AGENDA
i5K Coordinating Group
20 November 2024
11:00-12:00 EDT
This week’s meeting will feature two discussions:
- Updates on the Earth BioGenome Project, including information on a possible US EBP chapter;
- Possible action items from the recent i5k discussion at the Biodiversity Genomics meeting 2024.
Meeting Chair: Brad
Attending: Brad Coates, Monica Poelchau, David Molik, Mike Pfrender, Glenn Hanes, Eric Tvedte, Marc Halfon, Chris Childers, Anna Childers, Scott Emrich
Regrets: Rob (sorry, v. hectic)
- “New” member introductions
- Mike Pfrender, Eric Tvedte, David Molik
- Working group highlights (can change order)
- Community building and outreach (Brad)
- AGS2025
- In Knoxville, TN
- Maybe hybrid - results mixed from survey
- Dates tbd but should be in June 2025 - probably June 18-20
- Will have pre-symposium workshop. Local galaxy install will be available plus training.
- Possible ‘field trip’ to the smokies
- short survey: https://forms.gle/qZkShQYpuBa55Yw58 (28 replies, results pasted at end of this doc for you, let me [rob] know who needs access - Scott already has access)
- Costs should be okay - might need more buy-in to financially support multiple keynote speakers
- Some meals currently included
- There will be a dorm option
- Action items:
- *re-advertise form above with colleagues*
- Identify speakers
- Decent attendance at BG2024
- PAG Jan 10-15, 2025 San Diego, CA
- Weevil-omic-focused, Brenda Oppert
- Genomic Tools, Marce Lorenzen
- General Genomics, Lindsey Perkin
- Insecticide Resistance, Zack Cohen
- Databases, Monica Poelchau
- Non-drosophilid flies, Perot Saleo, Tyler Raszick, David Molik
- Still looking for a talk or two, let me know. -David
- AGSx
- AGS2025
- Community building and outreach (Brad)
- General Genomics, Lindsey Perkin. Committed to AGSx25
- Beenome take 3, Michael Branstetter and Jay Evans? TBD
- Beetle & Weevil session Duane and Brenda.
- Additional session ideas
Non-drosophilid flies, Perot Saleo, Tyler Raszick, David Molik
Collection and preservation, and touch on vouchering; legal issues.
Does it matter if there is overlap between AGS and AGSx? Ensure that it’s not the same speakers across PAG, AGS-x, and AGS. There used to be an unspoken rule to not speak in consecutive AGS meetings. At the very least these organizers should coordinate.
- Standards (Monica) - Over 1,500 views of Marc’s talk on i5k standards due to youtube livestreaming option - Added a literature review component to our manuscript, defined author roles
- Exec committee (Monica)
- Cameos please! Monica has a list of people to reach out to, but we are always grateful for volunteers. Sign-up sheet for i5k group meeting cameos.docx
- Training (Sue)
- Genome Project Coordination (Monica)
- Sent an email on 10/3 to 6 people asking for volunteers to test the documentation, only got one response back so far (but I haven’t followed up)
- Perhaps have a quick training session as part of one of the upcoming meetings?
- Sneak into an upcoming AGR meeting for 10 minutes or so?
- If you’d like to review, start here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hsj6DG-dCtsfe_BRoyNwHfoDF7ndyhU1qgDAee9FGaU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.lr6l0bti4elc
- Sent an email on 10/3 to 6 people asking for volunteers to test the documentation, only got one response back so far (but I haven’t followed up)
- Exec committee (Monica)
- Standards (Monica) - Over 1,500 views of Marc’s talk on i5k standards due to youtube livestreaming option - Added a literature review component to our manuscript, defined author roles
- Working group additional items (example: AGS organization discussion from the Outreach WG)
- Other items from the community germane to the cc (e.g. relevant EBP updates, new funding opportunities, meetings/conferences)
- We should discuss joining ERGA (see notes from September 2024 meeting)
- EBP: Sign up for newsletter here: https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter
- Monica will add info on contributions to twitter - probably just email Maja Pierce.
- Featured Discussions:
- Earth BioGenome Project meeting recap - 20 minutes
- Summary and highlights from a recent meeting to discuss a possible US EBP chapter, and i5k’s involvement
- Summary and highlights from 2024 EBP report
- Also, note the recent article highlighting EBP in Science Magazine: https://www.science.org/content/article/once-thought-fantasy-effort-sequence-dna-millions-species-gains-momentum
- Biodiversity Genomics 2024 i5k discussion recap - 20 minutes
- Discussion outcomes and possible next steps for the i5k community
- Consolidated notes from the breakout rooms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1viin5GP6w68E5WBlgC8f2z9bAlki4b9YYcXh-giMtJw/edit?tab=t.0
NEXT MEETING: 18 December 2024
11:00-12:00 EDT