The GMOD meeting will be held May 16-17 in the International Building
at SRI International. The meeting will be held in the area designated
"T" in the building nearest to the intersection of Middlefield Road and
Ravenswood Avenue in the maps below.
Directions to the Bay Area Bioinformatics
Symposium at SRI
Please follow these directions
closely. If you encounter a gate at any point, you are going the wrong way.
Please find your way back to Ravenswood Avenue and proceed to the main SRI
entrance from there.
Via Caltrain
The Menlo Park Caltrain station
is only a few blocks from SRI.
From San Jose: Take a northbound train to the Menlo Park
Caltrain station. Walk to Ravenswood Avenue at the southern end of the
station. Go left (east) on Ravenswood Avenue.
Pass Laurel Street. Continue past the first SRI entrance on the right
side of Ravenswood toward the main SRI entrance (look for a large
circular driveway). Walk up the driveway and head left toward the east
end of the parking lot. Proceed up the stairs into the I-building
courtyard. The conference is through the doors on the right side of
the courtyard.
From San Francisco: Take a southbound train to the Menlo Park Caltrain
station. Walk to Ravenswood Avenue at the southern end of the station. Go
left (east) on Ravenswood Avenue.
Pass Laurel Street. Continue past the first SRI entrance on the right
side of Ravenswood toward the main SRI entrance (look for a large
circular driveway). Walk up the driveway and head left toward the east
end of the parking lot. Proceed up the stairs into the I-building
courtyard. The conference is through the doors on the right side of
the courtyard.
By Car (directions and
parking instructions)
101 southbound
from San Francisco
Take Marsh Rd. - Atherton
exit; turn right (west); go about 1 mile, turn left onto Middlefield Rd;
go 1 mile to Ringwood Ave. and turn right into the driveway: SRI Conference
Parking is on the right. Park and walk toward Ravenswood Avenue at the northern
end of the parking lot (toward the church). Go left on Ravenswood (away from
Middlefield Rd.). Continue to the main SRI entrance (look for a large circular
driveway).
Walk up the driveway and continue heading toward the buildings on the left-hand
side (east end of the parking lot). Proceed up the stairs into the I building
courtyard. The auditorium is through the doors on the right side of the courtyard.
101 north bound
from San Jose
Take Willow Rd -
Menlo Park exit; go about 1 mile to Middlefield Rd, turn right and go about
1/2 mile to first traffic light, Ringwood Ave., turn left; SRI Conference
Parking is on the right. Park and walk toward Ravenswood
Avenue at the northern end of the parking lot (toward the church). Go left
on Ravenswood (away from Middlefield Rd.). Continue to the main SRI
entrance (look for a large circular driveway). Walk up the driveway and continue heading
toward the buildings on the left-hand side. Proceed up the stairs into the
I building courtyard. The auditorium is through the doors on the right side
of the courtyard.
280 southbound
from San Francisco
Take Sand Hill
Rd - Menlo Park exit east; go about 2 miles to intersection with Santa Cruz
Ave.; turn left onto Santa Cruz Ave. and follow Santa Cruz to El Camino
Real; right on El Camino; left at first traffic light (Ravenswood Ave.);
cross the railroad tracks and continue to Middlefield Rd. (you'll pass
the main SRI entrance); turn right on Middlefield Rd.; next traffic light
is Ringwood Ave., turn right into driveway; SRI Conference Parking is on
the right. Park and walk toward Ravenswood
Avenue at the northern end of the parking lot (toward the church). Go left
on Ravenswood (away from Middlefield Rd.). Continue to the main SRI
entrance (look for a large circular driveway). Walk up the driveway and continue heading
toward the buildings on the left-hand side. Proceed up the stairs into the
I building courtyard. The auditorium is through the doors on the right side
of the courtyard.
280 northbound
from San Jose
Take Alpine Rd -
Menlo Park exit east; bear right and follow Alpine Rd to intersection with
Santa Cruz Ave.; follow Santa Cruz to El Camino; right on El Camino; left
at first traffic light (Ravenswood Ave.); cross the railroad tracks and continue
to Middlefield Rd. (you'll pass the main SRI entrance); turn right on Middlefield
Rd.; next traffic light is Ringwood Ave., turn right into driveway; SRI Conference
Parking is on the right. Park and walk toward Ravenswood
Avenue at the northern end of the parking lot (toward the church). Go left
on Ravenswood (away from Middlefield Rd.). Continue to the main SRI
entrance (look for a large circular driveway). Walk up the driveway and continue heading
toward the buildings on the left-hand side. Proceed up the stairs into the
I building courtyard. The auditorium is through the doors on the right side
of the courtyard.
