Given the lag between blog postings, it is evident that I am not a natural blogger. However, there has been progress in creating a demonstration prototype of the Genome Commons and Genome Commons Navigator.

I will be presenting the Genome Commons concept and giving updates on its status at a series of meetings this summer:

• The Human Variome Project Planning Meeting 27 May 2008, Costa Brava, Spain
• How to Explore Human Genotype to Phenotype Relationships, satellite to ESHG, 31 May 2008, Barcelona, Spain
• Beyond Genome, 11 June 08, San Francisco, CA, where I will be chairing the closing panel discussion
• ISMB BOF, 20 July 2008, Toronto, Canada

In addition to the formal presentations, I will offer informal walk-through demonstrations of the current preliminary prototype, in the hopes of eliciting feedback and code contributions. I look forward to stimulating conversations.