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'''POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Mar 15th, 2011 10am (PST)'''
 
'''POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Mar 15th, 2011 10am (PST)'''
  
In attendance:  
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In attendance: Laurel Cooper (OSU), Ramona Walls (NYBG),  Justin Elser (OSU), Justin Preece (OSU)
  
POC members:
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Absent: Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU), Marie Alejandra Gandolfo; (Cornell University) Chris Mungall (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Dennis Stevenson (NYBG), Barry Smith (University at Buffalo, NY)
  
Absent:
 
 
Collaborators:
 
  
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Collaborators: none
  
 
Acceptance of the minutes from the [[POC_Conf._Call_3-8-11]]?
 
Acceptance of the minutes from the [[POC_Conf._Call_3-8-11]]?
  
=Issues arising from last week's meeting:=
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''There were no changes, additions, or deletions.''
 
 
=Physcomitrella terms=
 
  
==[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3109542&group_id=76834&atid=835555 Gametangium, antheridium, archegonium]==
 
  
==Shoot apical meristem/apical cell/phyllome==
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=Issues arising from last week's meeting:=
  
MO has requested the term '''apical cell'''.
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Special technical meeting?
  
We already have the term apical cell (PO:0004000), which is an embryonic cell: "An embryonic plant cell that is the uppermost cell formed after the first division of the zygote." Suggest renaming PO:0004000 "embryonic apical cell" for clarity. The embryonic apical cell can also be found in non-angiosperms.
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''The conference call will take place on 3-17-11, at 4PM PDT.''
  
Growth in mosses (and other bryophytes?) results from divisions of a single apical cell. Branches or leaves form from division and differentiation of sub-apical cells. Mosses do not have an apical meristem in the same sense as vascular plants.
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''RW will look try to see if any other ontologies are using the has_part relation, and how they deal with it.  Will post possible alternative solutions on the [[POC Technical Issues Page]].''
 
 
If we define apical cell as is_a meristematic cell, we will have a problem. Even though apical cell is consistent with the definition of meristematic cell (synthesizing protoplasm and producing new cells by division and with only a primary cell wall), it is not consistent with the relation meristematic cell part_of meristem. A meristem is a portion of tissue and therefore two or more cells. We could solve this problem by changing meristematic cell part_of meristem to meristem has_part meristematic cell.
 
 
 
'''Proposed def. of apical cell:''' A meristematic cell at the apex of a gametophore or non-vascular leaf (phyllid).
 
 
 
Comment: Occurs in mosses and other bryophytes.
 
  
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=Physcomitrella terms=
  
Apical cells also cause an issue with or definition of '''phyllome''' (PO:0006001): "A lateral plant organ produced by a shoot apical meristem."  This definition is not strictly applicable to non-vascular leaves, which are phyllomes. Suggest we tweak the definition of phyllome to allow for this.
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''Discussion of new terms was postponed until next week, due to low attendance.''
  
'''Proposed def. of phyllome''': A plant organ produced by the lateral portion of a shoot apex.
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==[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3109542&group_id=76834&atid=835555 Gametangium, antheridium, archegonium and related terms]==
  
Comment: In vascular plants, phyllomes arise from the shoot apical meristem. In non-vascular plants, phyllomes arise from division of a sub-apical cell (sometimes referred to as a leaf initial).
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==apical cell==
  
 
==Collective plant structures:==
 
==Collective plant structures:==
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185093&group_id=76834&atid=835555 gametophore]===
 
 
Def'n supplied by MO: The leafy moss plant. The gametophore is the adult form of the moss gametophyte and bearer of the sex organs (gametangia).
 
 
Ref: Reski (1998): Development, genetics and molecular biology of mosses. Botanica Acta 111, 1-15.
 
 
Suggest is_a shoot system.
 
 
Proposed def'n.: A shoot system that consists of the shoot axes and non-vascular leaves of a plant in the gametophytic phase. participates_in gametophytic phase
 
 
Comment: A gametophore is the leafy part of a moss gametophyte, without the protonema. Antheridia and archegonia arise on the gametophore.
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185097&group_id=76834&atid=835555 gametophore bud]===
 
 
The term "bud" has been requested:
 
Def'n supplied by MO: A structure produced by a caulonema and able to develop into a gametophore or a stem that includes an apical cell able to develop into a gametophore. The earliest recognizable stage of gametophore development.
 
