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

• Cytoscape introduction presentation and demo (Gary Bader) - review biological and other network analysis questions that can be answered using Cytoscape
• Discuss organization of regular Cytoscape user group meetings

  • 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
  • Decide
    • Meeting frequency? Monthly or every 2 months?
    • Duration? 1 hour?
    • Location: CCBR Red Room
  • Ask participants for suggestions for things to discuss at normal meetings

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Normal meetings

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

  • Review [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17947979 Nature Protocols] paper about Cytoscape

  • 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.
• User experience and feedback sessions
• Cytoscape news – status of latest Cytoscape development, new papers using Cytoscape, developer participants, recently released plugins