WBConfCall 2021.06.03-Agenda and Minutes

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WS281 New data for the release letter

Caltech:

Hinxton (actions from last week):

• Expanded collection of C. elegans comparator genomes by adding a chromosome-scale draft C. bovis assembly {PMID:32109387}, and nine further draft assemblies of newly described Caenorhabditis species {PMID:1007946}
• Replaced two C. remanei strains (PX356 and PX439) with animproved chromosome-scale assembly of C. remanei PX506 {PMID:32111628}.
• Ranjana: could do blog post about new species.
• Stavros will post on #general in slack.
• Paul D: We'll put something together when WS281 hits.

WB Genetics paper update (actions from last week)

• Paul Davis looking to submit early September with the other AGR Mods.
• Draft layout here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zBaGNtByCNJC8CxheKW_ewja5N1iyMzDBCu_JcYFXBE/edit?usp=sharing
• Please add comments or additions to any of the Topic areas already listed.
• Needs to coordinate with other MODs in August, let's get this together before then.

GSoC student to work on genomic locations of Variants

• Hinxton has a GSoC student (Rishab) who will be working on extracting the genomic location of variations from full-text papers

IWM coordination

• Do we need to plan anything together for the upcoming IWM?