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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>ON Behalf of Dr. Rod Wing and Dr. Eric Lyons:</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>iPlant is ready to run its first hands-on workshop at the University of Arizona entitled “Good Data Management and Using iPlant's Data Store" on December 16<sup>th</sup> from 9am to noon, at McClelland Park. This workshop will cover the following topics using the iPlant Data Store (iDS):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>1. D<span class=apple-style-span>ata management best practices</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>2. High-performance data transfers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>3. Sharing data with collaborators</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>4. Accessing iDS using web tools, iPlant's Discovery Environment, stand alone clients, command line tools, and third-party applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>If interested in attending please register at this link <a href="http://goo.gl/zkbLX">http://goo.gl/zkbLX</a> <span class=apple-style-span>by December 9<sup>th</sup> so iPlant can be prepared. All participants will need to register user accounts with iPlant before the meeting in order to gain access to the iDS.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for all your support of iPlant and I am looking forward to seeing you at this exciting workshop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rod <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rod A. Wing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Antle Professor – School of Plant Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director – Arizona Genomics Institute<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>V 5206269595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E <a href="mailto:rwing@ag.arizona.edu">rwing@ag.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I <a href="http://www.genome.arizona.edu">www.genome.arizona.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>