Good morning.
Passing this training opportunity along. I hope your day goes well.
Darwin
AgBioData Program Coordinator
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Dear AG2PI member,
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ag2pi.org_&d=DwMFA…>)
invites you to register for our next training workshop, “Phenomic Data
Processing Using Machine Learning, Distributed Computing & Container
Technology”, to be held July 22, 2021, from 1 PM to 3 PM (CDT; GMT -5). In
this CyVerse-hosted workshop, the PhytoOracle team will show how to
leverage their pipelines to process proximal and remote-sensing data for
plant phenotyping. They will showcase two pipelines that leverage
distributed computing, machine learning, and container technology. First,
they will run through their thermal pipeline, which detects individual
plants in thermal images and runs Kmeans clustering to collect individual
plant temperature values. Then, they will run through their hyperspectral
pipeline, which detects Spectralon reflectance reference targets and
calculates plot-level reflectance values.
You can access registration information for the workshop through the AG2PI
website: https://www.ag2pi.org/workshops-and-activities/workshop-2021-07/
but you will need to register through CyVerse (if you don’t already have a
free CyVerse account, you can create one here
<https://cyverse.org/discovery-environment>). A recording will be made
available on the AG2PI workshop webpage soon after the conclusion of the
event.
*This workshop will be limited to 50 participants*.
Please share the attached flyer with your colleagues or students and
encourage them to attend.
Kind regards,
Nicole
------------------------
Nicole Scott, PhD
Program Specialist
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative
Iowa State University
1111 WOI Rd
Ames, IA 50011
office: 1077 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab
phone: 515-294-3945
ag2pi.org <https://www.ag2pi.org/>
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Dear All,
Just a reminder that the AgBioData Consortium will have a virtual booth
exhibit at Plant Biology 2021.
Darwin Campbell has done a wonderful job setting this up with very basic
info and links to the AgBioData website, which has in turn, links to all of
our DBs/resources. We may not have the (wo)manpower to make a new video
with summary slides for all resources but for now he has uploaded the intro
video I recorded for the workshop. We can only list up to 4 contacts, so
we may list AgBioData as one of them and forward any targeted inquiries to
the relevant resource rep.
Here is a screenshot of our v-booth:
[image: image.png]
If you would like to sign up for a time slot to (wo)man the booth, you will
have the opportunity to schedule videochat meetings with general visitors
and/or your users (we are part of the meeting's scavenger hunt so we can
expect some traffic!). I believe that so far, only Asher and I have
volunteered for this.
*Show Hours: *Monday, Jul 19, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*Show Hours: *Tuesday, Jul 20, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*Show Hours: *Thursday, Jul 22, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*Show Hours: *Friday, Jul 23, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Other features we could take advantage of are:
*- Upload up to 6 PDFs* (one will be the AgBioData brochure, and preference
will be given to resources with a rep "on site", remember that exhibit-only
registrations are FREE and it is only a 1-hour commitment to be on call at
the booth!)
*- Upload up to 6 images* (could consider slides combining various logos
with pics/contact/availability of rep on site)
*- A giveaway button*, if anyone is interested in offering some swag in
exchange for, by example, filling a survey! (we will just need to provide a
link to the form where details can be explained)
*- List up to 4 reps with photo or DB logo, bio and contact details* -
Again, I know Asher and I are confirmed for this, but could be mistaken...
(if so, apologies)
I will try to work some more on this next week, so anyone looking to
participate and have your resource highlighted, please shoot us a line :)
Minimum work for us, PLEASE, we're very tight!
Happy weekend,
Marcela
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Computational Science Manager and Education, Outreach & Training Lead
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
One Bungtown Road, Williams #5
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Phone: 516-367-8893
Fax: 516-367-6851
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Greetings!
This may be of interest to some of you in case you are not subscribed to
their mailing list.
All the best, have a great weekend.
Darwin
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Dear AG2PI community member,
The next AG2PI Field Day is on Wednesday, June 16 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
(Central Time, -5 GMT). This field day will focus on Functional Annotation
of ANimal Genomes (FAANG). During this event, three members of FAANG will
share the consortium’s goals and its aspirations to provide resources for
understanding the genome of all livestock and aquaculture species. The
speakers will discuss how the consortium was envisioned, the foundations
that were laid, its current activities, and future plans, providing an
example of a successful consortium in the agricultural genomics space.
We invite you to register for this Zoom event at
https://tinyurl.com/AG2PI-FD8. Upon registration, you will receive a
confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. A link to
join the meeting will also be provided the day of the event on the AG2PI
website <http://ag2pi.org>. If you are unable to attend the live session,
then you will be able to find a recording at ag2pi.org/
<https://www.ag2pi.org/>, at a later date. Space IS limited, so register
soon.