 
Ref: Bill and Nancy Malcolm (2006): Mosses and other Bryophytes, an illustrated glossary, second edition and altered by David Cove
 
 
Suggest a new term '''gametophore bud'''. This could be a child of bud (PO:0000055: An undeveloped shoot system).
 
 
Proposed def'n: A bud on a protonema that develops into a gametophore. participates_in gametophytic phase
 
 
Comment: Occurs in mosses.
 
  
 
==Plant organs:==
 
==Plant organs:==
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185162&group_id=76834&atid=835555 cauloid]===
 
- This is the term used for the gametophore stem or axis.
 
 
Suggest using '''gametophore axis''' as primary name, cauloid as synonym.
 
 
Proposed def'n: A plant axis that is part of a gametophore. is_a plant axis, part_of gametophore, participates_in gametophytic phase
 
 
Synonyms: cauloid, gametophyte axis
 
 
Also suggest adding terms for '''gametophore stem''' and '''gametophore branch''' (similar to stem and branch).
 
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185168&group_id=76834&atid=835555 perigonial bract]===
 
 
- The specialized phyllids surrounding the antheridia.
 
 
Ref: Bill and Nancy Malcolm (2006): Mosses and other Bryophytes, an illustrated glossary, second edition (MO definition)
 
 
A bract (PO:0009055) is defined as: A phyllome, usually different in form from the foliage leaves, subtending a reproductive structure. [source: POC:curators] Comment: Often used to refer to what is called here floral bract.
 
 
Proposed def'n: A bract that subtends an antheridium. part_of gametophore, participates in gametophytic phase
 
 
Comment: When an antheridium occurs on a specialized lateral branch of the gametophore, all of the phyllomes on that branch are usually perigonial bracts. If an antheridium occurs on a main axis of the gametophore, usually only the terminal phyllomes are perigonial bracts.
 
 
  
 
==Additional moss terms:==
 
==Additional moss terms:==
 
These were not requested by the Physcomitrella group, but they are related to the terms above and are commonly used to describe mosses, so we may as well add them now.
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185168&group_id=76834&atid=835555 perichaetal bract]===
 
 
Proposed def'n: A bract that subtends and archegonium. part_of gametophore, participates_in gametophytic phase.
 
 
Comment: When an archegonium occurs on a specialized lateral branch of the gametophore, all of the phyllomes on that branch are usually parichaetal bracts. If an archegonium occurs on a main axis of the gametophore, only the terminal phyllomes are usually parichaetal bracts.  The two or three terminal-most perichaetal bracts may fuse to form a gametophytic perianth.
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185171&group_id=76834&atid=835555 gametophytic perianth]===
 
 
Proposed def'n:  A collective phyllome structure that consists of two or more of the most distal parachaetal bracts on an axis that are fused laterally and surround the calyptra.
 
 
Should it be surrounds the capsule, in case no calyptra is present?
 
 
-has_part parachaetal bract, part_of gametophore, participates_in gametophytic phase, disjoint from perianth (PO:0009058)
 
 
Comment: The gametophytic perianth is not the same structure as a perianth (PO:0009058) in angiosperms.
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3185175&group_id=76834&atid=835555 seta]===
 
-The stalk of a moss sporophyte.
 
 
Suggested def'n: A plant axis that that holds up a spore capsule. participates_in sporophytic phase
 
 
Ref: Bill and Nancy Malcolm (2006): Mosses and other Bryophytes, an illustrated glossary, second edition (MO definition)
 
  
 
==Cardinal organ parts==
 
==Cardinal organ parts==
Terms requested by MO:
 
 
calyptra
 
 
base
 
 
peristome
 
 
theca
 
 
lid
 
 
foot
 
 
neck canal
 
 
 
Other terms, not from MO
 
 
epiphram
 
 
spore capsule mouth
 
 
pseudopodium
 
 
venter
 
 
==Plant Tissues==
 
'''paraphyllium''' - Tiny filaments, scales or leaf-like structures scattered on the stems of some leafy bryophytes. Bill and Nancy Malcolm (2006): Mosses and other Bryophytes, an illustrated glossary, second edition (MO definition)
 
 
Crum defines them as "Small green outgrowths formed between the leaves on stems and branches of some pleurocarps (mosses that produce archegonia and sporophytes laterally, rather than on the tips of their axes) and a very few leafy liverworts."
 
