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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_March_2019|March]]
 
[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_March_2019|March]]
  
== April 4, 2019 ==
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_April_2019|April]]
  
=== Paul's Biocuration Keynote ===
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_May_2019|May]]
* At Biocuration keynote, Paul S. will talk about web forms, including Author First Pass form
 
* Can someone send Paul the latest AFP form location and documentation
 
* Will also discuss the future of micropublications
 
  
=== IWM Swag ===
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_June_2019|June]]
* Stickers vs. screen cloths
 
* Daniela had contacted Jessie to make new graphic; she's interested, but do we still need a new graphic?
 
* Plan was to make ~2,000 screen cloths (4x4 inch or 6x6 inch?)
 
** As for design would be nice to have new design
 
** Gary had made cartoon for community curation (proposal might be offensive to some)
 
* Include water bottles for special contributors? In addition to shot glasses?
 
* Turn around time? ~ 1 month; designs done in April; submit request by mid-May at latest
 
* Worm in apple graphic? Dragon worm cartooon? Maybe some variation on it?
 
** We can ask Jessie if she can draw up a couple quick sketch ideas
 
  
=== Collaborators tool ===
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_July_2019|July]]
* Juancarlos worked on a tool to extract WBPerson collaborators
 
* WB staff generally had ~100 collaborators, Paul S has 670
 
* Distinguish between collaborators and coauthors? Manual (self reported) vs. automatic associations?
 
* Make modification to ACEDB model?
 
* Maybe 'collaborators' should be restricted to the laboratory level?
 
  
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_August_2019|August]]
  
== April 11, 2019 ==
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_September_2019|September]]
  
=== Canadian C. elegans meeting ===
 
the "Canadian C. elegans meeting” that will follow the 2019 annual conference of the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences. The CSMB conference is held at Université de Montréal on June 2-5, 2019 and will focus on Model systems in cancer research (https://www.fourwav.es/view/1174/info/). The C. elegans conference will be held at the CHUM Research Center in downtown Montréal on Thursday June 6, 2019, and will offer opportunities for both oral and poster presentations. The schedule is not finalized yet but it should start around 8:30am and end around 6pm, followed by an apero in a nearby pub. The costs of registrations will depend on the number of participants but will be between 35 and 50 $ per person (it will cover the costs of lunch, coffee break and logistics).
 
* Karen may be able to go; she will contact Kimberly for any pertinent information
 
  
=== Feedback from small RNA meeting April 3-5, 2019 ===
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== October 3, 2019 ==
* Future meeting invitations and summer workshop?
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* Dustin Updike - in Maine - interested in running a summer workshop for students
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=== SObA comparison graphs ===
** Maybe one or two week-long (5-10 days); unconfirmed
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* Raymond and Juancarlos have worked on a SObA-graph based comparison tool to compare two genes for ontology-based annotations
** Wen followed up with him: WormBase curator could attend and present on JBrowse, scientific writing, micropublications
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* [http://wobr2.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=Gene+Pair+to+SObA+Graph Prototype 1]
** Hopefully they can cover travel costs of WB curators
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** [http://wobr2.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=annotSummaryCytoscape&filterForLcaFlag=1&filterLongestFlag=1&showControlsFlag=0&datatype=phenotype&geneOneValue=lin-3%20(Caenorhabditis%20elegans,%20WB:WBGene00002992,%20-,%20F36H1.4)&autocompleteValue=let-23%20(Caenorhabditis%20elegans,%20WB:WBGene00002299,%20-,%20ZK1067.1 Example comparison between lin-3 and let-23]
** Dustin will get back to us about details as they emerge
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* [http://wobr1.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=Gene+Pair+to+SObA+Graph Prototype 2]
* Julie Claycomb interested in having WB curator at Toronto's worm meeting
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** [http://wobr1.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=annotSummaryCytoscape&filterForLcaFlag=1&filterLongestFlag=1&showControlsFlag=0&datatype=phenotype&geneOneValue=lin-3%20(Caenorhabditis%20elegans,%20WB:WBGene00002992,%20-,%20F36H1.4)&autocompleteValue=let-23%20(Caenorhabditis%20elegans,%20WB:WBGene00002299,%20-,%20ZK1067.1) Example comparison between lin-3 and let-23]
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* What information does a user most care about?
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# What terms (nodes) are annotated to gene 1 and what terms to gene 2
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# For a given term, what is the relative number of annotations between gene 1 and gene 2.
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# For a given node, what is the relative number of annotations each gene has to the total annotations of that gene.
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* # 3 is actually what we applied to size the nodes in the single-gene version of SObA. Thus, not surprisingly, I think it is important.
 +
* Generally people like Prototype 2 as a default view; we could possibly have a toggle to see the other view
 +
* In either case users need a good legend and/or documentation
 +
* Jae, it would be good if a user could specifically highlight nodes specific to each gene and gray-out or de-emphasize the common nodes
 +
 
