Sounds like a good idea. Michelle has experience with this.

Lincoln

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Elena Rivkin <[email protected]>wrote:

> I think we can certainly do something like that.
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> From: Arek Kasprzyk <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 09:09:35 -0400
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Microsoft Office User <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <
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> Subject: Re: [BioMart Users] BioMart workshop announcement
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> I don't see why not. Elena, would you be able to see if this can  be
> organized as a part of course materials?
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> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Dear Arek and Elena,
>> I would like to re-raise this old request.
>> Would it be possible to have video recordings of the BioMart meeting that
>> can perhaps be posted on YouTube for new and old users to point potential
>> mart users to? I think this would be of great service to the community way
>> after the event is done.
>> Just a suggestion.
>> Kind Regards,
>> Nelson
>>
>>
>> > To the BioMart community,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We are pleased to announce an upcoming BioMart workshop that will take
>> > place
>> > on Friday, October 14, 2011 from 9am to 12pm in Toronto, Canada. This
>> > BioMart workshop is offered as part of the GMOD meeting, which will take
>> > place on October 12-13 (http://gmod.org/wiki/October_2011_GMOD_Meeting
>> ).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Registration for the BioMart workshop is free, but required, as space
>> is
>> > limited.* To register for the BioMart workshop and/or the GMOD meeting,
>> > visit the registration site at: http://gmod.eventbrite.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please email Elena
>> > Rivkin:
>> > [email protected]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > * *
>> >
>> > *Workshop Details*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Target audience:*
>> >
>> > The workshop is intended for current and prospective BioMart deployers
>> and
>> > BioMart users.  Experience in working with any type of database
>> platforms
>> > and Linux command line environment is required. Experience with a
>> > scripting
>> > language such as Perl or Python is encouraged.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Workshop agenda:*
>> >
>> > §  Introduction to the BioMart system.
>> >
>> > §  Demonstration of the BioMart Central Portal
>> > (http://central.biomart.org)
>> > and the International Cancer Genome Consosrtium (ICGC) Data Portal (
>> > http://dcc.icgc.org) to illustrate how BioMart can be used to build a
>> > high-availability portal.
>> >
>> > §  Hands-on tutorials to:
>> >
>> > o   Create a new data mart from existing data source using MartBuilder;
>> >
>> > o   Configure a registry to expose the mart built in previous step using
>> > MartConfigurator;
>> >
>> > o   Import external mart and link it with the local mart;
>> >
>> > o   Deploy the BioMart server to provide data access to the above marts;
>> >
>> > o   Query the BioMart server via web GUI and REST API.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Requirements: *
>> >
>> > You will need a laptop with VMware Player, Vmware Workstation, or
>> > VirtualBox
>> > already installed and running. VMware player for Linux and Windows
>> > operating
>> > systems is freely available from VMware
>> > (http://vmware.com/products/player/).
>> > Mac users may use VMware Fusion (http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
>> )
>> > on
>> > a 30 day free trail available). VirtualBox is freely available from
>> > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.
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