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APBioBox - Bioinformatics in a box!

APBioBox Workshop in ASTI, Philippines
APBioNet Workshop on Sun BioBox and APBioBox
Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI),
Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Quezon City, Philippines
4 Dec 2003

  • Programme
    • 0800 Registration
    • 0900 Opening Remarks
      Ms Merlita M. Opena
      Chief Science Research Specialist
      Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)
      Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

    • 0910 Special Address
      Professor Reynaldo Dela Cruz
      Vice President
      National Research Council of the Philippines

    • 0920 Overview of Workshop
      by Tan Tin Wee, APBioNet Secretariat and Project Co-Leader | ppt |

    • 0930 Introduction to Grid Computing and Sun Grid Engine
      by Gilbert Thomas, Asia Pacific Science and Technology Center (APSTC), Sun Microsystems | ppt |

    • 1015 The BioBox Initiative: BioCluster Grid (Sun biobox) and demo
      by Gilbert Thomas, APSTC | ppt |

    • 1045 Introduction to APBioBox and Hands-on installation of APBioBox, EMBOSS-GUI
      by Ong Guan Sin, APBioBox project consultant and Tan Tin Wee, National University of Singapore | ppt |

    • 1220 Introduction to KOOPlatform and LiveBase demo
      by Vinodh Rajesh, KOOPrime Pte Ltd | ppt |

    • 1330 Information NIMBUS-APBioNet dialogue meeting
      Network for Integrated Multidisciplinary Bioinformatics Utilization Strategies (NIMBUS)
      | Website |

    • 1400 Practice


  • Additional Workshop Materials
    • APBioBox version 1.0 beta2 (at the ftp://ftp.preginet.net download site)
    • BioCluster Grid Installation Guide | pdf
    • Grid Engine Portal Installation Guide | pdf |
    • EMBOSS-GUI developed by Luke McCarthy at Plant Biotechnology Institute, Canada. | Original Download Site | tar.gz copy |
    • CGI perl module (required by EMBOSS-GUI)
    • Mailer perl module(required by EMBOSS-GUI)


  • Participants from
    • University of the Philippines Los Banos campus
    • University of the Philippines Manila
    • University of the Philippines Open University
    • University of Santo Tomas, Manila, The Philippines
    • Mapua Institute of Technology
    • United Laboratories Inc (UniLab)
    • ATENEO de Manila University
    • ASTI
    • PCHRD
  • Sponsors
    • Sun Microsystems
    • International Development Research Centre - PAN R&D Grant
    • Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)
    • Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), Philippines
    • Science and Technology Information Institute (STII), Philippines
  • Endorsed by
    • Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network


Updated Oct; July; Apr 2004; 4 Dec 2003 (ttw); 16 Sep 2003 - ogs