Project goal: To produce an improved structural annotation of the A. thaliana Col-0 genome based on a 2022 community consensus genome assembly
Project phases:
Timeline: 12 months, starting Nov. 2022
Participants:
- globally distributed scientists (UK, Germany, China, Canada, US, so far)
- varying areas of expertise relevant to different phases of the project, not all participants are involved in all phases
- TAIR will provide coordination/project management and hosting of the software for manual review
Benefits:
- product will be widely welcomed, adopted, and used by the plant biology community
- publication about effort will credit all who contributed
- sets a precedent and workflow for subsequent updates
Challenges:
- volunteer effort, contributions are in kind (expertise)- this may lead to difficulties in sticking to a timeline and reaching milestones
