Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria
A collaborative paper with researchers across the globe came out in NRG as an ExpertRecommendation. My part was helping with... Continue reading →
Summer 2020 updates.
It has been a while since I last updated – but this time, it has been a combination of teaching... Continue reading →
GREEKC workshop
Cost Actions are an EU funding mechanism to get scientists together to work on bigger projects. I am here at... Continue reading →
VMC workshop
I attended a productive 2 day GA4GH Variation Modeling Collaboration workshop in Cambridge, to continue development of the model and... Continue reading →
SAB of OMNISearch/OMIT group at University of Southern Alabama
I spent a productive couple of days working with Jingshan Huang in Mobile Alabama. Jingshan has developed several ontologies to... Continue reading →
miRNA updates
Trends in Genetics has just released miRNA Nomenclature:AView Incorporating GeneticOrigins, Biosynthetic Pathways,and Sequence Variants, a collaborative opinion paper with T. Desvignes, P. Batzel,... Continue reading →
two new papers
Duncan J, Eilbeck K, Narus SP, Clyde S, Thornton S, Staes C. (2015). Building an Ontology for Identity Resolution in... Continue reading →
GFVO: the Genomic Feature and Variation Ontology.
After much work on behalf of Joachim Baran, the GVFO paper (GFVO: the Genomic Feature and Variation Ontology) is now... Continue reading →
AMIA paper
Catherine Staes is presenting our paper about the CDC’s reportable condition knowledge management system at the Ontology, Terminology, and Semantics, which... Continue reading →
OMIT: Dynamic, Semi-Automated Ontology Development for the microRNA Domain
The micro RNA ontology paper with the Huang lab is now available from PLOS ONE. OMIT: Dynamic, Semi-Automated Ontology Development for... Continue reading →