Workshops
The following workshops will be held Wednesday morning, March 26.
JGI 101
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Walnut Creek Marriott, California Ballroom
Audience: Anyone who wants to learn the basics of collaborating with JGI.
This workshop offers an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of JGI sequencing operations and analysis. From writing successful proposals to working with sequence data and online tools, participants learn how to get the most out of the JGI experience. Discussions will include how the production sequencing facility handles samples, what project managers need from collaborators, and how users can work with JGI to keep projects on track.
IMG Workshop
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Walnut Creek Marriott, California Ballroom
Audience: Users and potential users of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) and IMG with Microbiome Samples (IMG/M) data analysis systems.
The goals of the IMG workshop are to (1) provide an overview of IMG, especially the new functionality added since the previous user review in March 2007, including extensions in response to the feedback from this review, and (2) to discuss ongoing developments of analytical tools of IMG in three areas: (a) methods of analysis of genes, genomes and functions/pathways; (b) data quality through internal and community-driven curation efforts; and (c) methods of analysis of metagenomic data.
Eukaryotic Annotation Workshop
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Walnut Creek Marriott, Contra Costa Room II
Audience: PIs and collaborators of eukaryotic genome projects expected for annotation in 2008, as well as new members of user communities interested in manual curation of eukaryotitc genes.
The JGI Genome Portal provides tools for annotation, analysis and manual curation of eukaryotic genomes. Genome Portals for ~40 eukaryotic genomes sequenced and annotated at JGI are publicly available and support distributed community-driven manual curation and analysis for all of them. The goal of this workshop is to train new members of the user community on how to use the basic functions of the JGI Genome Portal for genome analysis and manual curation of predicted genes and functions. Attendees will learn how to navigate through the genome, analyze gene families and pathways, seach for genes of interest, evaluate gene structures using available evidence and if necessary change them, and assign gene names and functions. This is a hands-on tutorial using laptop computers; please bring your own laptop.
