WBConfCall 2016.12.15-Agenda and Minutes

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Agenda

Help Desk

  • Thank you to everyone who helped answer queries.
    • Seems like the BLAST/BLAT server is back up and running.

Models and WS258 Upload/Build

AGR

  • Portal implementation working groups
    • Google doc (see email for link)
    • Curators / subject-matter-experts needed for each group (but not too many!)
  • Orthology
    • Pressure from the Orthology WG for WB to move to a once-per-year update cycle for gene models. What do people think?

New Starter

  • Faye Rodgers has recently joined WormBase @ Sanger to work with parasites

Minutes

Future Conference Calls

  • Will switch to using GoToMeeting
    • There will be local numbers for the calls, and people can dial in with their computer
    • Please contact Raymond if you have any problems with this.

Help Desk Issues

  • All caught up, but some question about whether or not a header for the BLAST/BLAT input is absolutely required
  • Doesn't seem to be, but we're not sure what exactly was fixed, then to make it work again

WS258 Upload and Build

  • Models will be made available tomorrow, December 16th
  • Upload next month, citace will upload January 13th

AGR