Needs Analysis Workshop

Linking Evolution to Genomics Using Phenotype Ontologies:
Needs Analysis Workshop

A workshop hosted by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent).

Location and Date

Venue: National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) (directions, also see information for visitors)

Date: September 17-18, 2007

Organizers: Paula Mabee, Monte Westerfield, Todd Vision, and Hilmar Lapp

Introduction

We are developing the first informatics system to integrate evolutionary, anatomical, developmental, and genetics data. Such a system will serve the community of developmental and evolutionary biologists by providing web-based access to integrated information.

This workshop engages scientists from the fields of morphology, developmental and evolutionary biology, genetics, and ichthyology to collaboratively develop, refine, and prioritize how the research community will be able to use this system. The goal of the workshop is to develop use-cases, or driving biological research questions that push the limits of knowledge in the developmental and evolutionary biology fields. These will in turn drive the development of the database and web-based interfaces.

The workshop will also provide an interesting opportunity to brainstorm about the informatics tools and data required to push beyond these limits, thus fostering new discoveries at the interface between evolution and developmental genetics.

Agenda

Monday, August 17

Tuesday, August 18

Logistics

• For long-distance participants, the hotel is the Millenium Hotel (2800 Campus Walk Ave, Durham, NC 27705; tel. (919) 383-8575)
• For dining & entertainment, NESCent is right across from Ninth Street
• For the venue, NESCent is in the historic Erwin Mills building (directions)

Reading

• We have started to use the tag "phenomap" on Connotea. Everyone is welcome to suggest references by using this tag.

Participants

Members of the project team are in bold font.

Name	Institution
Arhat Abzhanov	Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Jim Balhoff	NESCent
Wasila Dahdul	Department of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences
Jim Hanken	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Hopi Hoekstra	Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Hans Hofmann	Dept. Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Elizabeth Jockusch	Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Elizabeth Kellogg	Dept. of Biology, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Chuck Kimmel	Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
Hilmar Lapp	NESCent
John Lundberg	Department of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences
Paula Mabee	University of South Dakota
Peter Midford	Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Kansas
Gavin Naylor	Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State University
David Stern	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Todd Vision	NESCent, and Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gunter Wagner	Yale University
Monte Westerfield	Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) and Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon