SC_20110125

iPG2P Steering Committee
January 25, 2011; 2 to 3pm EST

Present: Matt Vaughn, Karla Gendler, Steve Welch, Martha Narro, Shiran Pasternick, Dan Stanzione, Ruth Grene, Tom Brutnell, Dan Kliebenstein, Eric Lyons, Jeff White

Notes/Agenda:

• CI Development Update
  • Focus of upcoming release - Feb 2011
    • API function and Job Execution
      • Foundation API v1.0 (replaced by Agave)
      • Tool Integration Tutorial Part 1
      • Tool Integration Tutorial Part 2
      • One-Stop Shopping
  • Roadmap for improvements to integration/analysis tool kit
    • With new versions of tools, we’ll keep the old versions too
• IBP
  • At iPlant's PAG session, iPlant signed an MOU with Gates IBP
  • Their goal is to support breeding in developing countries; take molecular breeding tools and make them available to breeders everywhere but especially developing countries
  • Intent to build tool platform on top of iPlant’s CI; iPlant is not going to build it for them
  • Going to hire 3 people: 1 senior developer and 2 junior developers; co-locate with UA iPlant team
  • 2 things: move some of their analysis pipelines (R scripts); fieldbook but have agreed to help with mockups
  • White asked how to reach out to US breeders not employed by Pioneer, Monsanto
    • Goff has been working on it; maybe extending my-plant network; Jeff White will follow up with Goff
• PAG Sessions
  • Plant Phenotyping: 150
  • Quantomics: 30 (private meeting)
  • Workshop: 200+ (standing room only)
  • Arabidopsis session: 100
  • CoGE session: 50-75
  • Comparative Genomics (Pat Schnable talk): 400
• PAG Outcomes
  • Interest in Atmosphere
  • Letters of collaboration or support
  • Data hosting
• Formation of a Genome Sequence Assembly Team
  • Basic objective to provide sequence assembly resources to community using TACC resources
  • Best practice type of meeting

Next meeting time: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 2pm EST

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