1. GMOD – What Next?

2. Application Areas Genome –Single annotation –Comparative annotation Genetics –Stocks, strains, mutants –QTL –Variation Protein annotation Functional genomics –Microarrays, SAGE, expression patterns, ChIP/chip, interaction data Pathways

3. Software Enhancements Extend Chado? Integrate literature curation tools & Textpresso (with Chado)? Make interaction viewers run on top of Chado? Revive BioPipe?

4. Community Enhancements Public meetings? Standard operating procedures? Data sharing? –Ortholog groups (Sonnhammer) –TreeFam O’Reilly Model Organism Database Book?

5. Development Process More top down? More bottom up? Deadlines & deliverables? More user-driven?

6. GMOD Meetings Annual “grand” meeting –Encourage MOD PIs to come Developer’s meetings –How often? Biocurator meetings –How often? Joint developer/biocurator meetings?