About the Genomics eScience showcase

Researchers at the University of Otago are leading a project to create KAREN-enabled tools to support the genomics community in New Zealand. On Wednesday 27 May, the project leaders will talk about the tools they have developed and the grid services they have utilised in building these resources for genomics research.

Programme

Drs Chris Brown and Michael Black, University of Otago (40 mins)

'Integrated Genomics Resources for Health and Disease' project leaders Drs Chris Brown and Mik Black will describe the KAREN-enabled infrastructure they've developed for genomics researchers. The project team have developed tools to securely manage, analyse and visualise microarray data within New Zealand. Their service allows easy access to bioinformatic tools and the ability for improved collaborations between researchers.

Most resources developed as part of this project are now available through the Integrated Genomics portal

The project team have been working with BeSTGRID to utilise grid services over KAREN to meet their increasing computational requirements.

Nick Jones, BeSTGRID (20 mins)

BeSTGrid is developing and deploying research services in collaboration with New Zealand bio and geo science researchers. Nick will give an update, describing how these communities are working to develop plans for 2009 / 2010.

This project was awarded funding through the KAREN Capability Build Fund.

When

2:00 - 3:00pm, Wednesday 27 May. [The conference will be open from 1:45pm to allow you to test your connection]

How to participate

This seminar is being held via video conference, using the KAREN video conferencing bridge. Details for how to connect are provided below.

The bridge can accommodate up to 12 participants at one time. If you are not able to connect to the bridge, you can view the conference stream. Details are below.

Note: In the first instance, please contact your in-house audio/visual team for any assistance with participating in this video conference.

Connection details

IP address of the bridge: 210.7.46.10
Conference ID: 4000
Conference name: eScience seminar: Genomics

Watch the conference stream

1. Go to http://kvcs.karen.ac.nz/
2. Enter your name
3. Enter the conference ID: 4000
4. Choose your streaming viewer
5. Stream the conference

Help in connecting

If you need help in participating in this seminar:

1. contact your in-house audio/visual team for help, or
2. contact the AVCC helpdesk

Updated 27 May 2009