WormBase-Caltech Weekly Calls
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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
May 9, 2013
Handling Dead Genes
- Dumping process changes outlined here
- Will get sorted out before the WS239 upload
- Chris will begin with Juancarlos
IWM Preparations
- Workshops
- 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
- By 10am on Friday June 21st, 2013
AMIGO2
- Slowly progressing at core development side
- Raymond & Juancarlos working on incorporation of AMIGO2 into WormBase
- Eventually we will embed AMIGO2 features into WormBase pages