Reminder: Student applications are due by April 9, 19:00 UTC (3pm EDT, 12pm PDT, 21:00 CEST), which is only a few days away.

PHYLOINFORMATICS SUMMER OF CODE 2010

The Phyloinformatics Summer of Code program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate, masters, and PhD students to obtain hands-on experience writing and extending open-source software for evolutionary informatics under the mentorship of experienced developers from around the world. The program is the participation of the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) as a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code(tm) (http://code.google.com/soc/ ).

NESCent is particularly targeting students interested in both evolutionary biology and software development. All project ideas are flexible and many can be adjusted in scope to match the skills of the student. We also welcome novel project ideas that dovetail with student interests.

INQUIRIES: phylosoc {at} nescent {dot} org. We strongly encourage all interested students to get in touch with us with their ideas as early on as possible.

Full details about the 2010 NESCent Phyloinformatics Summer of Code: http://hackathon.nescent.org/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2010

Google Summer of Code FAQ: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2010/faqs

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Todd Vision and Hilmar Lapp National Evolutionary Synthesis Center http://nescent.org