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== Helpdesk ==
 
== Helpdesk ==
  
* https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/8445
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* Server error at tools/gmap/run - https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/8445
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* Ref section for sca-1 - https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/8447
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** Kimberly will review and clean up any erroneous gene-paper connections
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* 'index of expressed TFs for all the different cells'; Wed Oct 27
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** https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/8448
  
 
== Varia ==
 
== Varia ==
 
*  Request from Bella Smith from Creative Biolabs, a life science company focusing on antibodies: "I am kindly writing to ask about getting Creative Biolabs listed and submitting C. elegans antibodies to your database."
 
*  Request from Bella Smith from Creative Biolabs, a life science company focusing on antibodies: "I am kindly writing to ask about getting Creative Biolabs listed and submitting C. elegans antibodies to your database."
 
** We don't curate commercial antibodies. We generate antibody records as we find them in the literature (lab generated). This means that, even if we were to accept a bulk  submission from Creative Biolabs, there would be no Paper attached to the record.
 
** We don't curate commercial antibodies. We generate antibody records as we find them in the literature (lab generated). This means that, even if we were to accept a bulk  submission from Creative Biolabs, there would be no Paper attached to the record.
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Should we make an exception for this company? Should we include antibodies from other companies?
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Todd: we already provide commercial reagents in other sections. If the data is useful why shouldn't we distribute these data to our users?
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Raymond: Since these are not published, we can't curate them and that't the main difference between commercial and non-commercial antibodies. We should be more restrictive on these commercial inputs.
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Todd: Published doesn't mean true, so why not accepting commercial antibodies? We could have an additional section for commercial reagents on gene pages and this could be a great resource for users.
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Daniela: We can reply asking for more details on the amount of data that they have and in the meanwhile ask our stakeholders if this is worth considering.
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Valerio: Depending on what we decide, we could modify our automated extraction pipelines to identify commercial antibodies.
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Karen: I don't see any downsides unless companies want to charge us for this service. Since other organisms are involved, this should also be discussed at the Alliance.

Latest revision as of 15:59, 4 November 2021

Agenda and Minutes

Helpdesk

Varia

  • Request from Bella Smith from Creative Biolabs, a life science company focusing on antibodies: "I am kindly writing to ask about getting Creative Biolabs listed and submitting C. elegans antibodies to your database."
    • We don't curate commercial antibodies. We generate antibody records as we find them in the literature (lab generated). This means that, even if we were to accept a bulk submission from Creative Biolabs, there would be no Paper attached to the record.

Should we make an exception for this company? Should we include antibodies from other companies?

Todd: we already provide commercial reagents in other sections. If the data is useful why shouldn't we distribute these data to our users?

Raymond: Since these are not published, we can't curate them and that't the main difference between commercial and non-commercial antibodies. We should be more restrictive on these commercial inputs.

Todd: Published doesn't mean true, so why not accepting commercial antibodies? We could have an additional section for commercial reagents on gene pages and this could be a great resource for users.

Daniela: We can reply asking for more details on the amount of data that they have and in the meanwhile ask our stakeholders if this is worth considering.

Valerio: Depending on what we decide, we could modify our automated extraction pipelines to identify commercial antibodies.

Karen: I don't see any downsides unless companies want to charge us for this service. Since other organisms are involved, this should also be discussed at the Alliance.