Feel free to share this message and the attached flyer with colleagues at
your institution.
Kind regards,
Nicole
------------------------
Nicole Scott, PhD
Program Specialist
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative
Iowa State University
1111 WOI Rd
Ames, IA 50011
office: 1077 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab
phone: 515-294-3945
ag2pi.org <https://www.ag2pi.org/>
Greetings!
In the webinar presented Wednesday by Monica Poelchau, (link to the webinar
recording: https://youtu.be/nFskgT23pnY), she mentioned a couple of things
in the announcements portion that I wanted to follow up on.
- Through the generous support of Dorrie Main, AgBioData will have a
workshop and virtual booth at 2021 ASPB. The video (
https://youtu.be/nFskgT23pnY?t=30) has details about and booth and the
URL to sign up for space at the booth can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RlLXxEF992PNByzRTclKqrTTdg1wF26tTrR….
Marcela K. Monaco sent an email to this list group on Fri, Apr 30, with
the subject: *Plant Bioinformatics Resources Workshop & Virtual Booth
Exhibit at ASPB 2021* that has additional details. I'm sure we'll have
additional information to share as this process moves forward.
- The AgBioData Consortium steering committee is working toward the
adoption of a *Code of Conduct* (https://youtu.be/nFskgT23pnY?t=155).
We invite you to provide your thoughts and input on the content in this
google document: https://tinyurl.com/yf263q7h before its adoption. With
your browser in "suggesting mode", feel free to make changes or add
comments as you wish. If you have any questions or comments that you would
rather not post in a public document but want to share, send an email to me
at darwin(a)iastate.edu.
*The commenting period will close at Noon CT on May 13th (next
Wednesday)*.
*** *The Steering Committee is looking for one or two people that would
serve as Ombudsperson to AgBioData community. This could be a person
outside of the organization that one could report inappropriate activity to
the Steering Committee without engaging them directly *if*
the need arises. It is expected that their services would be seldom needed
or used. Contact me at darwin(a)iastate.edu if you or someone you know
might be interested in this opportunity.
All the best, and I hope you have a safe and great weekend!
Darwin Campbell, AgBioData coordinator
on behalf of the AgBioData steering committee
Jacqueline Campbell
Ethalinda Cannon
Laurel Cooper
Lisa Harper
Sook Jung
Monica Poelchau
Meg Staton
Leonore Reiser
Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz
Dear All,
Once again, Shabari (TAIR) and myself (Marcela, CSHL) are in charge of the
organization of the Plant Bioinformatics Resources Workshop at the Virtual
2021 ASPB Plant Biology meeting. We were allotted a total of 2 hours on the
Sunday prior to the official kick off of the meeting. So, we would like to
get an idea of how many resources would be interested in participating in
the workshop.
Plant Bioinformatics Resources Workshop
Sunday July 18, 2021
4:45 PM – 6:45 PM EDT
If you are planning on attending the meeting and are interested in giving a
talk, please fill out the table below with your contact info and tentative
title (topic) of your talk to help us decide on how to best accommodate all
interested speakers or if we need to set forth selection metrics in a
minimum rubric (e.g., topics of interests from last survey, impact on the
plant community, interconnectivity with other resources, target users,
etc.).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RlLXxEF992PNByzRTclKqrTTdg1wF26tTrR…
(WORKSHOP page)
Our deadline to finalize the list of speakers is May 19, so we will close
this table by May 10. Again, if there is a similar number of resources as
last year, we are likely to follow the same format of short pre-recorded
talks. However, if we have a larger number, we might need to select a
subset of representative topics/resources.
VIRTUAL BOOTH EXHIBIT
The AgBioData Steering Committee is pleased to announce that all members of
the consortium will have the opportunity to have a virtual presence in the
AgBioData Virtual Booth Exhibit. The booth will have premium features
including the ability to virtually interact live and text chat with
visiting users, get analytic data of views/clicks, scan visitors via a
scavenger hunt, and other perks. If you are interested in participating, I
may be asking you for a logo of your resource and a summary slide to
include in an automated slideshow that will be uploaded in our booth.
The best part is that even if you are not attending the meeting, there are
free exhibit hall-only registrations, which would allow us to split duties
to "wo/man" the booth at prime times, and set up 1-on-1 meetings with our
users.
Anyhow, if you are interested in having your resource participate in the
booth, please sign up in the same doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RlLXxEF992PNByzRTclKqrTTdg1wF26tTrR…
(BOOTH page)
Also, do not forget the reduced group registration rates (regardless of
membership status and affiliation), before June 19:
5-9 People, per person $219
10-24 people, per person $159
Looking forward to having a strong AgBioData presence at the next ASPB
meeting!
