2012 05 17 TSW U of Arkansas

2012 05 17 TSW U of Arkansas

Organizers

Jason Williams (mailto: williams@cshl.edu), 411

Local Point of Contact

Emily Devereux, Roger Hall

Trainers

Jason Williams, Sheldon McKay, John Fonner, and Joshua Stein

Date

May 17-18, 2012

Location

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
EIT 318 (Seats 40)
2801 S University
Little Rock, AR 72205

Catering:

Contact Kindra @ Sodexo 501.569.3360; catering delivered/consumed in EIT 303

Page Contents

Pre-Workshop Homework

Please note. All participants are required to bring a laptop to this workshop. A limited number of laptops may be available. Please email williams@cshl.edu ASAP if you need us to provide you with a laptop.

1.Please ensure you have up-to-date antivirus software installed on your laptop. You can obtain free antivirus software at: http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download 

2. Please make sure you have the latest version of your web browser. Firefox is preferred. You may find browsers at the links below:

3. Please try out your iPlant credentials to ensure you have access. You can Log-in from user.iplantcollaborative.org, click the button "iPlant Login"

  • Once authenticated click the "My Services" link

  • Under "My Services" please ensure you have access to: Atmosphere, Discovery Environment, iPlant Data Store. You can also request access to other services here

  • If you have account problems, please email support@iplantcollaborative.org

4. Please be sure that your name is listed in the Attendee List (below) for the workshop section(s) you were accepted to. If there is a discrepancy, please email 411@iplantcollaborative.org

5. Please check your email, and this wiki prior to the workshop, as this is the way we will communicate any important changes.

6. The use of Atmosphere will require a VNC viewer which can be downloaded here.

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"

Wireless and account info and FTP URLs for Demo

Please use the assigned wireless credentials here (https://pods.iplantcollaborative.org/wiki/display/Events/Wireless+access+and+demo+links)

If your name is not listed here and you need a wireless account please see an instructor.

Workshop handouts

The stept-by-step handouts are available here: Arkansas Workshop Handout

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 and customize iPlant tools and services for your investigations.

Agenda

Please check here for the latest updates to this workshop agenda

Thursday May 17th

Time

Presentation

Slides

Links

Time

Presentation

Slides

Links

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM

Arrive/Sign-in/ Verify iPlant accounts

 

 

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Welcome - Presenter/Participant Introductions

 

 

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM

An Overview of the iPlant Collaborative

Jason's iPlant intro.pptx


09:50 AM - 10:15 AM

Overview of the iPlant Discovery Environment (DE)

Jason's DE Overview.pptx

www.iplantcollaborative.org/de1

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

 

 

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

iPlant Data Store - Managing "Big Data"

Jason's Data Store Overview.pptx

Links for Tutorial

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Atmosphere - Custom Cloud Computing

Atmosphere_Workshop_Arkansas.pptx

www.iplantcollaborative.org/atm1

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Lunch (Delivered)

 


01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Building and Using Workflows Within the DE; Phylogenetics

Jason's_intro_phylo_workflow.pptx

www.iplantcollaborative.org/pw1

01:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Using the DE to Examine Differential Expression Within an RNA-seq Dataset

Slides, Helpful Article

www.iplantcollaborative.org/rs1

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Coffee Break

 

 

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Extending the DE for Your Research: Tool Integration and Customization

Tool_Integration.pptx

DE tool integration documentation

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Collaborating with iPlant: Future Projects and Workshop Summary

Jason's Workshop Conclusion.pptx

 

Friday May 18th

Time

Presentation

Sides

Links

Time

Presentation

Sides

Links

08:45 AM - 09:00 AM

Sign-in/Welcome


 

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Advanced CHiP-seq in the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure

Slides

Online Guide

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

 

 

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Advanced CHiP-seq in the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure (cont'd)

 

 

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Comparative Phylogenetic Methods in the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure


 

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Lunch (On your own)

 

 

 

                                            Data Clinic Appointments

 

 

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Powered by iPlant - Consuming iPlant Services in Your Portals                         

iPlant API 5-18-12.pdf

Hand-on Tutorial

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Using XSEDE for Bioinformatics

XSEDE_iPlant_5-18-12.pdf

 

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Additional RNA-seq analysis applications/ hands-on

 

RNA-seq reading room

Attendee List (No Show in blue)

First Name

Last Name

Research Area

Email

Institution

Department

Position

User Acct?

First Name

Last Name

Research Area

Email

Institution

Department

Position

User Acct?

Siddique

Aboobucker

Molecular Biosciences

siddique.aboobucker@smail.astate.edu

Arkansas State University

Arkansas Biosciences Institute

Grad Student

X

Solomon

Adekunle

Genetics and Nucleic Acids

sadekunl@suno.edu

southern university at new orleans

natural sciences

University/College Faculty

X, no atmo

Tony

Arick

Computer and Computation Research

maa146@igbb.msstate.edu

Mississippi State University

IGBB

University/College Staff

X

Carlos

Avila

Plant Biology

cavila@uark.edu

University of Arkansas

Entomology

University/College Faculty

X

Linda

Ballard

Genetics and Nucleic Acids

linda.ballard@ars.usda.gov

USDA-ARS

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit

Government User

X

Caroline

Borges Bevilacqua

OtherSeed science and technology

carolinebevi@gmail.com

University of Arkansas

Crop Soil and Environment Sciences

Graduate Student

X

Teresia

Buza

Molecular Biosciences Bioinformatics

ndelly@gmail.com

Mississippi State University

CVM Basic sciences

Postdoctorate

X

Venu R.

Channarayappa

Plant Biology

venurekha12@gmail.com

USDA- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center

Molecular Plant Pathology

Postdoctorate

X

Jose

Condori

BioStrategies LC

jcondori@biostrategies-lc.com

Lectin

Therapeutic protein

Research Scientist

X, no atmo

Richard

Connor

Molecular Biosciences

raconnor1@ualr.edu

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Applied Science

Graduate Student

X, no atmo

Carole

Cramer

Biochemistry and Molecular Structure and Function

ccramer@astate.edu

Arkansas State University

Arkansas Biosciences Institute

University/College Faculty

X

Randy

Dinkins

Plant Biology

Randy.dinkins@ars.usda.gov

USDA ARS

 

Government User

X

Robert