Moore Notes 7 22 09

Group Call

• 16S based OTUs from GOS (Josh)
  • Quince got data from Rusch
  • They only have them for all samples together
  • Do they know which reads go into OTUs: could try to de-convolve
    • clustering might be better with full data
  • Or we could start from scratch
    • similarity based: Jess Bryant has some ideas (use MOTHUR=DOTUR+SONS etc)
    • CAMERA has separate 16S read files (shotgun?)
    • Martin: try RDP pipeline?
    • Can do this in MOTHUR
      • They have an example of how to do this exact analysis on GOS http://schloss.micro.umass.edu/mothur/Marine_community_analysis

• Tom: interest in a svn repository?
  • Srijak: setting up iSEEM server this week
  • Will check with Mike Lewis and Marisano
  • Just a data/code drop box, not for running code
    • same network as genbeo
    • how to get software on genbeo?

• Group meeting: Dec. 15-16

• Subcontract funds
  • Martin and Katie still waiting

• Steve will give a workshop this weekend: Botany and Mycology meetings
  • Will meet with Alexis about raxml methods
  • Sam will email by Sunday night

• Steve is going to ESA following week

• Dongying and Sam and Tom are going CIPRES

• Marisano: wants to go to Illumina users group meeting
  • UCB, Aug 7

• Getting postdocs together
  • Tom: very useful to go back and forth
  • Try to do a monthly get together
  • Steve would like to come down some time this Fall
  • Josh has a cheap airline

• Everybdody update skype this week