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=== Germ line discussion ===
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* Currently, the anatomy ontology has "germ line" as a type of "Cell" and a type of "Tissue", and "germ cell" as a type of "germ line"
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* Chris would like to (1) remove "germ line" from under "Cell" and leave it under "Tissue" and (2) move "germ cell" out from under "germ line" and place directly under "Cell"
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** [https://github.com/obophenotype/c-elegans-gross-anatomy-ontology/pull/23 Made pull request]
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* Chris will update pull request to include a change to move "germline precursor cell" out from under "germ line" and place it under "Cell" (done)
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=== Script to remove blank entries from Postgres ===
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* Chris stumbled across several entries in the OA that were blank (empty strings) or consisted of only whitespace, some of which were causing errors upon upload to ACEDB
 +
* Juancarlos has written a script to look for all such entries; 66 tables have them on sandbox (likely same on live OA)
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* Does anyone object to removing these entries throughout Postgres?
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* Juancarlos will remove all the empty fields identified by his script
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== October 10, 2019 ==
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=== Biocuration 2020 ===
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* Held in Bar Harbor, Maine (organized by JAX, including MGI's Sue Bello and Cindy Smith)
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* Dates: Sunday May 17th to Wednesday May 20th, 2020
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* Will have 3rd POTATO workshop
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* [https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/education-calendar/2020/05-may/biocuration-2020-conference Meeting website]
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* Key Dates
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** October 31, 2019 - Paper Submission Deadline
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** January 24, 2020 - Abstract  and Workshop Submission Deadline
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** March 6, 2020 - Notification of Acceptance
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** April 6, 2020 - Early Bird Registration Ends
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** May 8, 2020 - Registration Deadline
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* Academic ISB Member, early bird registration fee is $250
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* Author First Pass form paper, submitting to Database, biocuration issue (managed by biocuration group); authors have an opportunity to present at Biocuration conference
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=== ICBO 2020 ===
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* International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies
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* [https://icbo2020.inf.unibz.it/ Meeting website]
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* Held in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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* 16 - 19 September 2020
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=== SObA comparison tool ===
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* [http://wobr2.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=Gene+Pair+to+SObA+Graph Prototype #1] updated
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=== Textpresso derived paper connections ===
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* For example for strains and constructs, maybe anatomy terms?
 +
* May want to flag Textpresso predictions (as opposed to manually connected)
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* Couple of options:
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** 1) At time of build, populate the papers (in ACEDB/Datomic) into a 'Putative_reference' tag and display in a distinct 'Putative references' widget
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** 2) Not part of database build, but make associations live (using RESTful API to link out to Textpresso and submit search with URL) using Textpresso with links to Textpresso and Textpresso results, giving users chance to see context of matches in sentences at the Textpresso site
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*** A link to Textpresso could be done regardless of other approaches; low-hanging fruit?
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*** Do a diff so that Textpresso pulls up only additional papers (not already associated)?
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** 3) Could populate WB page with connections made through a Textpresso API call (could cache results? maybe, but might as well choose 1st option?)
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* Transgene pipeline:
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** Arun wrote script, matching transgene names (using regex; Is and Si transgenes) to papers, automatically populate OA
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** Another script, captures Ex transgenes as well, automatically connects to construct objects
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** WB only displays verified papers; unverified (predicted) associations are not dumped
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* Could integrate author verification as part of AFP pipeline, even for older papers? Would we want to re-request AFP results for authors that have already replied in the past? Probably not
 +
* Could embed AFP predictions in WB display with link to AFP form for authors (and others?) to verify, via logged-in users? Or via a validation token sent via email?
 +
* Chris will make GitHub ticket to ask WB web team to add a link to Textpresso search from References widget on respective page; will require a Textpresso URL constructor
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* Can apply to: genes, transgenes, constructs, strains, alleles, AFP-vetted entities

