This page is a coordination center for the
FaceBase Gene Wiki effort. The goal of this project is to create a continually-updated, collaboratively-written, and community-reviewed review article for every concept of relevance to the FaceBase community (especially the genes). In pursuit of that goal, this page will serve as a hub for organizing Wiki-related events, such as the upcoming
Gene Wiki Jamboree, and will provide a central point of access for
articles of importance to FaceBase researchers.
Gene Wiki Jamborees
What they are
A great opportunity to start actively sharing knowledge with each other and with the public via Gene Wiki pages! (The first usage of the term 'jamboree' in this context was probably the Drosophila
Genome Annotation Jamboree at
Celera in 1999.) [1]
Goals for FaceBase Gene Wiki Jamborees
Learn the basics of wiki editing
Start editing/creating pages relevant to FaceBase
What to do to participate
If you have an internet connection you can participate by editing some pages!
You can contribute to discussions about the Gene Wiki Jamboree using the friendfeed group
GeneWikiJamboree
If you are keen to get started before the meeting, the best thing to do would be to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia by perusing the following:
Molecular and Cellular Biology "WikiProject":
WP:MCB
Tips
Use your browser's "find" function to find the section of text you want to edit and bypass all the ugly markup language.
References
^Adams MD, Celniker SE, Holt RA, et al. (March 2000). "The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster". Science. 287 (5461): 2185–95.
doi:
10.1126/science.287.5461.2185.
PMID10731132.
^ Birnbaum S, Ludwig KU, Reutter H, et al. (April 2009). "Key susceptibility locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on chromosome 8q24". Nat. Genet. 41 (4): 473–7.
doi:
10.1038/ng.333.
PMID19270707.
^ Grant SF, Wang K, Zhang H, et al. (December 2009). "A genome-wide association study identifies a locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on 8q24". J. Pediatr. 155 (6): 909–13.
doi:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.020.
PMID19656524.
^ Mangold E, Ludwig KU, Birnbaum S, et al. (January 2010). "Genome-wide association study identifies two susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate". Nat. Genet. 42 (1): 24–6.
doi:
10.1038/ng.506.
PMID20023658.