Revision as of 15:31, 16 May 2013

2013 Meetings

May 2, 2013

Intermine

Google Doc for collecting questions, comments and data here
Example queries/questions
- How to get GO terms for a list of genes?
- Check FlyMine as a positive control (for functionality and templates)

International Worm Meeting

Souvenirs: espresso cups!
Posters
- We will generate templates for posters and send around
- We can't/won't get the extra space we hoped to get, as of right now
- Will have to put posters in their designated locations, unless something changes

Computers

Do we need new computers? Could order by June
Spica getting old
Elbrus? Tenaya?
New server?
Postgres backup? Currently on external hard drives. Amazon backup? Network hard drives?
On tazendra, users can store files on /home2
Mac users have local backup (Time Machine); critical content should be backed up elsewhere also, perhaps

Handling Dead Genes

IWM Preparations

Workshops
- WormMine
  - Needs testing
  - Regular conference call 9:30am PDT every Thursday (when no 8:30 international conference call)
  - Also conference call after every international conference call
    - Documentation
      - JD started a Wiki Page for documentation
      - Testing documentation on Wiki here
Posters
- Need a template
- Text and figures can be assembled in meantime
Souvernirs
- Espresso cups
- Need a logo: worm shape with "WormBase" above/below it

WormBase Outreach YouTube Channel

Mac users can upload directly from Quicktime
Can capture tutorials in response to user requests as well as for upcoming IWM Workshops
YouTube account name: outreach@wormbase.org

Next citace upload

AMIGO2

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 *Raymond & Juancarlos working on incorporation of AMIGO2 into WormBase
 *Eventually we will embed AMIGO2 features into WormBase pages
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