Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/D521773/1
Cataloguing our current genome collection.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr D Field, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Genomics
- Environmental Informatics
- Abstract:
- We have recently proposed that there is a need for a new data standard to describe complete genome sequences (Field & Hughes, 2005). Any effort to establish such a standard and achieve its wide spread acceptance must be done in consultation with the international genomics community and experts on the various types of data to be collected (taxonomic, ecological, environmental etc). We therefore suggest that this type of effort can only move forward within the auspices of an international working group. We propose to establish and fund the activities of such a working group through a NERC International Opportunities Fund award. This is a high impact activity and the recommendations of the working group and the specification of this standard should be suitable for publication in a high profile journal(s). This standard could be used to provide electronic, machine-readable reports for submission to a public database at the time of publication of each genome (analogous to the submission of genome annotation files). In this way, the experts on each organism would be directly responsible for providing data to the wider community about the detailed features of the organism. We suggest that this specification be termed a 'Minimal Information about a Genome Sequence' (MIGS) report. A MIGS report would contain the following eight sections of curated data: Genomic Features, The Annotation Process, Taxonomy, Ecology, Geographic Origin and Environmental Context, Origin and Availability of Isolate, Related Publication and Electronic Resources, Contact Details. Currently the difficulty of obtaining such descriptive data (metadata) in a high quality and easily accessible format is a common bottleneck in large-scale comparative genomic studies. Likewise, merging ecological and environmental data with complete genome sequences opens up a new area of research possibilities (Hughes and Field, 2005). A catalogue of MIGS reports would provide an extensive amount of novel data and a powerful new research tool.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/D521773/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- IOF
This grant award has a total value of £137,395
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £26,568 | £98,605 | £12,222 |
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