Extended Basic ARB/SILVA Workshop
in Bremen, Germany
scheduled for:
***March 8 - 11, 2010 ***
Fully booked - registration is closed!
Please find more information below.
General Information
The workshop represents a 4 full-day training in Linux and ARB/SILVA, with lectures, demonstrations, and guided tutorials.
Participants are taught in (i) theory of phylogenetic analysis and probe design, in (ii) installing Ubuntu Linux and ARB, and in (iii) using the functions of ARB for sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree reconstruction and probe design.
We are in close contact to the ARB development team in Munich and we always use the latest ARB version for our courses. Only up-to-date software and information is provided in our workshops.
- The language of the course is English
- View/Download the
Program (pdf, 44 kb) of one of the recent courses (will be nearly identical)
Price and Services
The price for the Ribocon Extended Basic ARB/SILVA Workshop in spring 2010 for each participant is EUR 500.00 plus 19% German VAT (= EUR 595.00). Please note that German VAT must be included in any case because the service is offered within Germany.
The workshop fee includes:
- a four full day training in Linux and ARB/SILVA with lectures, demonstrations, and guided tutorials
- comprehensive handouts with all lecture slides and the latest version of our ARB reference guide
- 30 day basic email support for ARB-related questions regarding installation, sequence import, database management, phylogenetic treeing, filters and probe design
- coffee, soft drinks, cookies during the course :-)
Accommodation and full meals are not included.
However, there is a low priced and very good canteen nearby and we have negotiated special rates in selected hotels for our course participants.
More information can be found 
here
In case of open questions please contact 
arb(at)ribocon.com
Registration (closed!)
If you are interested in participating in the spring 2010 ARB workshop (March 8 - 11), please register by sending an email to arb(at)ribocon.com with the subject "ARB Workshop spring 2009" as soon as possible after the date has been released.
Your registration mail has to include (i) your full name and (ii) the full address of your institution/company.
Registration is binding!
Please note that we can only handle a maximum of 11 participants in each workshop. In case of more than 11 registrations, participants for the spring 2010 workshop will be chosen by date and time of registration (first come, first serve). However, please only register if you definitely have the time to join the workshop and also your funding is assured. Thank you.
If the number of registrations exceeds the number of available places, people will be put on a waiting list according to the order of registration and will be informed in case another participant calls of. However, the waiting list will not be valid anymore for the next workshop in 2010/11!
Acceptance or rejection for the spring 2010 ARB workshop will be communicated, immediately. The only criterium is time of registration.
Payment
The workshop fee has to be paid latest two weeks before the workshop starts (this corresponds to February 22, 2010. As soon as your money has arrived, we will send you a confirmation of payment by email.
IMPORTANT: If the workshop fee does not arrive in time on the Ribocon bank account, a written confirmation of your administration is required that the fee has already been submitted. In any other case, we will give your place directly away to the next one on the waiting list. This procedure was introduced to assure maximum fairness for all the people highly interested in the training.
Cancellation policy:
All cancellations of registration must be in writing and received by us not later than 3 weeks before the workshop starts. A 25% and 50% administration fee will be levied for cancellation received 2 and 1 week before the workshop starts, respectively. No refunds will be granted after the workshop has started.
Transfer of the workshop fee:
Recipient: Ribocon GmbH
Bank: Commerzbank AG
Account number: 1001791
Bank sort code (BLZ): 290 400 90
Bank swift code: COBADEFF
IBAN: DE 23 29040090 0100179100
Reason of payment: "Invoice No."
For our foreign customers, we recommend to use an EU Standard Money Transfer Form if available.