PAG 2011 Collaborators Workshop

Date and Time:

Sunday, January 16th, Late Morning to include a buffet lunch

Time: 10:30-1:00 pm (will wrap up in time to get to 1:30 sessions)

Where: Town and Country Hotel, Hampton Room

Link to Registration Site and Survey:

Please visit the site and register so we know how many are coming for lunch.

Summary and Objectives:

The goal of the workshop is is to develop and enrich collaborations with other groups in the Plant Sciences and to demonstrate the utility of the PO in annotating large plant genomics datasets.

- We will have 5 speakers from groups who are current or potential collaborators

- The goal is to show a range of uses and highlight the utility of the Plant Ontology to the plant science community.

- Each speaker will have about 10-15 minutes, including time for questions, (~ 5-10 slides)

- We will have a 'working lunch' where folks can mingle and continue discussions

Agenda:

10:30am: Welcome and Opening

Laurel Cooper, Coordinator, Plant Ontology Consortium

List of Speakers and Topics: Talks will be followed by time for discussion and networking lunch

• 10:35am: Ramona Walls, Plant Ontology Consortium

Title: "Introduction to the Plant Ontology- Where does my project fit in?"

• 10:40am: Mary Schaeffer, MaizeGDB

Title: Plant Ontology and the Maize B73 Gene Atlas Wisconsin 2010

Summary: The Plant Ontology is being utilized as MaizeGBD develops a Maize Gene Atlas. They are working on a large set of Nimblegen and RNA_Seq expression data, from 61 tissues, at various plant growth stages. These data will be added to the Plant Ontology's existing annotations.

• 10:55am: Claude dePamphilis Floral Genome Project,

Title: TBA

Summary: An overview of the Floral Genome and Ancestral Angiosperm Genome Projects where they have been collecting 'immense Next Gen transcriptome datasets of several basal angiosperms'. A look at the specific issues that basal angiosperms raise for PO.

• 11:10am: Stefan Rensing, Physcomitrella patens Resource

Title: "MO - moss/bryophyte ontology within PO"

Summary: Stefan's group is developing a moss ontology. He will tell us about how they are developing the PO to MO mappings and annotating the Physcomitrella genome and transcriptome.

• 11:25am: Nick Provart BAR

Title: “Identification of Expressologs in Plant Species using Gene Expression Compendia”

• 11:40am: Ken McNally IRRI IRRI

Title: "Ontological Implications from Sequencing the Global Rice Collections"

Summary: Sequencing of genetic resource accessions in Rice. They are characterizing the 120,000 rice accessions (both genotypic and phenotypic diversity).

11:55am: Closing Comments and Summary

Pankaj Jaiswal, Plant Ontology Consortium

Build-Your-Own Sandwich Buffet Lunch

• Soup du Jour

• Sandwich Buffet:

Selection of Sliced Meats and Cheeses

Assorted Freshly Baked Deli Breads

Condiments to include leaf lettuce, sliced tomatoes, onions, mayonnaise and mustards

Crisp potato chips

• Salad Selections:

Red Potato Salad

Pasta Salad Primavera

Marinated Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Variety of Seasonal Greens with Choice of Dressings

• Deserts:

Assorted whole fresh fruits

Chef's Sweets Table

• Freshly brewed coffee, decaffeinated coffee and tea