title: Meeting Report: "Metagenomics, Metadata and Meta-analysis" (M3) Special Interest Group at ISMB 2009.
abstract: This report summarizes the proceedings of the "Metagenomics, Metadata and Meta-analysis" (M3) Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting held at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology 2009 conference. The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) hosted this meeting to explore the bottlenecks and emerging solutions for obtaining biological insights through large-scale comparative analysis of metagenomic datasets. The M3 SIG included 16 talks, half of which were selected from submitted abstracts, a poster session and a panel discussion involving members of the GSC Board. This report summarizes this one-day SIG, attempts to identify shared themes and recapitulates community recommendations for the future of this field. The GSC will also host an M3 workshop at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) in January 2010. Further information about the GSC and its range of activities can be found at http://gensc.org/.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Iddo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sterk
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kottmann
authors.forename: Frank Oliver
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Glöckner
authors.forename: Lynette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirschman
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Garrity
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wooley
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilbert