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<div>how this course will run online??? what about course fee??<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">J.W. Bizzaro</b> <<a href="mailto:jeff@bioinformatics.org">jeff@bioinformatics.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">(Apologies for multiple copies)<br><br>The non-profit Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) is pleased to
<br>announce the expansion of its educational services with the introduction of<br>on-site and on-line training courses in bioinformatics.<br><br>Since 1998, Bioinformatics.Org has been providing free hosting services for
<br>bioinformaticists. They've been focused largely on software development<br>projects, but we're now expanding both research and educational services.<br><br>Training courses and static tutorials will employ the open-source Moodle course
<br>management system to manage student registration and course materials. It's<br>located here:<br><br> <a href="http://edu.bioinformatics.org/">http://edu.bioinformatics.org/</a><br><br>(Note: Account registration will be separate for this system until it can be
<br>integrated with the rest of the Bioinformatics.Org website. If you are member<br>of Bioinformatics.Org, you'll need to re-register for this site in order to use<br>it.)<br><br>While the on-line course materials will remain gratis, courses lead by an
<br>instructor will often require a fee -- tiered for academics and economies -- to<br>compensate the instructor and to help the Organization.<br><br>Our very first course is on-site and targeted toward laboratory researchers who
<br>wish to learn how two open-source scripting languages can become powerful tools<br>for data analysis. Please pass the following announcement on to any researcher<br>who would be interested in this course.<br><br> OPEN SOURCE BIOINFORMATICS FOR RESEARCHERS
<br> CAMBRIDGE, MA<br> SEPT. 19 & 20, 2006<br><br>DESCRIPTION:<br>This is a course on the fundamentals of open-source programming, to help<br>biologists understand how and when to use the right computer tools for solving
<br>computational biology problems, whether sequence analysis, gene expression,<br>mass spectrometry, or systems biology.<br><br>This course is modularized so that researchers can understand two distinct<br>tools: a programming and scripting language such as Perl, and a data analysis
<br>and visualization language such as R. Armed with knowledge and some hands-on<br>experience with these tools (including add-on modules like BioPerl and<br>Bioconductor), scientists will be able to appreciate and use software better in
<br>their organization, and also be able to put research questions in the context<br>of these tools. They will be able to do basic computational tasks themselves<br>and better communicate with their IT group.<br><br>PREREQUISITES:
<br>There are no prerequisites for this course other than having a need to learn<br>some of the fundamentals of programming, in case the scientist has any<br>bioinformatic tasks in their day-to-day work.<br><br>COURSE OUTLINE:
<br>Day 1:<br> 09:00 - 12:00 pm: Basics of Perl<br> 12:00 - 01:00 pm: LUNCH<br> 01:00 - 04:30 pm: Data manipulation using Perl/BioPerl<br><br>Day 2:<br> 09:00 - 12:00 pm: Basics of R<br> 12:00 - 01:00 pm: LUNCH
<br> 01:00 - 04:30 pm: Bioconductor for microarray analysis<br><br>Breakfast and afternoon tea is provided, but lunch is not.<br><br>LOGISTICS:<br>When: September 19th & 20th, 2006<br>Where: The Radisson, Cambridge, Massachusetts
<br><br>COURSE FEES:<br>Commercial: $600/person<br>Academic: $300/person<br><br>All attendees are encouraged to bring their own notebook computers, since this<br>will be a hands-on workshop. CDs will be provided to install the necessary
<br>software, and lecture notes and exercises will be provided.<br><br>Register today (account required):<br><a href="http://edu.bioinformatics.org/course/view.php?id=2">http://edu.bioinformatics.org/course/view.php?id=2</a>
<br><br>Additionally, please let us know if you'd like the Bioinformatics Organization<br>to come to your institution and provide training in the following areas:<br><br> Scripting Languages for Biology:<br> - Perl/BioPerl
<br><br> Statistical Tools for Biology:<br> - R/Bioconductor<br> - Matlab and Octave<br><br> Data Management Tools for Biology:<br> - MySQL<br><br>Also let us know if you're interested in creating and running your own course.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jeff<br>--<br>J.W. Bizzaro<br>Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. (Bioinformatics.Org)<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:jeff@bioinformatics.org">jeff@bioinformatics.org</a><br>Phone: +1 508 890 8600<br>--<br>_______________________________________________
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