 
Schofield describes paraphyllia as outgrowths of the epidermis, but he also describes leaves that way.
 
 
MO has this listed as a plant organ
 
 
Proposed definition: A phyllome/portion of plant tissue that is a small filamentous, scale-like, or leaf-like outgrowth from the epidermis between the leaves of a gametophore axis.
 
 
Comment: Paraphyllia are much smaller than leaves. Found in pleurocarpous mosses and a few leafy liverworts.
 
 
[[File:Paraphyllia.jpg]] The paraphyllia are the small, dark structures between the leaves.
 
 
 
midrib
 
 
rhizoid
 
  
archesporium
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''See [[POC_Conf._Call_3-22-11]] for details.''
 
 
amphithecium
 
 
 
endothecium
 
 
 
jacket layer
 
 
 
paraphysis
 
 
 
axilliary hair
 
 
 
tmema
 
 
 
==Plant Cells==
 
 
 
Terms requested by MO:
 
 
 
archesporial cell
 
 
 
apical cell
 
 
 
shoot apical cell
 
 
 
phyllid apical cell
 
 
 
alar cell
 
 
 
brachycyte
 
 
 
chloronema cell
 
 
 
caulonema cell
 
 
 
tmema cell
 
 
 
jacket layer cell
 
 
 
axillary hair terminal cell
 
 
 
axillary hair base cell
 
 
 
neck canal cell
 
 
 
side branch initial
 
 
 
 
 
Other terms, not requested by MO:
 
 
 
hyrdoid
 
 
 
leptoid
 
 
 
rhizoid initial
 
 
 
=Continuing User requests: for PSO=
 
 
 
- Deal with and complete the list of user requests on SourceForge-
 
 
 
==[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3040048&group_id=76834&atid=835555 Legume terms]==
 
 
 
submitted by Austin Mast
 
 
 
Several terms have already been dealt with (Taproot, Stem Hair, Prickles, Anther pore and anther slit)
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3165981&group_id=76834&atid=835555 fascicle] The term fascicle can refer to different structures in different taxa. Suggest we use the term '''floral fascicle''' or '''flower fascicle''' in this case, to distinguish it from a "leaf fascicle," which we may want to add for describing gymnosperms.
 
 
 
From Tucker, 2003, Flora:
 
(in the Papilionoideae) "Pseudoracemes (Fig. 5B) differ from racemes in
 
that two to several flowers are initiated in each bract axil rather than
 
just one as in a raceme. '''The cluster of flowers at each node is called a fascicle.''' The order of initiation among flowers at a node (Fig. 5B, Psoralea macrostachys DC) shows
 
'''the fascicle to be a short shoot topped by a second order inflorescence apical meristem'''. This meristem initiates
 
flowers in a bilaterally symmetrical order: a single abaxial flower, then
 
two lateral flowers, another median abaxial, then two more laterals. The
 
number of flowers per fascicle depends on the duration of the axillary
 
inflorescence apex of the short shoot, which ceases activity after
 
initiating the few flowers in the fascicle. No flowers are initiated
 
adaxially (toward the first order axis) on the short shoot (Tucker, 1987b;
 
Tucker and Stirton, 1991). The short shoot in a pseudoraceme can be
 
distinguished from a cyme in that every flower is bract subtended in a
 
pseudoraceme."
 
 
 
Suggested def: A second order inflorescence in which the second order inflorescence branch bears two or more flowers but is not elongated.  Comment: A fascilce appears to be a cluster of flowers in an axil of a single bract of the main inflorescence. Common in some sections of the Fabaceae.
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3165983&group_id=76834&atid=835555 bristle] (used in key as "Stipules spinose or bristles"; might be thought of as a quality, rather than a structure)
 
 
 
We added the term stipule spine. Could also add the term '''stipule bristles''': A stipule that has a brush-like appearance.
 
