
iPlant Events and Workshops for 2013
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Title |
Type |
Date |
Location |
iPlant Contact |
Institution Contact |
Notes |
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Symposium |
Jan 3-5 |
Anaheim, CA |
Nirav Merchant |
Sandy Sharp, CSU LA Taskforce Chair |
Workshop: Atmosphere Cloud Computing for Education and Research |
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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 |
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International Biogeography Society Mtg |
Annual Meeting |
Jan 9-12 |
Miami, FL |
M. Narro |
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Presentation: Brian Enquist, The commonness and distribution of rarity: Quantifying the botanical diversity of all plant species in the Americas |
BeanCAP Adv Cmte Meeting |
Annual Meeting |
Jan 10 |
Handlery Hotel and Resort |
S. Goff |
Phil McClean |
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 |
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Presentation: Doreen Ware, Overview of iPlant |
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. |
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PAG XXI (wikipage) |
Conference |
Jan 12-16 |
San Diego, CA |
S. Goff |
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PAGXXI (website) |
Workshop |
Jan 22 |
Tucson, AZ |
N. Merchant, F. McCarthy |
Bert Overduin |
Participants will include iPlant staff, plus UA departments. Room: Keating 103 |
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Workshop |
Jan 23 |
Tucson, AZ |
N. Merchant, F. McCarthy |
Bert Overduin |
Participants will include iPlant staff, plus UA departments. Room: Drachman 119 |
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Hackathon |
Jan 28-Feb 1 |
Tucson, AZ |
N. Matasci, 411 |
Arlin Stoltzfus |
HIP = Hackathons, Interoperability, and Phylogenies Group at NESCent |
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4th AgMIP Development Sprint |
Hackathon |
Feb 4-8 |
Austin, TX |
Jayme Brown |
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. |
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Big Data Computing: Building a Vision for ARS Information Management |
Meeting |
Feb. 5-6 |
GWCC, Beltsville, MD |
D. Ware, M. Vaughn |
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The USDA ARS is hosting a meeting on big data. |
Biotechnology - Life Sciences Seminar Series at University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
Presentation |
Feb. 6 |
Lincoln, NE |
S. Goff |
Thomas C. Hoegemeyer |
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. |
Conference |
Feb 16 |
Santa Clara, CA |
D. Micklos |
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Workshop: DNA Barcoding |
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Gordon Research Conference in Quantitative Genetics and Genomics |
Conference |
Feb. 17- 22 |
Galveston, TX |
D. Ware, S. Goff, A. Stapleton |
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Presentation: Steve Goff, The iPlant Collaborative |
Meeting |
Feb 23-25 |
NESCent, Durham, NC |
R. Walls |
Eva |
Ramona Walls to represent iPlant at the meeting. |
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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 |
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." |
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Meeting |
Mar 2 |
Tucson, AZ |
M. Narro, |
Presentation: Martha Narro and Steve Goff, Overview of iPlant, Data Store, and DE |
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Murray State University |
Seminar |
Mar 8 |
Murray, KY |
A. Stapleton |
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Presentation: Ann Stapleton, iPlant Overview |
Informal Talk for General Public |
Mar 9 |
Tucson, AZ |
E. Lyons |
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Presentation: Eric Lyons, "What you can learn from your genome" |
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Ecological and Functional Genomics Group @ SUNY Stony Brook |
Seminar |
Mar 11 |
Stony Brook, NY |
C. Noustsos |
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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 |
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Training for Shannon Oliver on Agile software Development |
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. |
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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. |
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Workshop |
Mar 21-22 |
Hinxton, UK |
D. Micklos |
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Workshop: DNA Barcoding / DNA Subway |
EAGER-RCN4GSC Meeting |
Meeting |
Mar 25-29 |
Seattle, WA |
R. Walls |
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Ramona Walls to attend. Hosted by the I3BR EAGER project. |
Workshop |
Apr 4-5 |
Tucson, AZ |
N. Merchant, J. Messier |
Titus Brown |
Online Registration. |
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Meeting |
Apr 6 |
Pembroke, NC |
D. Micklos |
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Presentation: Dave Micklos, Engineering Society: The American Eugenics Movement |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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Ramona Walls to attend. Hosted by RCN4GSC. |
Conference |
Apr 29-30 |
Washington, DC |
D. Stanzione |
Jack Okamuro |
Presentation (invited): Dan Stanzione, |
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Plant Phenotype Pilot Project Meeting |
Meeting |
Apr 30 - May 3 |
Ames, IA |
R. Walls |
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Ramona Walls to attend. Hosted by Phenotype Ontology RCN. |
Workshop |
May 7 |
Los Angeles, CA |
N. Merchant |
A workshop that will use iPlant CI as part of the CEIN collaboration. |
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Syngenta Corporation |
Meeting |
May 8 |
RTP, NC |
S. Goff |
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Steve meeting to discuss Syngenta database in Data Store. |
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. |
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Mars Corporation |
Meeting |
May 14-15 |
Davis, CA |
S. Goff |
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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 |
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Ramona Walls to attend. |
Workshop |
May 16-17 |
Charlotte, NC |
J. Williams, M. Vaughn |
Presentation: Matt Vaughn, How the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure Can Help Accelerate Your Science |
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Meeting |
May 22 |
Tucson, AZ |
M. Narro |
Brian Enquist |
Kickoff meeting for Forest Modeling project |
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Syngenta |
Meeting |
May 28 |
RTP, NC |
S. Goff |
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Continuing discussions re: database. |
Meeting |
Jun 2- 5 |
Tampa, FL |
S. Goff, D. Ware |
Presentation: Steve Goff, Overview of iPlant CI and its Applications, Wed. June 5, 8:05 am, Ballroom |
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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 |
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 |
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Meeting with Galaxy/TACC/UA to discuss synergies /shared resources between the two projects. |
Conference |
Jun 26 |
Evanston, IL |
Catherine Freeman |
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Presentation: Catherine Freeman, Examining the iPlant Collaborative from a Team Science Perspective |
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Workshop |
July 8-9 |
Baltimore, MD |
N. Merchant, S. McKay |
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Part of the BEACON-led NSF "training material for CI use by Biologists " Workshop |
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Closed Workshop |
July 10 |
Tucson, AZ |
E. Skidmore |
Michele Norin |
Presentation: Sangeeta Kuchimanchi, Log Monitoring and Visualization |
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Conference |
July 17-19 |
Logan, UT |
D. Gessler |
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Presentation: Damian Gessler, |
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Conference |
Jul 20 - 24 |
Providence, RI |
J. Williams |
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Presentation: Doreen Ware, Cyberinfrastructures for Plant Science: iPlant and KBase |
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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 |
Conference |
Jul 24 - Aug 1 |
New Orleans, LA |
J. Williams |
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Sunday July 28th; Full day iPlant Tool and Services workshop; Full day DNA Subway workshop |
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MidAtlantic Plant Molecular Biology Meeting |
Meeting |
Aug 15-16 |
Laurel, MD |
S.McKay |
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Presentation: Sheldon McKay, The iPlant Collaborative: Bringing together high performance computing and biology |
SESYNC Vis Tools Short Course |
Short Course |
Aug 15-16 |