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* Paul S. asking about what we know about business use of WormBase | * Paul S. asking about what we know about business use of WormBase | ||
* Todd: some corporate users, not a huge number; probably tend to pull one big data dump into their own LIMS, and then we don't get web usage stats | * Todd: some corporate users, not a huge number; probably tend to pull one big data dump into their own LIMS, and then we don't get web usage stats | ||
| − | * Are there any trends of swinging from academia/public research towards private/corporate research? | + | * Are there any trends of swinging from academia/public research towards private/corporate research? Not currently clear |
| + | * We could possibly look for corporate support | ||
=== Funding from other countries === | === Funding from other countries === | ||
* All WB funding comes, currently, from two countries (US, UK), yet we have 50+ labs in China that are major users of the resource | * All WB funding comes, currently, from two countries (US, UK), yet we have 50+ labs in China that are major users of the resource | ||
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| + | === Pop-ups requesting money === | ||
| + | * OMIM started this in the last year | ||
| + | * FlyBase about to start similar approach as well | ||
| + | * Raises public consciousness about funding; something to consider | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 16 March 2017
Contents
Agenda
Placeholder
Minutes
Datomic model for external links
- Adam worked on external links in Datomic
- Would like to make the Datomic schema more consistent for external links
- Some links for accession numbers are text fields, others point to the accession class
- Hinxton will work on simplifying the model
Methods in Molecular Biology chapter
- Chris and Mary Ann asking for section drafts by early next week so we can pull chapter together and make consistent
Company use of WormBase
- Paul S. asking about what we know about business use of WormBase
- Todd: some corporate users, not a huge number; probably tend to pull one big data dump into their own LIMS, and then we don't get web usage stats
- Are there any trends of swinging from academia/public research towards private/corporate research? Not currently clear
- We could possibly look for corporate support
Funding from other countries
- All WB funding comes, currently, from two countries (US, UK), yet we have 50+ labs in China that are major users of the resource
Pop-ups requesting money
- OMIM started this in the last year
- FlyBase about to start similar approach as well
- Raises public consciousness about funding; something to consider
