1. History
    Presidents of the FGED Society 

2. Membership

3. Achievements
    MINSEQE  MIAME  MAGE-OM and MAGE-TAB  MGED Ontology 

4. Annual meeting
    Past meetings of the FGED Society 

5. See also

6. References

The Functional GEnomics Data Society (FGED) (formerly known as the MGED Society)

is a non-profit, volunteer-run international organization

of biologists, computer scientists, and data analysts that aims to

facilitate biological and biomedical discovery through data

integration. The approach of FGED is to promote the sharing of basic research

data generated primarily via high-throughput technologies

that generate large data sets within the domain of functional genomics.

Members of the FGED Society work with other organizations to support the effective sharing and reproducibility

of functional genomics data; facilitate the creation of

standards and software tools that leverage the standards; and promote the sharing of high quality, well

annotated data within the life sciences and biomedical communities.

Founded in 1999 as the "Microarray Gene Expression Data (MGED) Society," this organization changed its name to the "Functional Genomics Data Society" in 2010 to reflect the fact that it has broadened its focus beyond the application of DNA microarrays for gene expression analysis to include technologies such as high-throughput sequencing. The scope of the FGED Society includes data generated using any functional genomics technology when applied to genome-scale studies of gene expression, binding, modification and other related applications.

History

The FGED Society was formed in 1999 at a meeting on Microarray Gene

Expression Databases in recognition of the need to establish standards

for sharing and storing data from DNA microarray experiments. Originally named the "MGED Society," the society began with

a focus on DNA microarrays and gene expression data.

The original MGED Society was incorporated in 2002 as a non-profit

public benefit organization with the title

Microarray Gene Expression Data Society and obtained permanent

charity status in 2007. The MGED name was legally changed in 2007 to

Microarray and Gene Expression Data Society to emphasize a broader

scope.

In September 2008, the Society decided to promote itself simply as the

MGED Society to broaden the Society's scope beyond microarray technology

and gene expression applications, yet still

retain the recognized value of the MGED name within the community.

In July 2010, the society voted to change its name to the "Functional Genomics Data (FGED) Society"

to reflect its current mission which goes beyond microarrays and gene expression to encompass data

generated using any functional genomics technology applied to

genomic-scale studies of gene

expression, binding, modification (such as DNA methylation),

and other related applications. This was formally announced on 14 July 2010 at the society's "MGED13" annual meeting.^[1]

Presidents of the FGED Society

Board members and officers of the FGED Society are elected annually each May and start serving in June. Presidents of the FGED Society along with their terms in office are as follows:

• Francis Ouellette (2013–Present)
• John Quackenbush (2011-2013)
• Chris Stoeckert (2007-2011)
• Catherine Ball (2003-2007)
• Alvis Brasma (1999-2003)

Membership

The FGED Board of Directors and Advisory Board consist of volunteers

from academia, industry, government, and journals representing a

cross-section of those generating, analyzing, archiving, and

publishing in the functional genomics area.

Although there is no formal membership, the attendees of

the annual FGED meetings are considered to be part of the FGED community.

Achievements

To date, FGED has produced a variety of standards specifications

pertaining to DNA microarray experiments. These standards are designed

to improve the annotation, communication, and sharing of data and

findings from such experiments within the life science research

community.

MINSEQE

Minimal Information about a high-throughput SEQuencing Experiment (MINSEQE) is a

data content minimum information standard that describes the essential information needed to

adequately document a high-throughput sequencing experiment for the purpose of

interpretation and replication of the results.^[2]

MIAME

MIAME (Minimal Information About a Microarray Experiment) is a

data content standard that describes the essential information needed to

adequately document a DNA microarray experiment for the purpose of

interpretation and replication of the results. It was the first published example of a minimum information standard for high-throughput experiments in the life sciences, and as such, laid the groundwork for similar standards in other bioscience domains.

MAGE-OM and MAGE-TAB

MAGE-OM (MicroArray Gene Expression

Object Model) is a data exchange and data modeling standard for use in encoding

data from microarray experiments for the purpose of export and import

into software tools and databases via XML files. MAGE-OM is a

platform-independent model implemented in the XML-based MAGE-ML

format.

A new version, MAGE-TAB, has been developed to be easier to

understand and generate by data producers as it is in a format

(tab-delimited) that can be viewed and edited using widely available

spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel.^[3]

MGED Ontology

The MGED Ontology (MO) provides a standard terminology for describing components of a

DNA microarray experiment.^[4]

The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI) is being developed as a replacement for the MO. A mapping of ontology terms from MO to OBI is available.^[5]

Annual meeting

A major component of the FGED Society effort

has been the annual FGED meeting to showcase cutting-edge scientific work and promote

standards.^[6]

The FGED Society has held its annual meeting at venues around

the world since 1999, coordinating with a local scientific organization

that provides space for talks, poster sessions, workshops, and tutorials.

Past meetings of the FGED Society

Here is a list of the annual meeting dates and locations for past meetings of the FGED Society.^[7] All meetings from 2010 and prior were held under the name "MGED Society".

See also

• Minimum Information Standards
• Genomic Standards Consortium

References

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