Micro B3 - OSD explores interactions with Genomic Observatories

Submitted by fog on Fri, 2012-09-07 11:23

Micro B3 - OSD explores interactions with Genomic Observatories (GOs)

A session dedicated to GOs/OSD interaction will explore the interactions between the two emerging initiatives at the September meeting of the Genomics Standards Consortium in Oxford.

Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) is a first example of the way that research projects (Micro B3) could leverage a network of Genomic Observatories. What are the anticipated benefits and challenges faced by sites (represented on the panel) preparing for the coordinated day of marine genomic sampling on June 21, 2014?

Chair: Chris Meyer (Smithsonian)

16:00 Ocean Sampling Day - Frank Oliver Glöckner (MPI Bremen)
16:10 Towards an Ocean Sampling Day Film - Wolfgang Hankeln (Mediomix)
16:15 Panel Discussion: How does participation in OSD help shape and inform the GOs Network?

  • Pierre Galand (Banyuls), Georgios Kotoulas (Crete), Burak Ali Cicek (Cyprus), Gunnar Gerdts (Helgoland), Adriana Zingone (Naples), Nathalie Simon (Roscof), Frank Oliver Glöckner (MPI Bremen, Micro B3), Julia Schnetzer (MPI Bremen), Melody Clark (Rothera), Viggó Þór Marteinsson (Iceland), Tim Smyth (Western Channel Observatory (L4 site)), Linda Amaral Zettler (MBL, Woods Hole), Ian Salters (Banyuls), Neil Davies (Moorea)

16:45 General discussion:

  • What is a Genomic Observatory and what might a GOs Network look like in the future?
  • Should GOs be selected according to objective criteria?
  • How would a GOs research coordination network help sites and advance science?
  • Could a network create emergent properties, ultimately a global GO?
  • Could it contribute to a Global Biocode? (inventories of species and genetic variation across GOs Network)
  • Could it organize a regular Earth Sampling Day (ESD) across aquatic and terrestrial sites?
  • How do we engage further participants?