NMDC Community Conversations
Bringing together members of the scientific community to connect, discuss, and advance microbiome data science.
Through this series, the NMDC team invited the broader research community to learn about the breadth of NMDC program activities and partnerships, engage in lively conversations with the NMDC team, and contribute feedback and ideas to inform the future directions of the NMDC.
You can still watch videos from the series – check out the below links!
| Date | Conversation | Speakers | Description |
| May 4th, 2022 11am PT
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Accessing Microbiome Research Step by StepData Generation to Analysis |
NMDC Moderator: Julia Kelliher
Adam Rivers USDA Matt Escobar, California State University, San Marcos Ivan Liachko, Phase Genomics Sara Bender, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
In this Community Conversation, the NMDC invites panelists who understand the barriers, such as cost, access to sequencing, computing power etc., to multi-omic research and how you, as a researcher, can overcome these barriers.
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| April 6th, 2022 11am PT
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How High Are Your Standards?The importance of metadata standards for FAIR data creation |
NMDC Moderator: Montana Smith
Mak A. Saito, Senior Scientist and Stanley Watson Chair at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Office Lynn Schriml, Associate Professor at University of Maryland School of Medicine & President of the Genomics Standards Consortium Shankar Subramaniam, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine Scott Jackson, Leader of the Complex Microbial Systems Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
In this Community Conversation you will learn what it looks like to contribute to community standards and the import of using these standards in your own work. |
| March 9th, 2022 11am PT
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The True Potential of Citing Data |
NMDC Moderator: Elisha Wood-Charlson
Chris Erdmann, Assistant Director of Data Leadership & Data Steward for American Geophysical Union Daniella Lowenberg, Senior Product Manager at California Digital Library Michael D. L. Johnson, Assistant Professor Department of Immunobiology & the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona Liz Krznarich, DataCite |
This Community Conversation will help our community understand the data citation landscape and increase awareness of best practices for getting and giving credit to data. |
| Feb 2nd, 2022, 11am PT
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Enabling shared ownership of science gateways with user-centered design |
NMDC Moderator: Pajau Vangay
Paul Parsons, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Graphics, Purdue University Linda Setchell, Director of Product, Katmai Sarah O’Connor, CoRIS Operations Manager, NOAA Ilya Zaslavsky, Director of Spatial Information Systems Laboratory, UCSD, Data Discovery Studio & GeoACT |
This Community Conversation will focus on how a user centered design approach enables successful development of science gateways. |
| Jan 12, 2022, 11am PT
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Flowing into Shared Data: Advantages and disadvantages of easily distributable containerized open source bioinformatics workflows |
NMDC Moderators: Patrick Chain & Kjiersten Fagnan
Alicia Clum, Genome Assembly & Analysis Group at the Joint Genome Institute Kyle Chard, Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago Steve Tsang, Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Danny Park, Group Leader for Viral Computational Genomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
A panelist of experts will discuss the advantages of containerization and open source tools for computing. |
| Dec 1, 2021, 11am PT
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Developing Data Science Resources in Partnership with Scientific Communities |
NMDC Moderator: Pajau Vangay
Alycia Crall, The Carpentries Zoe Leanza, Sage Bionetworks Claire Stirm, Science Gateways Community Institute Lou Woodley, Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement |
In this webinar, the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement illustrates the importance of supporting multiple modes of community engagement, and highlights the role of the most involved community members, in maintaining, growing, and evolving scientific communities and their core activities. |
| Nov 3, 2021, 11am PT |
Making Ontologies Work for Microbiome Research |
NMDC Moderator: Chris Mungall
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A panel of experts will discuss the power of ontologies and how to build quality bidirectional relationships between biologists and ontologists to maximize the usability of ontologies. |
| Oct 6, 2021, 11am PT
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Setting Up for Success: The Importance of a Data Management Plan |
NMDC Moderator: Karen Davenport
Maria Praetzellis, California Digital Libraries
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Jointly sponsored by California Digital Library’s DMPTool, this conversation will showcase how creating robust data management plans is a vital first step in developing FAIR data. |
