POC Conf. Call 6-18-13

POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: Tuesday June 18th, 2013 10am PST/1pm EST

In attendance: Absent:

Flower development stage (PO:0021004) and subclasses

* Flower development stage (PO:0021004): A reproductive shoot system development stage (PO:0025530) that has as primary participant a flower (PO:0009046). [source: POC:curators]

comment: Defined by characteristic morphological, structural, histological or other visible features.

• 1 flower meristem visible stage (PO:0007601)
• 2 flower meristem notched stage (PO:0007602)
• 3 flower organ development stage (PO:0007600)
• 4 anthesis stage (PO:0007616)
• 5 post anthesis stage (PO:0007617):

Current definitions:

• 1 flower meristem visible stage (PO:0007601): Stage of flower development marked by the emergence of the floral meristem on the flank of the inflorescence meristem.

Revised def'n: A Flower development stage (PO:0021004)....

-Needs to refer to apical meristem, not inflorescence meristem (same for the rest of them).

• 2 flower meristem notched stage (PO:0007602):Stage of floral development that begins when the floral meristem becomes demarcated from the inflorescence meristem by a slight indentation. [source: POC:curators]

• flower organ development stage (PO:0007600):Stages of development of floral organs defined by characteristic morphological, structural, histological or other visible features. [source: POC:curators]

- Should be an inferred class (like floral organ), and the subclasses should move to their proper parent.

For example, gynoecium development stage and corolla development stage should be collective plant organ structure development stages and palea development stage should be a phyllome development stage. These classes should be part_of flower development stage, not is_a.

• PO:0007605 : androecium development stage [0]
• PO:0007603 : calyx development stage [0]
• PO:0007604 : corolla development stage [0]
• PO:0007606 : gynoecium development stage [0]
• PO:0001047 : lemma development stage [0]
• PO:0001049 : lodicule development stage [0]
• PO:0001048 : palea development stage [0]

* 4 anthesis stage (PO:0007616): The phase of a flower when pollen is presented and/or the stigma is receptive. [source: APweb:Glossary]

* 5 post anthesis stage (PO:0007617): The phase of a flower after the pollen is presented and/or the stigma is receptive. [source: POC:curators]

Upcoming meetings and Presentations 2013:

MONOCOTS V Meeting at NYBG, July 5th - 14th, 2013

MONOCOTS V:

5th International Conference on Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons Friday, July 05, 2013 7:00 AM - Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)

The New York Botanical Garden & Fordham University

ICBO 2013, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec July 7th - 9th 2013

4th International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies 2013 (ICBO 2013), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, July 7th - 9th 2013

The conference aim is to foster discussion, exchange, and innovation in research and development in the areas Biomedical Ontology. Researchers and professionals from biology, medicine, computer science and engineering are invited to share their knowledge and experience.

The event is part of the Semantic Trilogy 2013 featuring:

• International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies (ICBO 2013)
• Canadian Semantic Web Symposium (CSWS 2013)
• Data Integration in the Life Sciences (DILS 2013)

Workshop on Semantic Systems Biology 2013 (SSB2013) will be held as part of the International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies (ICBO2013) at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, on July 7th, 2013. The event is part of the Semantic Trilogy 2013 (above)

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• ontologies & terminologies for modeling computational biology
• ontologies & terminologies for simulation (and result data) in computational biology/medicine/neuroscience
• semantic web technologies for description, integration, query and discovery of models, simulations and result data
• semantic web technologies for biological data and analysis
• semantic annotations of bio-models
• applications of ontologies in computational systems biology/medicine/neuroscience
• semantic platforms for undertaking and visualizing simulation results

Botanical Society Meeting July 27-31st New Orleans

BSA 2013

- MAG will present the work she has been doing with the images and slides CUPAC- The Cornell University Plant Anatomy Collection: a web-based tool for the Plant Sciences teachers and researchers

- BA will present a poster on his work: New evidence for the radiation of basal Cupressaceae