 
 
Alternative is to suggest bristled to PATO
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3165984&group_id=76834&atid=835555 phyllode] Suggested def: A leaf in which there is no normal lamina development, but instead the petiole or petiole plus rachis is laminar.
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3165994&group_id=76834&atid=835555 banner, wing and keel]
 
 
 
'''Banner''' (as in a legume flower) - suggest using name 'banner petal'
 
 
 
Suggested def: A petal that is the top-most petal of a corolla in some flowers of the Fabaceae. Comment: The banner is usually larger than the adjacent wing petals.
 
 
 
 
 
'''Wing''' (as in a legume flower) - suggest using name 'wing petal'
 
 
 
Suggested def: One of two petals that is adjacent to the banner petal in some flowers of the Fabaceae. Comment: The wing petals are usually much smaller than the banner petal and the corolla keel.
 
 
 
 
 
'''Keel''' (as in a legume flower): The keel consists of two fused petals, and is analogous to the fused collective tepal structure we made for Musa. Maybe name 'corolla keel'
 
 
 
Suggest three new terms:
 
 
 
fused petal: A petal that is fused to another petal. Comment: May be fused to two petals (one on either side). This is a phenotype that is a cross-product of PO:0009032 (petal) and PATO:0000642 (fused with).
 
 
 
fused corolla: A corolla in which the petals are fused. Comment: This is a phenotype that is a cross-product of PO:0025023 (collective phyllome structure) and PATO:0000642 (fused with). A corolla may consist of a combination of fused and free petals, in which case fused corolla only refers to those petals that are fused.
 
 
 
corolla keel: A fused corolla that consists of the two lowest petals in some flowers of the Fabaceae. Comment: The two petals of the keel may be fused at the apex but free at the base. The remaining three petals (banner and two wings) are free. The keel is boat shaped.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3166008&group_id=76834&atid=835555 locule] The term locule can be used to refer to the cavity in an carpel or in an anther.  In the PGDSO, we have the term PO:0001026 locules established, which is an anther development stage. For clarity, we may want to add two terms: locule, anther locule and carpel locule.
 
 
 
anther locule: A plant anatomical space that is a cavity in an anther formed by a single pollen sac.
 
 
 
carpel locule: A plant anatomical space that is a cavity in a carpel that contains at least one ovule. Comment: A syncarpous gynoecium may have multiple locules, and the locules of multiple carpels may be fused.
 
 
 
May want to add general parent terms locule: A plant anatomical space that is a cavity within a sporophyll. Synonym: loculus
 
 
 
 
 
==TraitNet requests==
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080906&group_id=76834&atid=835555 corm]
 
 
 
proposed def: A short, enlarged storage stem in which the internodes do not elongate. Comment: usually underground.
 
 
 
child of stem (PO:0009047).
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080911&group_id=76834&atid=835555 podarium]
 
 
 
Their comment: is synonym to Tubercle
 
 
 
podarium (from Beentje 2010): (in cacti or other succulents) a modified leaf base functioning as the photosynthesising organ.
 
 
 
tubercle (from Beentje 2010): (in ball- or barrel- shaped cacti), cone-shaped protuberances that are elnarge modified leaf bases fused with adjacent stem tissue (tubercle has two other definitions as well).
 
 
 
proposed def:
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080913&group_id=76834&atid=835555 pneumatophore]
 
 
 
definition from Beentje (2010): erect (breathing) root protruding above the soil, encountered especially in mangroves
 
 
 
proposed def: A root that is erect and protrudes above the soil, found in trees that live in flooded habitats such as mangroves. Comment: Pneumatophores may provide oxygen to below ground roots growing in flooded soils.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080916&group_id=76834&atid=835555 diaspore]
 
 
 
definition from Beentje (2010): reproductive portion of a plant, such as a seed, fruit or fragment of fruit, that is dispersed and may give rise to a new plant.
 
 
 
We could add this term as a kind of upper level bin term (similar to trichome)
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080919&group_id=76834&atid=835555 cone]
 
 
 
Should probably be a synonym of strobilus (PO:0025083). Narrow or exact?
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080922&group_id=76834&atid=835555 sorus]
 
 
 
from Crum (2001): a cluster of fern sporangia
 
from Beentje (2010): (of pteridophytes) structure bearing or containing groups of sporangia.
 
