Bioinformatics of Microbial Single Cells Workshop

Hosted by the Single Cell Genomics Center at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Workshop Dates:
January 5, 2024: Application Deadline
January 19, 2024: Notification of acceptance
February 9, 2024: Registration Deadline
Participant arrival: April 2, 2024
Workshop dates: April 3-7, 2024
Participant departure: April 8, 2024

Where: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, USA

What: This workshop aims to create opportunities for effective and creative interactions among participants and instructors by mixing learning formats and devoting time to networking and idea generation. Through expert lectures, tutorials, and independent data exploration using a Workshop-specific computational hub, participants will gain a deeper understanding of SAG data and bioinformatics techniques that enable the discovery of and insights into microbial genomics and ecology. Networking among workshop attendees will be facilitated formally through brainstorming activities and a participant symposium and informally through several group dinners and a recreational outing.

Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate students, post docs and professionals interested in learning about and working with SAG data. Limited to ~20 attendees.

Workshop Chairs: Julia Brown and Ramunas Stepanauskas

Application and Registration for this workshop is now closed.

For email updates and inquiries, please contact scgc.data [at] bigelow [dot] org