Re: [Obi-coord] Phenotype RCN invitation (end of Feb.)

[jie z. <jie...@pc...>]

Dear Suzanna,

I have got approval from OBI group and would like to confirm that I will 
attend the RCN meeting as a representative of OBI. Thanks for the 
invitation.

Best regard,

Jie

On 12/4/2011 8:27 PM, jie zheng wrote:
> Dear Suzanna,
>
> Thanks a lot for your invitation. I am really willing to attend the 
> RCN meeting as a representative of OBI. I will discuss with OBI 
> coordinators and developers to see whether it works for them. Then I 
> will let you know our final decision as soon as possible.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jie
>
> On 12/4/2011 8:03 PM, Suzanna Lewis wrote:
>> Dear Jie,
>>
>> I would like to invite you, or at least one representative from OBI, 
>> to participate in the second annual summit meeting of the Phenotype 
>> Ontology RCN. The meeting will be held at the National Evolutionary 
>> Synthesis Center in Durham, NC, February 23-25, 2012.
>>
>> The Phenotype Ontology RCN (http://phenotypercn.org) was funded by 
>> NSF to establish a network of scientists who are developing (or would 
>> like to develop) phenotype ontologies. In contrast to the many 
>> well-established ontologies in the molecular community, the 
>> representation of morphology, behavior and other phenotypic traits 
>> using ontologies is in its infancy. Such ontologies, however, have 
>> the potential to integrate phenotype with data across all levels of 
>> the biological hierarchy. This RCN is building a community that, 
>> because of its domain expertise, sets the standards and best 
>> practices for the development of phenotype ontologies and a vision 
>> for their utility.
>>
>> The main focus of this meeting will be introduce and establish 
>> communication between scientists from several different research 
>> backgrounds including comparative evolutionary biologists, model 
>> organism biologists, applied scientists, and ontology developers and 
>> logicians.  We will be introducing concepts involved in developing 
>> and coordinating ontologies as well as ontology annotation.
>>
>> At this point, we¹d like to know whether you would be able to 
>> participate in this meeting? We plan to begin on Thursday morning, 
>> February 23 (you
>> would arrive Wednesday evening) and work through Saturday noon, 
>> February 25th. All travel, lodging and food expenses will be covered 
>> by the RCN. I saw on the mailing list that the OBI group has some 
>> interest in phenotype annotation we are quite eager to have you join 
>> us! (We are, after all, funded to assist in coordination).
>>
>> Sincerely, Suzanna
>