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== July 11th, 2019 ==
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=== Alliance all hands meeting ===
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[[WormBase-Caltech_Weekly_Calls_September_2019|September]]
* Raymond: would be interested in discussing ontologies and their usage in the Alliance
 
** Phenotype, anatomy ontologies, GO, etc.
 
** Ontology browsers, SObA
 
  
=== IWM workshop ===
 
* Videos ready for upload
 
* Wen and Raymond now have access to outreach@wormbase.org account; will upload videos
 
  
=== Protocol videos ===
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== October 3, 2019 ==
* Wen met Craig Mello at the IWM; he is interested in putting up microinjection videos online; linkable from WormBase?
 
* Can make each video a Video Weblog so people can make comments, etc.
 
  
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=== SObA comparison graphs ===
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* Raymond and Juancarlos have worked on a SObA-graph based comparison tool to compare two genes for ontology-based annotations
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* [http://wobr2.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=Gene+Pair+to+SObA+Graph Prototype 1]
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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]
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* [http://wobr1.caltech.edu/~azurebrd/cgi-bin/soba_multi.cgi?action=Gene+Pair+to+SObA+Graph Prototype 2]
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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.
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* Generally people like Prototype 2 as a default view; we could possibly have a toggle to see the other view
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* In either case users need a good legend and/or documentation
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* 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
  
== July 25, 2019 ==
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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)
  
=== Anatomy ontology ===
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=== Script to remove blank entries from Postgres ===
* Raymond added back some deprecated cell group terms as obsolete terms
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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
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* 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
  
=== Life stage ontology ===
 
* Who will take charge of it? Raymond or Chris?
 
* OBO-to-ACE script is working
 
* OBO is working (?) in SObA and WOBr
 
* Chris will take over life stage ontology; Daniela & Raymond will send Chris location of OBO-to-ACE script
 
* Chris will send release OBO to Raymond to test WOBr and SObA
 
  
=== Anatomy term acronyms ===
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== October 10, 2019 ==
* Some anatomy terms: can the name be changed?
 
** e.g. "DTC" is main label for "distal tip cell"
 
** e.g. "HMC" is main label for "head mesodermal cell"
 
** e.g. "gon herm dtca" is main label for "anterior distal tip cell"
 
* Karen: would be good to still point out a "public name" or "common name"
 
** Chris: we may need to select a specific OWL annotation property to dump into OBO so our scripts can recognize them and populate ACEDB/Datomic; will look into; may require model change
 
  
=== Author first pass ===
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=== Biocuration 2020 ===
* Paul: spent about 30-40 minutes doing author first pass for a micropublication
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* Held in Bar Harbor, Maine (organized by JAX, including MGI's Sue Bello and Cindy Smith)
* Entities need to be listed 10+ times (fixed threshold) to be recognized, but micropubs won't usually have this many occurrences of terms
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* Dates: Sunday May 17th to Wednesday May 20th, 2020
* Need a better way to report allele details; curation of alleles can happen at Caltech or Hinxton; need to discuss
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* Will have 3rd POTATO workshop
* Google summer of code: add to schedule so we can post requests/openings
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* [https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/education-calendar/2020/05-may/biocuration-2020-conference Meeting website]
* Karen: Could implement something like Apollo? Talk to Nathan?
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* Key Dates
* How can we optimize micropub author first pass?
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** October 31, 2019 - Paper Submission Deadline
* Need to minimize/eliminate redundant curation effort
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** January 24, 2020 - Abstract  and Workshop Submission Deadline
* Curation forms could hide fields that have already been curated; OR, show existing curated data to form users
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** March 6, 2020 - Notification of Acceptance
* Paul: Can we have submission form build a report to send to user, but possibly not store locally?
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** April 6, 2020 - Early Bird Registration Ends
** Karen: May be counter to the intent of micropublication where we want authors to submit data in parallel to submission/publication process
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** May 8, 2020 - Registration Deadline
* Eventually there shouldn't be any author first pass for micropublications
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* Academic ISB Member, early bird registration fee is $250
* For now we will exclude micropublications from AFP
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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
* Can NIH funded groups be pressured to submit data? We need the pipeline to operate smoothly (and properly) before making a requirement
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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?
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* 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
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* 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?
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* 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