Marcela
On behalf of the AgBioData Steering Committee
Dear colleagues,
I hope it is okay for me to share this message with the community. I would
like to kindly invite all of you to consider joining us at BOSC 2021. I
believe that this event offers a brilliant opportunity for many in the
AgBioData community to share the fruits of your work.
The 2021 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference
<https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2021> (BOSC) is a forum for
developers and users to interact and share research results and ideas in
open source bioinformatics and open science. Topics include software
development practices that promote open science standards and sharing of
biological data and code, as well as approaches for building diverse
communities. BOSC is a track of the conference on Intelligent Systems in
Molecular Biology / European Conference on Computational Biology 2021
<https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2021> (ISMB/ECCB), and it will be held online
on July 29-30. *The main abstract deadline is May 6th*. Please see our
announcement on the BOSC website for complete details at
https://www.open-bio.org/2021/03/24/join-us-at-bosc-2021
*Requesting registration fee assistance*: We realize that the cost of
ISMB/ECCB may be prohibitive for some. If you are submitting an abstract to
BOSC and would have difficulty covering the cost of registration, you can
request registration fee assistance during abstract submission.
*Increasing diversity in participation*: Please share this announcement
with other people and groups who might be interested. We are particularly
interested in reaching out to communities who may not yet be aware of BOSC!
*Key Dates*
- May 6, 2021: Deadline for submitting one-page talk/poster abstracts at
https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/submit/
- May 27: Talk/poster acceptance notifications
- June 3: Late poster and Late-Breaking Lightning Talk (LBLT) submission
deadline
- June 10: Late poster / LBLT acceptance notifications
- July 29-30: BOSC 2021 Online <https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/> (part
of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online)
- July 31-Aug 1: CollaborationFest
<https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2021/collaborationfest/> (CoFest)
We hope to see you online at BOSC 2021!
Sincerely,
~moni, *on behalf of the BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris
(chair), Karsten Hokamp (co-chair), Peter Cock, Chris Fields, Jessica Maia,
Monica Munoz-Torres, Malvika Sharan, Jason Williams*
<https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/>
*--Moni Munoz-Torres, PhDAssistant Professor, Oregon State
UniversityAffiliate Professor, Lawrence Berkeley National
LaboratoryDirector of Operations, Center for Cancer Data Harmonization
(CCDH)*
Greetings!
I hope this email finds you well. Spring is in full swing in the midwest,
the crocus and hyacinth are now in full bloom and sharing their most
awesome aroma. Perhaps, unless you have allergies, it doesn't get much
better than this.
Below are the details of the *April 7th AgBioData webinar*, we look forward
to seeing you online with us, and hope your schedule allows you to join us
*this* Wednesday!
Darwin Campbell, AgBioData coordinator
on behalf of the AgBioData steering committee
Jacqueline Campbell
Ethalinda Cannon
Laurel Cooper
Lisa Harper
Sook Jung
Dorrie Main
Monica Poelchau
Meg Staton
Leonore Reiser
Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz
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*PhyloGenese helps users explore precomputed gene family trees with known
functions for individual family members, and assists users with inferring
gene functions.*
*Presented by: Peifen Zhang*
*Wednesday, April 7, 2021*
Hosted by Leonore Reiser
https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m09b0d3589ee14b82e68915eb31f41…
1 hour | 1P ET | 12P CT | 11A MT | 10A PT
Find your local time: http://bit.ly/37WzH6I
Meeting number: 120 906 4216
Password: mMTNB2ZkE23
PhyloGenes (phylogenes.org) presents precomputed phylogenetic trees of
plant gene families along with known functions for individual family
members. By displaying experimentally validated gene functions associated
to individual genes within a tree, PhyloGenes enables functional inference
for genes of uncharacterized function, based on their evolutionary
relationships to experimentally studied genes, in a visually traceable
manner. For the many families containing genes that have evolved to perform
different functions, PhyloGenes also facilitates the study of function
evolution. The current PhyloGenes release (version 2.2) includes 40 plant
genomes covering a broad taxonomic range and including all major crops,
along with 10 non-plant model organisms represented in over 8,000 gene
families. Over two-thirds of the families have at least one member with a
validated known function as GO terms. To increase the predictive power of
PhyloGenes, future work will involve community contribution and emphasize
on incorporating new functional annotations of family members across
families and subfamilies, and also adding complimentary functional datasets
such as gene expression and mutant phenotype
Join by video system
Dial 1209064216(a)iastate.webex.com
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Join by phone
+1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Chicago)
Access code: 120 582 0206
Greetings!
This is a reminder of the *February 3rd* AgBioData webinar (tomorrow) we
look forward to seeing you, and hope you can join us!
