CIT Training’s Spring Term in Full Swing

Spring is now in full bloom and the CIT Training Program Spring Term is well underway. We are a little over half way through the term but there are many courses still to come. Classes cover a wide range of topics that are designed to help NIH employees, staff, and other users of NIH computing facilities work as efficiently and effectively as possible. A full description of the course schedule is available on our Web site. All sessions are free of charge and are open for registration online.

The Summer Term schedule will be published on the Web starting June 20.

Grants

• "Understanding the Grants Process," presented by Thor Fjellstedt, describes the grants process from the "macro" to the "micro" level. It highlights the role played by IMPAC II applications that are used in each stage of the work flow, as well as the role of technology in new directions in research administration.


• "Introduction to the QVR System" and "Intermediate QVR Training" are designed to first introduce the user to the QVR system and to highlight the full range of features and capabilities of the QVR system. The intermediate course will delve into the more advanced features such as retrieving and saving queries, use of various output options, sorting outputs, downloading data to Excel spreadsheets, and more.

Personal Computers

• "Effective Use of Microsoft Project 2003" is designed to show participants how to use Microsoft Project as an effective tool for managing everything from tasks lists and schedules to full scale projects.


• "Microsoft's New Development Tool – Visual Studio 2005" is a two-day instructor-led workshop that will provide the student with a focused environment to experience the new features and functionality of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The content will be geared towards developers, and there will be a likely focus on the software development lifecycle.

Seminars for Scientists

• "Introduction to Helix: NIH Scientific Supercomputing" is an overview of CIT's Helix Systems that provides the NIH scientific community a powerful scientific computing resource running on Unix-based Silicon Graphics computers. The course will cover logging in, the X window system, disk storage options, network resources and applications for scientists.


• A seminar discussing the processes involved in creating quality data sets for analysis in Agilent Technologies' GeneSpring software entitled "GeneSpring – Creating Quality Data Sets for Analysis" will begin with a brief overview of GeneSpring and then continue with specifics on creating quality data sets. There will be both a lecture and a hands-on lab.


• "Lasergene 7 Hands-On" seminars will cover the comprehensive suite of easy-to-use sequence analysis software for Windows and Macintosh. It can be used for sequence editing and feature annotation, automated virtual cloning, multiple sequence alignment, sequence assembly, SNP discovery, primer design, gene discovery, and protein structure prediction. Two seminars will be offered covering the Lasergene core, which consists of the DataManager and SeqBuilder modules.


• "From Scan to PDF: Composing Scientific Figures with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator" is a class geared toward scientists who want to learn the process of composing and marking up scientific figures for presentation or publication using the Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software.

Registering for Classes

All courses are available free of charge to NIH employees and other users of NIH computing.

We always welcome any suggestions and course ideas and offer to anyone who is well versed in a topic an invitation to become one of our volunteer instructors. If you have a subject that you feel will be of interest to the staff of NIH, please give us a call. If you are a project lead and are rolling out a new or updated program, contact us and we may be able to assist you with your training needs.

Please visit the Web site for full course information, to register for classes, to join our CIT Training mailing list, or to check out your transcript or current application status.

If you prefer, you may call us at 301-594-6248 to discuss course registration, teaching a class, or other training-related issues.