2019-04-08 EiB WG Meeting Notes

Topics

Tasks to follow up

Opening -Eng: M3

Focus shifting to build sustainable use of genotyping resources. M3 does not have workshops or training planned.

M3 wants to build a sustabiable genotyping use cases to drive volumes, negotiating pricing and services for all the users. Bring NARs on board, organizations from NARs, not much support there, keep in their needs in mind and bring NARs on board

Vendor sides: negotiating services on amplicons, good to understand

optimized workflows so that not signing up services will be genotyping workflow as generic as possible

Vendors: Cornell Genotyping Facility-Peter Schweitzer: We're here, but maybe our phone connection isn't working.  DArT wants to contribute to this working group as well as InterTek.

To summarize from vendors' survey feedback:

• Genotyping project submission

• Data turn to users or direct loading

10 min Review WG proposal and address questions (stakeholders, teams, scope, deliverables, and communication plan) –Star

Share the survey results as a report

New user adoption requirements

Genotyping project submission-Sub-team 1-Hima/Rajaguru/Milcah

Reach out to the IITA, CIP, BI, new vendors

Genotyping workflow mapping-API developers-Sub-team 2-Kate/Carlos

2019

Pete, Qi, Guiilaume, Greg (DarT), InterTek (TBD), Mariano

Kate, Milcah, Carlos, Guillaume, Mariano, ICRISAT, Hima, Trusha

Use case documentation (process, SOP, best practice)-implementation molecular breeders-Sub-team 3-Umesh/EiB CIMMYT contractors

Standard Operation Procedure

Focus on Ped Ver, genetic QC-Umesh

Xuecai, Umesh, Manish, Hima, Ismail, Clay-GS-Clay

Existing procedure sharing

Update

SMART 2019 Q2, Q3, Q4, 2020 Q1

Start with existing process and SOP if available

End with recommended best practices for new users as key elements to consider

Xuecai, Hima, Manish, Umesh, Milcah, Carlos, Melaku, Mike's team, Ismail, Clay

Tool tutorials and written documentation, focus on GOBii systems and tools for 2019 and expand to EiB tools-Sub-team 4-Star

Recording gentoyping field and lab entire process-Youtube

Data management systems

KDC-Andrew, Umesh,

FJ-Gordon/Iain, Star, Liz, Carlos, Umesh

GS-Galaxy-Star, Venice, Umesh, Manish,

10 min Review IRRI’s example of sample tracking and genotyping workflows, B4R-GOBii field mapping –Carlos

Share existing available workflows from different groups

25 min Participants share what they expect from or to contribute to this WG –All

Star will send out a survey in advance for people not able to join the meeting and also launch a list of questions to gather inputs via Zoom Chat window or Slack during meeting

Four sub-team and team members

Define who are the targeted audiences, beneficiaries, and stakeholders

Document the current state as baselines

Scopes and business cases for each sub-team

Plan sub-team milestones and priorities

Who are responsible, to approval, be be Informed

Share available existing workflows

Share available existing use case, procedures, SOP, best practices

Agree on workflow standards

Use case documentation template

• Targeted audience

10min Plan moving forward, if time allows. Otherwise follow up after meeting via emails-Star

Agree on recurring update meeting as 1st Monday 9-10am (EST)

Existing process, tools/systems, addition optimization needed, systems/tools will help connect process/close gaps

List of current state, gaps,-Q2

Business case prioritized and identified-Q2

Development support from EiB 2020+