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PI Call with GBMF

• Participants: Katie, Jonathan, Samantha Forde

• Progress report follow up
  • Who is using SFams
  • Dongying's marker families and their context/role versus SFams
    • Extend AMPHORA phylogenetic markers, for taxonomic characterization
    • SFams more generally for functional characterization
  • MRC available?
    • Yes, on github
  • Niche Modeling code available?
    • Yes, by request from us for now, maybe QIIME later
    • Send her ISME paper

• Tracking down data for protein family mapping
  • Samantha will talk to PIs
    • Matt Sullivan
    • Ginger Armbrust
    • CAMERA
  • What is MMI data release policy?
    • Typically 6 months from generation
    • At publication for sure
    • Difficulties finding a place to put it, manage the distribution, etc.
    • New journal: Microbiome (BMC journal)

• Challenges we have encountered
  • How to search for hits to protein families
  • Data availability for protein maps
  • Computer and Bioinfo Core staff set up slow, but moving forward

• MMI Job Description
  • Fellow to assess the landscape and maybe do some convenings

• MMI website revamping
  • Will need an abstract for iSEEM2 (250 words)

• Date for May or June in person meeting