GO User Advocacy

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GO User Advocacy
Eurie Hong (SGD) and Jane Lomax (EBI)
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User Advocacy Purpose
To create lines of communication between the GO
Consortium and user communities

• To hear from all communities who use or may use
  GO
• To ensure GO resources meet the communitys needs
• To communicate GO progress and changes to the
  community

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Tasks
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Quarterly Newsletter

• Topics covered paper reviews, gene of the
  quarter, ontology changes,
• new developments, tips on tool usage

Stacia Engel (SGD), Petra Fey (dictyBase), Eurie
Hong (SGD), Rajana Kishore (Wormbase), Jane
Lomax (EBI), Susan Tweedie (FlyBase)
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GO help
Tanya Berardini (TAIR), Emily Dimmer (GOA
Uniprot), David Hill (MGI), Jen Deegan (EBI),
Midori Harris (EBI), Eurie Hong (SGD), Amelia
Ireland (EBI), Jane Lomax (EBI), Kimberly Van
Auken (Wormbase)
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Help Documentation
Improved AmiGO help pages
Initial development of minimal standard for
tools http//gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/T
ools_standards
Future plans Improved organization of Tools
page Brochure about GO Video tutorial about
GO
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Meetings and Workshops
No general users meetings http//gocwiki.geneonto
logy.org/index.php/Users_meetings Workshop at
Interactome Networks Meeting (Ben Hitz and Jen
Deegan)
Future plans Additional workshops at targeted
meetings e.g. focus on analyzing microarray
data at MGED11 Maintain core set of slides
for use by GO and public
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Future Directions
1. Identify methods to solicit feedback
surveys before and after workshops? 2. Identify
and prioritize appropriate meetings for
workshops benefit in returning to same
meetings?