Yongchao Xie and Yongchao Yin recently attended the Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop in Walnut Creek, California, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) (http://mgm.jgi.doe.gov/). This workshop provides seminars and extensive hands-on training in microbial genomic and metagenomic analyses. The CEB was proud to sponsor their attendance to facilitate a strengthening of bioinformatics knowledge and resources on the UT campus.