title: GO-FAANG meeting: a Gathering On Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes.
abstract: The Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) Consortium recently held a Gathering On FAANG (GO-FAANG) Workshop in Washington, DC on October 7-8, 2015. This consortium is a grass-roots organization formed to advance the annotation of newly assembled genomes of domesticated and non-model organisms (www.faang.org). The workshop gathered together from around the world a group of 100+ genome scientists, administrators, representatives of funding agencies and commodity groups to discuss the latest advancements of the consortium, new perspectives, next steps and implementation plans. The workshop was streamed live and recorded, and all talks, along with speaker slide presentations, are available at www.faang.org. In this report, we describe the major activities and outcomes of this meeting. We also provide updates on ongoing efforts to implement discussions and decisions taken at GO-FAANG to guide future FAANG activities. In summary, reference datasets are being established under pilot projects; plans for tissue sets, morphological classification and methods of sample collection for different tissues were organized; and core assays and data and meta-data analysis standards were established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 806 Stange Road, Ames, IA, 50011, USA. cktuggle@iastate.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tuggle
authors.affiliation: GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France. elisabetta.giuffra@jouy.inra.fr.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giuffra
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.|Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.|Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Huaijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR1388 Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage, F-31326, Castanet Tolosan, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Acloque
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 806 Stange Road, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reecy
authors.affiliation: The Roslin Institute and Royal(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH29 9RG, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Archibald
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health and Reproduction, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bellone
authors.affiliation: GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boichard
authors.affiliation: Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Agribiosciences Building, Bundoora, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.affiliation: Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700, AH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Richard P M A
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Crooijmans
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Delany
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Carrie J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Finno
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700, AH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martien A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Groenen
authors.affiliation: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Animal Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
authors.forename: Joan K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lunney
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Graham S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Plastow
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Carl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Jiuzhou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: The Roslin Institute and Royal(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH29 9RG, UK.
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000235:genetics*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004219:District of Columbia; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics; D007391:International Cooperation; D012015:Reference Standards
keywords: Genomics; data coordination centre (DCC); data sharing; metanalysis