Working Group Meetings

As we develop the project we are convening open working group sessions, generally every other week, to discuss a wide range of aspects of the database. We hope to include technical, scientific, and freeform discussion in these meetings. Our plan is to make videos or transcripts available here.

Sessions

All sessions held 10-11:00 am (CST)(GMT UTC-6)

Join on Zoom from this link: https://stthomas.zoom.us/j/92844255681

February 13, Session 1: Projects, Collections, and Published Literature: Metadata that describes the big picture for our samples. Meeting Minutes and Video Recording
February 27, Session 2: Non-genetic Descriptors of Megastructures and Macrostructure: Metadata that describes the largest microbialite features.Meeting Minutes and Video Recording
March 13, Session 3: Non-genetic Descriptors of Mesostructures: Metadata that describes microbialite features at the hand-sample scale; the building blocks of larger structures.Meeting Minutes and Video Recording
March 27, Session 4: Non-genetic Descriptors of Microstructures: Can we develop a microfacies classification? Meeting Minutes and Video Recording
April 10, Session 5: Establishing and adopting the data governance charter and a tiered deployment plan (with issues of intended audience and more)
April 24, Session 6: What should a data ingestion workflow look like, practically-speaking?
Tufas, Travertines, and other spring-related microbially induced sedimentary structures (Thomas?)
Thrombolites and Leiolites
Results of the Microfacies Expert Input Tool and crowd-sourcing microtextures
Developing sub-groups or topical groups to move forward on different aspects of the project
The problem of the term “Microbialite”: how do we handle this?
Integrating geochemical and molecular genomic data