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October 3, 2019

SObA comparison graphs

  1. What terms (nodes) are annotated to gene 1 and what terms to gene 2
  2. For a given term, what is the relative number of annotations between gene 1 and gene 2.
  3. For a given node, what is the relative number of annotations each gene has to the total annotations of that gene.
  • # 3 is actually what we applied to size the nodes in the single-gene version of SObA. Thus, not surprisingly, I think it is important.
  • Generally people like Prototype 2 as a default view; we could possibly have a toggle to see the other view
  • In either case users need a good legend and/or documentation
  • Jae, it would be good if a user could specifically highlight nodes specific to each gene and gray-out or de-emphasize the common nodes

Germ line discussion

  • Currently, the anatomy ontology has "germ line" as a type of "Cell" and a type of "Tissue", and "germ cell" as a type of "germ line"
  • Chris would like to (1) remove "germ line" from under "Cell" and leave it under "Tissue" and (2) move "germ cell" out from under "germ line" and place directly under "Cell"
  • Chris will update pull request to include a change to move "germline precursor cell" out from under "germ line" and place it under "Cell" (done)

Script to remove blank entries from Postgres

  • Chris stumbled across several entries in the OA that were blank (empty strings) or consisted of only whitespace, some of which were causing errors upon upload to ACEDB
  • Juancarlos has written a script to look for all such entries; 66 tables have them on sandbox (likely same on live OA)
  • Does anyone object to removing these entries throughout Postgres?
  • Juancarlos will remove all the empty fields identified by his script


October 10, 2019

Biocuration 2020

  • Held in Bar Harbor, Maine (organized by JAX, including MGI's Sue Bello and Cindy Smith)
  • Dates: Sunday May 17th to Wednesday May 20th, 2020
  • Will have 3rd POTATO workshop
  • Meeting website
  • Key Dates
    • October 31, 2019 - Paper Submission Deadline
    • January 24, 2020 - Abstract and Workshop Submission Deadline
    • March 6, 2020 - Notification of Acceptance
    • April 6, 2020 - Early Bird Registration Ends
    • May 8, 2020 - Registration Deadline
  • Academic ISB Member, early bird registration fee is $250
  • Author First Pass form paper, submitting to Database, biocuration issue (managed by biocuration group); authors have an opportunity to present at Biocuration conference

ICBO 2020

  • International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies
  • Meeting website
  • Held in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
  • 16 - 19 September 2020

SObA comparison tool

Textpresso derived paper connections

  • For example for strains and constructs, maybe anatomy terms?
  • May want to flag Textpresso predictions (as opposed to manually connected)
  • Couple of options:
    • 1) At time of build, populate the papers (in ACEDB/Datomic) into a 'Putative_reference' tag and display in a distinct 'Putative references' widget
    • 2) Not part of database build, but make associations live (using RESTful API to link out to Textpresso and submit search with URL) using Textpresso with links to Textpresso and Textpresso results, giving users chance to see context of matches in sentences at the Textpresso site
      • A link to Textpresso could be done regardless of other approaches; low-hanging fruit?
      • Do a diff so that Textpresso pulls up only additional papers (not already associated)?
    • 3) Could populate WB page with connections made through a Textpresso API call (could cache results? maybe, but might as well choose 1st option?)
  • Transgene pipeline:
    • Arun wrote script, matching transgene names (using regex; Is and Si transgenes) to papers, automatically populate OA
    • Another script, captures Ex transgenes as well, automatically connects to construct objects
    • WB only displays verified papers; unverified (predicted) associations are not dumped
  • Could integrate author verification as part of AFP pipeline, even for older papers? Would we want to re-request AFP results for authors that have already replied in the past? Probably not
  • Could embed AFP predictions in WB display with link to AFP form for authors (and others?) to verify, via logged-in users? Or via a validation token sent via email?
  • Chris will make GitHub ticket to ask WB web team to add a link to Textpresso search from References widget on respective page; will require a Textpresso URL constructor
  • Can apply to: genes, transgenes, constructs, strains, alleles, AFP-vetted entities