New Webinar: iRODS for NGS Data Management

March 26, 2012 - PRLog -- Needham, MA – Cambridge Healthtech Institute and Bio-IT World announces a new webinar focusing on iRODS for NGS Data Management, taking place April 11, 2012 at 11:30 – 1:00 pm EDT.

The course will start by showing how to download and install iRODS, followed by simple configuration. Once iRODS is up and running, we will demonstrate a typical lifecycle for genomic data, from creation, through annotation, to archiving. We will demonstrate pros and cons of using iRODS.

Learning Objective:

     • What is iRODS
     • Why you should consider iRODS for managing data collections
     • How to install & configure iRODS
     • How to manage data lifecycles with iRODS

Who Should Attend:

     • Director of Informatics
     • Director of IT
     • Director of Genomics/Genetics
     • Technical Leads/Managers of large data collections

Instructors:  

     • Giles Day, Co-Founder, Distributed Bio LLC
     • Chris Smith, Technical Director Distributed Bio

For more information and to register, visit:  http://www.healthtech.com/zsda

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