POC Conf. Call 7-14-10
POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: July 14th, 2010 10am (PDT)
In attendance:
POC members:
Absent:
Collaborators:
Acceptance of the minutes from the 6-30-10 meeting? All in favor?
7. More new is_a children of cardinal organ part
(See SF Tracker: new is_a children of cardinal organ part)
*receptacle: (See SF Tracker: receptacle)
Current def'n: The region at end of pedicel or axis to which parts of flower are attached. [source: APWeb:Glossary, POC:curators].
proposed def'n: The region at the top of either the peduncle or pedicel where the floral appendages (for example, sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils) are attached.(Brooklyn Botanic Garden http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/botany/parts_flowers.html)
Comments: If both pedicel and peduncle is_a stalk, and stalk is_a 'cardinal organ part', then both pedicel and peduncle must be part of some organ for this to work.
- hypanthium(See SF Tracker: hypanthium)
Current def'n: A cup- or tube-like structure bearing perianth and stamens on its rim, so these arise above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary of a flower.
proposed def'n:
made part_of receptacle instead of part_of flower
- pulvinus: (See SF Tracker: pulvinus)
Current def'n: A more or less abrupt swelling, especially at the apex or base of a petiole or leaf sheath, often glandular and/or being the place where a plant responds to touch, gravity or light, in panicoid grasses a swollen region in the stem above the intercalary meristem - such a definition would also include stems of Chloranthaceae, Acanthaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Amaranthaceae, etc., cf. articulation. [source: APWeb:Glossary]
-currently is_a (an) organ
proposed def'n:
Upcoming Conferences and Meetings: Updates:
* International Botanical Congress (IBC2011). July 23rd-30th 2011, Melbourne, Australia. Important dates (http://www.ibc2011.com/Dates.htm):
Our proposal for the symposium 'Bio-Ontologies for Plant Sciences' has been accepted, under the theme Genetics, genomics and bioinformatic. The organizers have asked us to confirm three speakers and titles by July 16th. As of our last discussion, Ramona and Pankaj were planning to attend and give talks. Must confirm that grant money can be used for international travel and confirm third speaker. Ramona has contacted Angelica Cibrian (Harvard) from the Genomics of Seed Plants project and she is interested in being a potential speaker, will contact other possible speakers in Australia if she is not available.
Ramona contacted the organizers about whether or not it is possible to get a room with Internet for outreach activities, will contact them again. Do we want to organize an annotation workshop?
Dennis and Alejandra are already planning to attend IBC2011 and speak in other symposia.
* Bio-Ontologies 2010: Semantic Applications in Life Sciences. July 9th and 10th, 2010, Boston, Mass. Satellite Interest Group (SIG) meeting preceding the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). Laurel and Ramona attended and presented our one page write up [[1]] as a 'flash update talk' and poster.
* American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB) July 31-Aug 4th 2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Laurel, Pankaj going, PO Poster presentation, Outreach Booth and Annotation Workshop with Gramene.
Laurel is organizing a booth with other database groups: Gramene, SGN, maizeGDB, TAIR and BAR.
We should prepare a brochure to distribute, similar to the one Gramene has.
Annotation workshop with Gramene is scheduled for Saturday July 31, 8am-12pm. 62 people are signed up! more details TBA
* Botanical Society of America (BSA)- July 31-Aug 4th 2010. Providence, Rhode Island. Dennis, Alejandra attending, Ramona presenting, 15 minute oral presentation, Abstract submitted 3/26/10.
* POC meeting to be held at NYBG in fall 2010. Date TBD.
Will invite outside experts, scientists, students and postdocs.
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X. Next meeting scheduled for: Weds, July 21th, 10am
