Last week, the Steering Committee shared with you the goals and objectives of the recently funded NSF-RCN. The recording of the meeting is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Sx3mZENaTro and the slides are available at the AgBioData website: https://www.agbiodata.org/meetings 

This is your opportunity to propose additional Working Groups and their objectives or goals.  


You will find the form to make suggestions here (best viewed in Firefox, Chrome, or Opera browsers):  https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HhG7VCjFYBqUyW


Do not delay!  This form will remain open through September 15th.


Please expect a second and final survey on working group participation and membership in mid-September. 


These Working Groups were presented by the Steering Committee:

Nomenclature,

Metadata Standards, 

Data federation, 

Emerging data types,

Recruiting, 

Implementation,

Education, 

Sustainability

You can review the kickoff meeting slides for more information: https://www.agbiodata.org/sites/default/files/files/September_1_2021_RCN.pdf.


During the RCN kickoff meeting, these additional Working Groups were suggested: 

Data collection accuracy and precision

Ontologies

Incorporation of data from precision sensing technologies

Pan-genomes

Phenology

Pan-transcriptome

Molecular genotype-phenotype links; such as GTEx


Thank you once again for your interest and support of AgBioData!


The AgBioData Steering Committee:

Jacqueline Campbell, Darwin Campbell (coordinator), Ethy Cannon, Laurel Cooper, Lisa Harper, Eva Huala, Sook Jung, Monica Poelchau, Leonore Reiser, Meg Staton, Marcela Tello-Ruiz