====== Working groups ====== 


==== Benchmarking ====
The long-term goal of this group is to establish standards in orthology benchmarking.

^ Benchmark server | [[http://orthology.benchmarkservice.org]] |
^ Publication |[[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4827703/| Standardised Benchmarking in the Quest for Orthologs, Nat Methods, 2016]]|

If you want to join the effort, please contact Christophe Dessimoz (<c.dessimoz@ucl.ac.uk>) and subscribe to the [[http://groups.google.com/group/orthologs|Quest for Orthologs mailing list]].

==== Species tree resource ====
The purpose of the working group is to provide a species tree for the construction of reference gene phylogenies and for benchmarking. It will include the species of the QfO reference proteomes, and it is not supposed to be an exhaustive ToL. The tree topology should be ‘robust’, meaning in agreement with main ToL projects and latest knowledge.

^ Reference proteome species trees | [[http://swisstree.vital-it.ch/species_tree]] |

If you want to join the effort, please contact Brigitte Bowckmann (<brigitte.boeckmann@isb-sib.ch>) and subscribe to the [[http://groups.google.com/group/orthologs|Quest for Orthologs mailing list]].

==== Steering committee ====
This committee manages the general course of the 'Quest For Orthologs' community. It's in charge, among other things, of the organization of the meetings.

If you want to join the effort, please contact Erik Sonnhammer (<erik.sonnhammer@scilifelab.se>), Christophe Dessimoz (<c.dessimoz@ucl.ac.uk>), Toni Gabaldón (<toni.gabaldon@crg.eu>), or Paul Thomas (<pdthomas@med.usc.edu>), and subscribe to the [[http://groups.google.com/group/orthologs|Quest for Orthologs mailing list]].


==== Reference Proteomes ====
Create a set of reference proteomes of high quality. 

If you want to join the effort, please contact Alan Wilter (<alanwilter@gmail.com>) or Erik Sonnhammer (<erik.sonnhammer@scilifelab.se>).

==== Standard formats ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact Erik Sonnhammer (<erik.sonnhammer@scilifelab.se>).

==== Tools/Utilities ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact 	Suzanna Lewis (<selewis@lbl.gov>) or Sofia Forslund (<forslund@embl.de>).

==== Funding for network ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact 	Christophe Dessimoz(<c.dessimoz@ucl.ac.uk>) or Toni Gabaldon (<toni.gabaldon@crg.eu>).

==== Consensus/Meta predictions ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact 	Christophe Dessimoz(<c.dessimoz@ucl.ac.uk>) or Toni Gabaldon (<toni.gabaldon@crg.eu>).

==== Reference alignment ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact Paul Thomas (<pdthomas@med.usc.edu>) or Marc Robinson-Rechavi(<Marc.Robinson-Rechavi@unil.ch>).

==== Update Wikipedia ====
If you want to join the effort, please contact 	Christophe Dessimoz(<c.dessimoz@ucl.ac.uk>) or Toni Gabaldon (<toni.gabaldon@crg.eu>).