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August 2, 2012

Grant updates

  • Topics
    • Diseases
    • Worm Phenotype ontology; attempt applying to other species? Some has been done already (e.g. C. briggsae)
      • Benefit of curating phenotypes in other species? Particularly useful for genes not in C. elegans, for example
    • Textpresso for nematodes
      • >5000 papers now
      • Complete set of papers by ~Labor Day
    • Anatomy ontology
      • Anatomy page is hub for data
      • Upcoming challenge - male/female/hermaphrodite divergence
      • Anatomy with respect to life stage
      • Multiple species
      • | Uberon framework can be adapted for multiple species


  • Suggestions for future
    • Better integration across data types
    • How the OA can evolve and what it can be used for?