 
 
Proposed definition: A cardinal organ part composed of a cluster of two or more adjacent sporagia on the surface of a leaf. Comment: May be enclosed by an indusium.
 
 
 
Part_of vascular leaf, has_part sporangium
 
 
 
 
 
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3080925&group_id=76834&atid=835555 tendril]
 
 
 
Defintion from Beentje (2010): a slender, coiling structure derived from a branch, leaf or inflorescence and used for climbing.
 
 
 
tendrils can derived from multiple types of structures. Suggest we make separate terms:
 
 
 
branch tendril (child of branch): A branch that is slender and coiling. Comment: Aids plant in climbing.
 
 
 
leaf tendril (child of leaf): A leaf that is slender and coiling and lacks a lamina. Comment: Aids plant in climbing.
 
 
 
leaflet tendril (child of leaflet): A leaflet that is slender and coiling. Comment: Aids plant in climbing.
 
 
 
leaf apex tendril (child of leaf apex): A leaf apex that is slender and coiling. Comment: Aids plant in climbing.
 
 
 
Can add other types of tendrils if they come up or users need them.
 
 
 
==[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2899934&group_id=76834&atid=835555 root terms]==
 
 
 
submitted by Rich Zobel (Nov 2009)
 
 
 
==User requests still open on Source Forge; PGDSO ==
 
===[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2812238&group_id=76834&atid=835555 tuber growth and development stages]===
 
 
 
This item has been open on SF since 6/2009
 
 
 
I have a bunch of potato genes which are expressed in different tuber developmental stages (e.g. the potato pmt gene is expressed in small sprouts only (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16088399).
 
 
 
Suggested stages:
 
 
 
-sprout development (does this correspond to tube axillary bud development? Should come after tuber maturation)
 
 
 
-tuber initiation
 
 
 
-tuber growth
 
 
 
-tuber maturation
 
 
 
How we work these in will depend on restructuring of PGDSO
 
 
 
l development in legumes (Plant Physiol, March 2003, Vol. 131, pp. 911-926
 
 
 
===[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3035688&group_id=76834&atid=835555 terms for seed development stages]===
 
 
 
This is a fairly new request for terms for cotton
 
  
 
=Upcoming meetings 2011:=
 
=Upcoming meetings 2011:=
 
 
'''* ICBO 2011  Second International Conference on Biomedical Ontology'''
 
'''* ICBO 2011  Second International Conference on Biomedical Ontology'''
 
July 26-30,  2011
 
July 26-30,  2011
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LC contributed to the workshop proposal "From Fins to Limbs to Leaves: Facilitating anatomy ontology interoperability"  
 
LC contributed to the workshop proposal "From Fins to Limbs to Leaves: Facilitating anatomy ontology interoperability"  
Authors: Melissa Haendel, Chris Mungall, Alan Ruttenberg, David Osumi-Sutherland and Laurel Cooper  
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Authors: Melissa Haendel, Chris Mungall, Alan Ruttenberg, David Osumi-Sutherland and Laurel Cooper (Accepted)
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LC is working with the other organizers to develop the workshop plans and a call for papers.
  
Submitted: February 15th, 2011
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'''Full-Day Workshops Schedule:'''
 
 
  
- LC will attend and represent the PO. Invite other plant people? Will talk with Elizabeth Arnaud at the upcoming meeting.
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'''July 26 9am-6pm''' The Ontological Representation of Adverse Events: Working with Multiple Biomedical Ontologies
  
-BS suggested we might want to submit a short paper which could be published in longer form later- see above
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'''July 27 8.30am-4pm''' Facilitating Anatomy Ontology Interoperability
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'''July 26 6.30pm-9pm'''  Evening Workshop: Common Logic
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'''July 27 4pm-8pm''' Evening Workshop: Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Consortium
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- LC will attend and represent the PO, will submit a short paper/poster for the workshop (deadline April 1st).
  
  
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Early-bird [http://www.aspb.org/meetings/pb-2011/registration.cfm registration] ends May 13.
 
Early-bird [http://www.aspb.org/meetings/pb-2011/registration.cfm registration] ends May 13.
  
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Gramene will be putting together a workshop again, focusing on pathways.  PJ will present a PO poster.
  
