The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is offering an advanced training course designed specifically for information specialists who provide support to users of NCBI's molecular biology services.

It is a five-day course is scheduled for August 1-5, 2005, at the National Library of Medicine, and is approved for 40 MLA C.E. contact hours.
It is free, but you must cover your own travel, food, and hotel costs.

Class size is restricted to 9 people, and you will be inform about your acceptance into the course by June 10, 2005.
The course is restricted to those who have knowledge of molecular biology or genetics and basic experience with NCBI resources such as Entrez, BLAST, Cn3D, and Map Viewer.

For more information: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/
For an application: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/application.html