"BLAST in the Cloud!" — Webinar showcases NCBI-BLAST Amazon Machine Image on July 30, 2014

"BLAST in the Cloud!" — Webinar showcases NCBI-BLAST Amazon Machine Image on July 30, 2014. NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Jul-Aug;(399):b4.

[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an announcement published on the NCBI News page.]

[Editor's note added October 16, 2014: A recording of the Webinar and supporting Materials and Q&A are available.]

As stated on June 26, Web and stand-alone BLAST are now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

On July 30, 2014, NCBI will offer a Webinar entitled “BLAST in the Cloud”. This presentation will show you how to log on to AWS and deploy the NCBI-BLAST Amazon Machine Image (AMI) quickly. The BLAST AMI includes the BLAST+ applications, a client that can download databases from the NCBI, a Web application that implements a subset of the NCBI URL API, and a simplified BLAST search Web page. Prior knowledge of using Web and standalone BLAST is required.

To register, please go to this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8126572163773355778.