Bioinformatics Workshop at Oregon State University

Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program of the Oregon State University (OSU) is organizing a Bioinformatics, Genomics and Systems Biology symposium and workshop on June 17-18, 2009. Researchers, students and postdocs living in and/or visiting the area are invited to attend the workshop. Follow the workshop link http://mcbworkshop.cgrb.oregonstate.edu for more details.
Jason Stajich from UC-Berkeley and Suzy Renn from Reed College will be visiting presenters along with OSU faculty, postdocs and graduate students with expertise in this field.  Topics will include mutational analysis of genomes, transcriptome studies and using genome annotation tools. There will be extensive focus on high-throughput DNA sequencing based approaches, such as Illumina 1G technology available at the CGRB, along with other genomic technologies. Besides number of excellent presentation the workshop will also provide hands-on experience to explore:  (1) Gbrowse genome browser; (2) Familiarity with commandline access to bioinformatics tools; (3) Annotations tools such as the Gene Ontology and (4) Gramene Database: A resource for comparative genomics.
Oregon State University campus is located in the city of Corvallis, a beautiful town in Oregon.