959 Nematode Genomes

959 Nematode Genomes coordinates community-curated tracking and data sharing for sequencing 959 genomes across the phylum Nematoda to support comparative, taxonomic, and biomedical genomics.

Key Features:

• Community Curation: Community-curated model enabling researchers to contribute project status, species/strain metadata, and sequencing information.
• Semantic Wiki Technology: Semantic wiki framework based on the same platform as Wikipedia with semantic extensions for structured data and taxonomy management.
• Comprehensive Project Tracking: Tracks sequencing projects at proposed, in progress, and completed stages and exposes detailed metadata for query.
• Interconnected Data Structure: Pages for individual species and strains are linked with pages for researchers and organizations to create a networked database.
• Preliminary Data Sharing: Supports tracking and dissemination of preliminary sequencing data that may not yet be deposited in official sequence repositories.

Scientific Applications:

• Taxonomic Studies: Facilitates sequencing of diverse nematode species to refine and expand nematode taxonomy.
• Comparative Genomics: Enables comparative genomic analyses, identification of genetic variation, and investigation of evolutionary relationships within Nematoda.
• Biomedical and Model Organism Research: Provides genome data relevant to studies of parasitic diseases, developmental biology, and other biomedical applications using nematodes as model organisms.

Methodology:

Implements a semantic wiki framework with semantic extensions for structured metadata storage and query, tracks project stages and metadata, and aggregates datasets produced with second-generation sequencing technologies.