The Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e’s
O ganiza ional S uc u e
Mission and Vision
We p omo e dissemina ion o me ap o eomics undamen als, ad ancemen s, and
applica ions h ough collabo a i e ne wo king in mic obiome esea ch. We aim o be he
cen al in o ma ion hub and open mee ing place whe e newcome s and expe s in e ac o
communica e, s anda dize and accele a e expe imen al and bioin o ma ic me hodologies in
his ield.
O ganig am
This o ganig am ep esen s he ini ial s uc u e o he Ini ia i e. Howe e , as ime goes by,
his s uc u e can be e alua ed and imp o ed.
The Execu i e Boa d
The Execu i e Boa d (EB) is esponsible o he day- o-day ope a ions o he
Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e, and will be elec ed a he In e na ional Me ap o eomics
Symposium. You need o be a membe o he Ini ia i e o be elec ed in he EB, and only
membe s o he Ini ia i e can o e o he EB.
The EB consis s o he ollowing oles:
- Adminis a o (2)
- Tasks: lead and p epa e mee ings and agenda, keep con ac wi h EuPA
- Sec e a y (1)
- Tasks: aking no es du ing mee ings, lis ing o-do´s
- T easu e (1)
- Tasks: esponsible o inances, will epo o EuPA T easu e as well
- Communica ion (1)
- Tasks: each ou o esea che s om closely ela ed ields (e.g. biology,
mic obiology, mic obiome esea ch, bioin o ma ics, s a is is ics,…) and
in oduce he Ini ia i e, p epa e p omo ional ma e ial, ake ca e o BaseCamp
and Twi e
- Webmas e (1)
- Task: ake ca e o he websi e, expe ience wi h Gi Hub is p e e ed.
- Wo king g oup coo dina o (1)
- Task: o ganize open, qua e ly mee ing wi h all membe s; o ganizing he
wo king g oups
- Scien i ic Ad iso s (6)
- Task: p o ide scien i ic ad ice o he WGs, incl. ollow-up CAMPI s udies.
These ad iso s mus be expe s in ideally di e en ields (e.g. sample
p ocessing, bioin o ma ics, mul i-omics), and a e membe o he scien i ic
commi ee o IMS
- Symposium o ganize s* (2)
- Tasks: o ganize he In e na ional Me ap o eomics Symposium, and p o ide
ad ice o he new o ganize a e wa ds
- Educa ion (1)
- Tasks: each ou o new esea che s ia educa ional ma e ial, and collec and
lis educa ional ma e ial on he websi e.
- In e na ional co espondence (1 pe con inen no ep esen ed ye in EB)
- Task: Reach ou o unde ep esen ed con inen s, communica e abou ou
Ini ia i e
(*) The main o ganize s o he p e ious and nex symposium will be au oma ically co-op ed
in he EB, and can be combined wi h an elec ed posi ion.
The EB mee ings will be o ganized egula ly and will discuss he logis ics and adminis a ion
o unning he Ini ia i e, bu no include scien i ic discussions. Be ween he mee ings, he EB
membe s can con ac each o he ia a designa ed BaseCamp Team. In i s place, hese
mee ings a e in ended o he elec ed boa d membe s, bu non-elec ed, in e es ed membe s
can join on eques ([email p o ec ed]).
Wo king G oups
De ini ion and examples
Nex o he EB, he e will be Wo king G oups (WG). A WG is de ined as a g oup o
esea che s wi h a clea ly de ined ask ha aligns wi h he Ini ia i e’s Mission and Vision
s a emen . This ask has a clea ly de ined, ealis ic end goal, and once his goal has been
eached, he WG will be closed.
A ew examples o po en ial WGs:
- “CAMPI x - mul i-lab compa ison o sample p ocessing echniques”
- Goal: manusc ip abou compa ison o commonly used sample p ocessing
echniques in me ap o eomics
→ This WG will be closed once he manusc ip is published.
- “Summe school 202x”
- Goal: O ganize a summe school abou me ap o eomics in he summe o
202x
→ This WG will be closed once he summe school has inished.
- “Sample p ocessing echniques”
- Goal: discussing sample p ocessing echniques
→ This is no a alid WG, he e’s no clea end goal. We should a oid hese.
- Goal: “De elop a u o ial desc ibing he sample p ocessing p o ocols used in
CAMPI”
→ This, howe e , is a alid WG. The WG will be closed when he u o ial is
inished.
Ini ia ing a WG
In gene al, no o mal p oposal is needed o s a ing a WG. Al hough, o la ge p ojec s, such
as ollow-up CAMPI s udies o la ge collabo a ions, i is highly ecommended o discuss his
wi h he scien i ic ad iso s om he EB and du ing he open qua e ly mee ing.
Any membe can c ea e WGs. The membe needs o c ea e a Basecamp P ojec s a ing
wi h he empla e p o ided in BaseCamp.
The guidelines a e p o ided in he p ojec empla e: [MI] Wo king G oup empla e. This
empla e has o be used o ini ia ing Wo king G oups wi hin he Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e.
To do's:
1. Change he name o he p ojec o "[MI] WG: <name o he wo king g oup>"
2. Add he collabo a o s om he Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e and EB scien i ic ad iso s as
p ojec membe s
3. Change he desc ip ion o he goal o he p ojec . Remembe ha he goal has o align
wi h he Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e’s Mission and Vision s a emen . Mo eo e , he goal has o
be a clea ly de ined, ealis ic end ask. Once his ask has been eached, he WG will be
closed.
4. Good luck wi h his p ojec ! Don' o ge ha e e y qua e somebody has o p esen a
p ojec upda e on he open Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e mee ing.
Joining a WG
All membe s can ask o join he WG, which will be a designa ed BaseCamp P ojec . Each
WG is ee o o ganize as many mee ings o hei WG as hey ind use ul. E e y 3 mon hs,
somebody om he WG should p o ide a sho upda e p esen a ion a he open online
mee ing o all membe s.
Membe s
E e yone can eely join he Ini ia i e by illing in he egis a ion o m. All membe s a e
added o he BaseCamp P ojec “Me ap o eomics Ini ia i e Fo um” whe e hey can in e ac
wi h each o he . They can ask he e o scien i ic ad ice, pos p oposals o new WGs o
eques o join exis ing WGs.
All membe s a e, ia his BaseCamp P ojec and ia mail, in i ed o he qua e ly mee ing
whe e he EB and WGs will p o ide an upda e.
