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Upcoming Meetings
Fourth Annual DOE JGI User Meeting: March 25-27, 2009, Walnut Creek, CA
MGM Workshop: Upcoming workshops in 2009
For additional information on upcoming jamborees, contact James Bristow, jbristow@lbl.gov
What is a Jamboree?
A jamboree is a scientific meeting at which members of a scientific community gather to discuss the genome of an organism of common interest. Participants have the opportunity to annotate the genome in advance of the meeting. The focus can be a single organism or a family of organisms. Similar creatures are also typically studied in order to draw comparisons and contrasts. Attendance is by invitation.