WBConfCall 2015.11.19-Agenda and Minutes

Agenda

Apologies for absence

Paul D. Todd H.(poss)

HelpDesk

Few older tickets still open, but vast majority answered or so new they are not overdue, thanks everyone.

Minutes

SAB

• Paul invited Brian Oliver (FlyBase) to the WormBase SAB

WormBook Chapters

• some need some last reviews (Chris)

Phenotype Curation (Ranjana / Chris)

• set up a pipeline to contact authors for allele/phenotype/concise description
• so far 20% response rate (for phenotype)
• could be extended to cover other data types (transgenes, etc.)

PI Call (Paul S / Paul K)

• needs rescheduling, as it falls on the 4th

InterMod (Paul S)

• cross MOD interaction
• potentially a common API / software / data models
• more meetings upcoming:
  • GMOD meeting is upcoming (Scot)
  • BioCuration meeting (Lincoln)
  • specific more-technical InterMod meetings

Graph Browser (Lincoln)

• David Haussler (UCSC) is working on an implementation as part of the Global Alliance
• definition of the sequence to graph translation is an issue (Paul K)
• visualisation needs to change (Scott)