Cytoscape User Group, Toronto (CyT.O.)

Goal: help users learn to use Cytoscape to answer biologically relevant questions by providing information, tutorials and linking new with experienced users.

Meeting 1 – introduction and organization

• Date: [http://tdccbr.med.utoronto.ca/Home.aspx?event_id=8281&PageID=111&view=event_view Mon.Feb.4 at 3pm, CCBR Red Room]

• Widely advertised – posters, mailing lists
• Cytoscape introduction presentation and demo (Gary Bader) - review biological questions can be answered using Cytoscape

• Central meeting organization page on Cytoscape wiki “TorontoUserGroup”

• Sign up to Google Group mailing list – cytoscape-toronto@googlegroups.com – have an email sign up sheet at the meeting to get this list started

  • Group homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/cytoscape-toronto?hl=en

• Develop list of experienced Cytoscape users in Toronto

Decisions

• Meeting frequency? Monthly or every 2 months?
• Duration? 1 hour?
• Location: CCBR Red Room

Normal meetings

• Tutorial/discussion about specific Cytoscape topic. Topics selected from a list, by demand/request from participants
• Potential tutorial topics
  • Nature Protocols

  • Specific plugins e.g. BiNGO, MCODE, ActiveModules

  • Developer plugin writing tutorial
  • How to test Cytoscape and provide feedback to the core developers to make Cytoscape better.
• Ask participants for suggestions for things to discuss at normal meetings
• User experience and feedback sessions
• Cytoscape news – status of latest Cytoscape development, new papers using Cytoscape, developer participants, recently released plugins