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==Checklist for new GO Managers==
==Checklist for new GO Managers==
* Subscribe to the <code>[https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/go-managers go-managers email list]</code>.
* Subscribe to the <code>[https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/go-managers go-managers email list]</code>.
* Attend weekly calls: '''[[Projects stand up calls |Projects progress]]'''.
* Attend weekly calls: '''[[Projects stand up calls |Projects_progress]]'''.


==Useful links==
==Useful links==

Revision as of 02:13, 4 February 2021

Welcome to the GO Consortium!

This page explains how to join and contribute to the Gene Ontology project, either as a biocurator, a software developer, or to provide feedback on the ontology or the annotations.

Project organization

The Gene Ontology project is a consortium of different groups and individuals associated with the project to various degrees. We welcome contributions from anyone.

There are different groups within the project (see also sidebar 'GOC Project' menu). Note that members of the different groups may overlap.

  • Annotation: Responsible for developing annotation guidelines, as well as training and guiding biocurators in applying GO terms correctly to gene products. This group also includes phylogenetic annotation, annotation inferences across evolutionary related proteins based on known function of proteins within PANTHER phylogenetic family trees (annotations can be view with the Pantree browser).
  • Ontology: This group is responsible for maintaining the ontology itself, and related products such as links to other resources.
  • Quality Control: Ensures the integrity of the ontology and the annotations.
  • Outreach: Responsible for the GO public presence and communication with the general research community, via the GO website, Twitter, the GO helpdesk, etc.
  • Software and Utilities: Develops and implement the software required to build the ontology, generate annotations (Noctua), and view annotations (AmiGO).
  • GO Managers oversee and prioritize projects.

Communication

Project management: GitHub

  • The GO consortium uses GitHub to track tasks for the various aspects of the project: software development, ontology maintenance, annotation issues, etc. See Instructions for GitHub for GO for details.
  • Within GitHub, group of related tasks are organized into 'projects'. See GO projects for details.

All new members: joining the GO project

Checklist for all Gene Ontology Consortium Members and Contributors

  1. Create a GO wiki account
  2. Create a GitHub account at GitHub
    • Check your mail (including spam), and accept the invitation when you receive it.
  3. Create a ticket in the Gene Ontology's GitHub Helpdesk repository to request to (please copy the following list in the ticket):
    • Be invited to the Gene Ontology Project: Please mention your role: Biocurator, software developer or domain expert.
    • Get access to GO google drive: Please provide the email account you want to use
    • Be added to the GO Google calendar, so you can view conference call information
    • Be added to Group contacts: Please provide your expertise (1-3 keywords)
    • Be added to Users: Please provide your ORCID, the name of your organization, and group.
  4. Sign up to the GO-consortium mailing list. This will automatically also send you emails from the go-friends list.
  5. Get an ORCID at ORCID

Checklist for new Biocurators

Checklist for new Software Developers

Checklist for new Ontology Editors

Checklist for new GO Managers

Useful links

Key contacts

Role Name GitHub handle email
Project management Pascale Gaudet @pgaudet pascalegaudet-at-swib.swiss
Technical Lead Seth Carbon @kltm sjcarbon-at-lbl.gov
Bioinformatics Outreach Laurent-Philippe Albou @lpalbou albou-at-usc.edu
Annotation Kimberly VanAuken @vanaukenk vanauken-at-caltech.edu
Ontology David Hill @ukemi david.hill-at-jax.org
Phylogenetic Annotation Huaiyu Mi @huaiyumi huaiyumi-at-usc.edu
User Support Suzi Aleksander @suzialeksander suzia-at-stanford.edu

Review Status

Last reviewed: July 9, 2019