Darwin Campbell, AgBioData coordinator
on behalf of the AgBioData steering committee
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*Global Biodata Coalition - Chuck Cook *
Host: Leonore Reiser Global Biodata Coalition (GBC) is working with funders
to encourage more efficient collaboration in funding data resources and to
sustain funding for critical data resources. Much of this is relevant to
the themes you list below. More info, including pdfs of past talks:
www.globalbiodata.orghttps://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=mfae1dbfdf166f57b58d8c258f6f73…
*Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021 *| 1 hour | 1P ET | 12P CT | 11A MT | 10A PT | Find
your local time: https://bit.ly/34aHm0e
Meeting number: 120 582 0206 Password: 25inNd3JfT5
Join by video system Dial 1205820206(a)iastate.webex.com You can also dial
173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Join by phone +1-312-535-8110
United States Toll (Chicago) Access code: 120 582 0206
Please feel free to circulate this info in agbiodata mailing list.
Hi all,
The international society of Biocurators is hosting a screening of this
movie. The movie is free of charge for biocurators/ members of ISB and
others who contribute to data curation. The registration is on
first-come-to-first-basis.
If you have time, you can get registered for watching pictureascientist.
Save the date! March 12-14 screening of the amazing https://
pictureascientist.com/media <https://t.co/R9FdjoodJH?amp=1> sponsored by
ISB. Register here: https://surveymonkey.com/r/HSMLY3Z
<https://t.co/lvCU0WUsYs?amp=1>
*#WomeninScience, #DiversityMatters, #BlackinSTEM*
Best regards
Sushma
--
*Sushma Naithani* (she/her)
Associate Professor Senior Research
Editor-in chief, Current Plant Biology
Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
Center for Genome Research & Biocomputing
*Oregon State University*, Corvallis, OR, 97331
Phone: +1-541-737-8022
Fax: +1-541-737-3573
e-mail: sushma.naithani(a)oregonstate.edu <sushma.naithani(a)oregonstate.edu>
e-mail: naithans(a)science.oregonstate.edu <naithans(a)science.oregonstate.edu>
webpage: https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/users/sushma-naithani
“*He is an emissary of pity, and science, and progress, and devil knows
what else.”— Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad*
Greetings!
Forwarding this on in the event you are interested to apply. Please note
there is a mini conference on 2/24 to discuss the Seed Grant Mechanism and
Team-Building Opportunity.
Darwin Campbell, AgBioData coordinator
on behalf of the AgBioData steering committee
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Scott, Nicole M [AGRON] <nmscott(a)iastate.edu>
Date: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 4:22 PM
Subject: AG2PI seed grant applications open!
To: Scott, Nicole M [AGRON] <nmscott(a)iastate.edu>
Dear Colleagues and AG2PI Community Members,
A major goal of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI
<https://ag2pi.org/>) is to bring together agricultural scientists across
disciplines to work together in addressing shared challenges in
genome-to-phenome. As such, we have launched a *seed grant program* to
foster first steps towards the development of community solutions to
research needs and opportunities, as well as gaps in physical
infrastructure and data management.
The AG2PI seed grant program aims to fund around six (6) awards, each up to
$20,000. Applications will be due by 5pm CST on Friday, March 19th. The
anticipated start date for funded projects is May 15, 2021 and each project
may be 6-12 months in duration. Further details regarding the request for
proposals, application and review can be found at the AG2PI website (
https://ag2pi.org).
AG2PI will be hosting a Seed Grant Conference on February 24 from
10:30am-12:30pm CST. This conference will provide an overview of the seed
grant mechanism, examples of how seed grants have improved or advanced a
scientific endeavor or community and will provide an opportunity to ask
questions regarding the seed grants. Additionally, there will be a
“teaming” event which will create the virtual space to discuss your seed
grant idea with like-minded researchers with whom you may want to work. For
the full conference agenda, please see the “Workshops & Activities” page of
the AG2PI website.
We invite you to register for this mini-conference at
https://www.ag2pi.org/workshops-and-activities/conference-2021-02-24/. Upon
registration, you will receive a confirmation email with information about
joining the meeting. A link to join the meeting will also be provided the
day of the event on the AG2PI website. If you are unable to attend the live
session, then you will be able to find a recording at ag2pi.org/
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ag2pi.org_&d=DwMFA…>,
at a later date. Space IS limited, so register soon.
Feel free to share this message with colleagues at your institution. If you
have any questions regarding the mini-conference or seed grants, please
direct them to Nicole Scott at nmscott(a)iastate.edu.
Kind regards,
Nicole
------------------------
Nicole Scott, PhD
Program Specialist
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative
Iowa State University
1111 WOI Rd
Ames, IA 50011
office: 1077 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab
phone: 515-294-3945
ag2pi.org <https://www.ag2pi.org/>