<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Bioinformatics Core <<a href="mailto:bioinformatics.core@ucdavis.edu">bioinformatics.core@ucdavis.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>UC Davis Summer Bioinformatics Workshops -- Registration is Open!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">May 5, 2015 at 1:32:21 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:bioinformatics@ucdavis.edu">bioinformatics@ucdavis.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:bioinformatics.core@ucdavis.edu">bioinformatics.core@ucdavis.edu</a><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center" id="docs-internal-guid-ba8209d6-25a8-f01e-8ada-2ea3ff49628c"><span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Registration is Open for the 2015 Bioinformatics Summer Workshops!</span></h1><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now in its 8th year, the UC Davis Bioinformatics Training Program will be holding two week-long workshops this summer:</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">June 15-19, 2015: </span><a href="http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/2015/01/13/using-the-linux-command-line-for-analysis-of-high-throughput-sequence-data-june-15-19-2015/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Using Command Line for Analysis of High Throughput Sequence Data</span></a></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sept 14-18, 2015: </span><a href="http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/2015/01/13/using-galaxy-for-analysis-of-high-throughput-sequence-data-september-14-18-2015/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Using Galaxy for Analysis of High Throughput Sequence Data</span></a></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These workshops will be held on the UC Davis campus and will run from 9am to 5pm on the dates indicated. </span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Details</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Both workshops will cover modern high throughput sequencing technologies, applications, and ancillary topics, including:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Illumina HiSeq / MiSeq, and PacBio RS technologies</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Read Quality Assessment & Improvement</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Genome assembly</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">SNP, indel, and CNV discovery</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">RNA-Seq differential expression analysis</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Experimental design</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Hardware and software considerations</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Cloud Computing</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Each workshop will include a rich collection of lectures and hands-on sessions, covering both theory and tools. We will explore the basics of several high throughput sequencing technologies, focusing on Illumina and PacBio data for hands-on exercises. Participants will explore software and protocols, create and modify workflows, and diagnose/treat problematic data. Both workshops will utilize computing power of the Amazon Cloud (</span><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://aws.amazon.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">), </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In June, exercises will be performed using the Linux command line. Therefore, for this workshop, it is strongly recommended that participants should also have basic familiarity with the Linux/Unix (or Mac) command line.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In September, workshop exercises will be performed using the popular Galaxy platform (</span><a href="http://usegalaxy.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://usegalaxy.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">) which allows for powerful web-based data analyses. There are no prerequisites other than basic familiarity with genomic concepts. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Who Should Attend</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Prior course participants have included faculty, post docs, grad students, staff, and industry researchers. Anyone with an interest in sequence analysis is welcome!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Registration Info</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Attendance is limited to 36 participants per workshop in order to foster an effective learning environment and ensure sufficient one-on-one attention. Course tuition is $1,500 for academic or non-profit participants and $1,800 for other participants. Amazon has kindly provided grants of $100 per participant for Amazon Web Services accounts. This will allow you to perform analysis during and after the course using Amazon’s resources, without purchasing your own high performance computing servers!</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, click on the links above or go to </span><a href="http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. All registration is “first-come, first-served”. There is no application process. We accept credit cards, as well as UC recharge accounts, for payment. Registration fees include light breakfast, lunch, and snacks, but do not include dinner, lodging or parking fees.</span></div><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Questions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">If</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type: disc; 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font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Core main telephone line: 530-752-2698</span></div></li></ul><br><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">See you this summer!</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The UC Davis Bioinformatics Core Team</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/</span></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size: 15px; 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