 
Abstract deadlines: Your abstract must be submitted by '''March 11''' if you want it to be considered for a minisymposium talk.  
 
Abstract deadlines: Your abstract must be submitted by '''March 11''' if you want it to be considered for a minisymposium talk.  
  
For inclusion on the program memory stick and in the program book, abstracts must be submitted by May 27.
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For inclusion on the program memory stick and in the program book, abstracts must be submitted by '''May 27'''.
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TAIR is organizing an Outreach Booth and we are invited to take part. 
  
  
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Dennis, Alejandra, Pankaj and Ramona are planning to attend.  
 
Dennis, Alejandra, Pankaj and Ramona are planning to attend.  
  
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Early bird registration deadline - Extended 1 March 2011
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Deadline for registration by presenters 1 March 2011
  
 
See [[IBC 2011 Bio-Ontologies Symposium]] wiki page for more details
 
See [[IBC 2011 Bio-Ontologies Symposium]] wiki page for more details
  
==Next meeting scheduled for Tues, Mar. 22nd, 2011 at 10am PST==
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==Next meeting scheduled for Tues, Mar. 22nd, 2011 at 10am PDT==

Latest revision as of 21:00, 21 March 2011

POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Mar 15th, 2011 10am (PST)

In attendance: Laurel Cooper (OSU), Ramona Walls (NYBG), Justin Elser (OSU), Justin Preece (OSU)

Absent: Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU), Marie Alejandra Gandolfo; (Cornell University) Chris Mungall (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Dennis Stevenson (NYBG), Barry Smith (University at Buffalo, NY)


Collaborators: none

Acceptance of the minutes from the POC_Conf._Call_3-8-11?

There were no changes, additions, or deletions.


Issues arising from last week's meeting:

Special technical meeting?

The conference call will take place on 3-17-11, at 4PM PDT.

RW will look try to see if any other ontologies are using the has_part relation, and how they deal with it. Will post possible alternative solutions on the POC Technical Issues Page.

Physcomitrella terms

Discussion of new terms was postponed until next week, due to low attendance.

Gametangium, antheridium, archegonium and related terms

apical cell

Collective plant structures:

Plant organs:

Additional moss terms:

Cardinal organ parts

See POC_Conf._Call_3-22-11 for details.

Upcoming meetings 2011:

* ICBO 2011 Second International Conference on Biomedical Ontology July 26-30, 2011 Buffalo, New York

ICBO

LC contributed to the workshop proposal "From Fins to Limbs to Leaves: Facilitating anatomy ontology interoperability" Authors: Melissa Haendel, Chris Mungall, Alan Ruttenberg, David Osumi-Sutherland and Laurel Cooper (Accepted) LC is working with the other organizers to develop the workshop plans and a call for papers.

Full-Day Workshops Schedule:

July 26 9am-6pm The Ontological Representation of Adverse Events: Working with Multiple Biomedical Ontologies

July 27 8.30am-4pm Facilitating Anatomy Ontology Interoperability

July 26 6.30pm-9pm Evening Workshop: Common Logic

July 27 4pm-8pm Evening Workshop: Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Consortium

- LC will attend and represent the PO, will submit a short paper/poster for the workshop (deadline April 1st).


*Plant Biology 2011, Aug 6-10th, Minneapolis, Minn

Plant Biology 2011

Early-bird registration ends May 13.

Gramene will be putting together a workshop again, focusing on pathways. PJ will present a PO poster.

Abstract deadlines: Your abstract must be submitted by March 11 if you want it to be considered for a minisymposium talk.

For inclusion on the program memory stick and in the program book, abstracts must be submitted by May 27.

TAIR is organizing an Outreach Booth and we are invited to take part.


* International Botanical Congress (IBC2011)

July 23rd-30th 2011, Melbourne, Australia

Registration is open Important dates

Symposium proposal was accepted, 'Bio-Ontologies for the Plant Sciences' under the Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics theme.

Dennis, Alejandra, Pankaj and Ramona are planning to attend.

Early bird registration deadline - Extended 1 March 2011 Deadline for registration by presenters 1 March 2011

See IBC 2011 Bio-Ontologies Symposium wiki page for more details


Next meeting scheduled for Tues, Mar. 22nd, 2011 at 10am PDT