Difference between revisions of "2016 Advisory Board Meeting"
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* '''Curation''' | * '''Curation''' | ||
** Current status | ** Current status | ||
− | *** Gene function curation (i.e. literature) | + | *** Gene function curation (i.e. literature) - CALTECH |
− | *** Genome (annotation) curation (gene structures etc) | + | *** Genome (annotation) curation (gene structures etc) - HINXTON |
− | ** Scaling up literature curation | + | ** Scaling up literature curation - CALTECH |
*** Increased use of automation (text mining, automated concise descriptions) | *** Increased use of automation (text mining, automated concise descriptions) | ||
*** Community curation status and Micropublications | *** Community curation status and Micropublications | ||
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* '''User experience''' | * '''User experience''' | ||
** Overview of entry points to WormBase data | ** Overview of entry points to WormBase data | ||
− | *** Main web-site + FTP site | + | *** Main web-site + FTP site (incl. usage) - OICR |
− | *** ParaSite | + | *** ParaSite - HINXTON |
− | *** Access to WormBase data via other resources (INSDC, Ensembl, UCSC assembly hub) | + | *** Access to WormBase data via other resources (INSDC, Ensembl, UCSC assembly hub) - HINXTON |
− | + | ** Visualisation of complex data - CALTECH | |
− | ** Visualisation of complex data | ||
*** WoBr, SoBr | *** WoBr, SoBr | ||
− | ** Data mining | + | ** Data mining - OICR |
*** WormMine, ParaSite BioMart | *** WormMine, ParaSite BioMart | ||
− | ** Plans for new tools | + | ** Plans for new tools - ? |
− | *** e.g. enrichment tool, RNASeq querying | + | *** e.g. enrichment tool, RNASeq querying |
+ | ** Documentation and outreach strategy - OICR | ||
* '''Infrastructure and interoperability''' | * '''Infrastructure and interoperability''' | ||
− | ** Overview of data management infrastructure | + | ** Overview of current data management infrastructure - OICR / HINXTON |
− | *** | + | *** Acedb, Ensembl, Postgres, Intermine, BioMart |
− | ** Database migration : progress and status | + | ** Database migration : progress and status - OICR / HINXTON |
− | *** | + | *** Clear summary of project goals |
− | ** Interoperability with other MODs | + | *** Progress to date |
+ | *** Roadmap | ||
+ | ** Interoperability with other MODs - OICR | ||
*** InterMod project | *** InterMod project | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 5 January 2016
The 2016 edition of the WormBase Scientific Advisory Board meeting will take place at Caltech on 4/5 Feb 2016.
Contents
Logistics
Attending
- Hinxton
- Paul Kersey, Matt Berriman, Kevin Howe, Bruce Bolt, Jane Lomax, Michael Paulini, Paul Davis, Gary Williams
- OICR
- Lincoln Stein, Todd Harris, Sibyl Gao, Adam Wright, Paulo Nuin
Travel
- Hinxton
- Will fly out on the 2nd of Feb, and return on Sun 7th Feb (cheap flights)
- OICR
- Arrive 3rd Feb, depart 6th Feb
- Remote workers
- Mary Ann - arrive 2nd Feb (evening), leave 7th Feb (evening)
Advisors
- Jason Stajich
- Mike Cherry
- Brian Oliver
- Oliver Hobert
- Monte Westerfield (possible)
- Robin Gasser (possible)
Discussion topics
Organisation of SAB talks
Propose organising the agenda into the following cross-site themes:
- Curation
- Current status
- Gene function curation (i.e. literature) - CALTECH
- Genome (annotation) curation (gene structures etc) - HINXTON
- Scaling up literature curation - CALTECH
- Increased use of automation (text mining, automated concise descriptions)
- Community curation status and Micropublications
- Current status
- User experience
- Overview of entry points to WormBase data
- Main web-site + FTP site (incl. usage) - OICR
- ParaSite - HINXTON
- Access to WormBase data via other resources (INSDC, Ensembl, UCSC assembly hub) - HINXTON
- Visualisation of complex data - CALTECH
- WoBr, SoBr
- Data mining - OICR
- WormMine, ParaSite BioMart
- Plans for new tools - ?
- e.g. enrichment tool, RNASeq querying
- Documentation and outreach strategy - OICR
- Overview of entry points to WormBase data
- Infrastructure and interoperability
- Overview of current data management infrastructure - OICR / HINXTON
- Acedb, Ensembl, Postgres, Intermine, BioMart
- Database migration : progress and status - OICR / HINXTON
- Clear summary of project goals
- Progress to date
- Roadmap
- Interoperability with other MODs - OICR
- InterMod project
- Overview of current data management infrastructure - OICR / HINXTON
Specific topics for project meeting / working groups
- Cross-site communication
- Unification of documentation and code; what are our standards for documentation? For code?
- Database migration
- Specific plans for the next 6-12 months
- WormBase + WBParaSite integration
Agenda (preliminary)
Wed 3rd Feb
- 1400 : Project meeting (part one)
Thu 4th Feb
(tentative)
- 0900-1200 : Curation : status and plans
- 1300-1530 : User experience
- 1600-1730 : Infrastructure (incl database migration)
Fri 5th Feb
- 0800-0900 : Advisors breakfast
- 0900-1130 : Advisors report back to whole group
- 1400-whenever : Project meeting (part two)