# AWG Monthly Roundup š
**URL:** https://awg.osdr.space/t/awg-monthly-roundup/1613
**Category:** AWG Discussions
**Tags:** conferences, data-mining, publication, newsletter, subgroups
**Created:** [December 13, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/awg-monthly-roundup/1613 "2024-12-13T19:55:03Z")
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### Author:  [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/awg-monthly-roundup/1613/1 "2024-12-13T19:55:04Z")
Welcome to the monthly āOpen Science for Life in Spaceā [AWG](https://awg.osdr.space/about) Roundup!
This āRoundupā helps AWG members stay up to date on new AWGs, AWG subgroups, general opportunities, newly released OSDR data, new/relevant pubs, etc.
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**AWG Quick Links**
[Table of AWG Subgroup Collaborations](https://awg.osdr.space/t/how-to-be-involved-attend-meetings-table-of-sub-group-projects-connect-w-leads-for-each-awg-setup-app-on-phone-to-chat-have-an-idea-on-a-different-project-propose-it/1233/13)ā¢ [Calendar of AWG Meetings](https://awg.osdr.space/upcoming-events) (make sure you login) ā¢ [AWG Forum-Space](https://awg.osdr.space/) ā¢ [Charter](https://www.nasa.gov/osdr-working-groups-awg-charter/) ā¢ [Current Opportunities-Solicitations & Upcoming Events](https://awg.osdr.space/c/announcements/14)
**OSDR Quick Links**
[12 new OSDās since Nov 1](https://osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/search?q=&data_source=cgene,alsda&data_type=study) ā¢ [OSDR Tutorials](https://osdr-tutorials.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)ā¢ [Data Visualization Portal](https://visualization.genelab.nasa.gov/data/) ā¢ [Environmental Data App](https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/eda/) ā¢ [RadLab](https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/radlab/gui/overview/) ā¢ [OSDR Submission Portal](https://www.nasa.gov/osdr-submission-portal/) ā¢ [OSDR Data Submission Guide](https://osdr-tutorials.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pages/guides/submit_data_to_osdr.html) ā¢ [OSDR Database Paper](https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1116) ā¢ [OSDR Fall Newsletter](https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Catch-Up-on-the-Latest-News-from-OSDR.html?soid=1140293010136&aid=1_GGu7MF7v8) ā¢ [OSDR Enabled Publications](https://www.nasa.gov/reference/osdr-publications-archive/#hds-sidebar-nav-1)
**Top News**
- 730 of ~900 AWG members are using the Forum-space: [https://awg.osdr.space/](https://awg.osdr.space/)
- ~400 AWG members check in once a week, [~175 are āactiveā](https://awg.osdr.space/about) (like, chat, post, etc.)
- ~2.6k page views per month are of member profiles (your professional pictures, affiliation/experience/about me). Sincere thanks šÆ to everyone who filled their profiles out fully, it helps us connect to one another, and helps the world identify you are an AWG member.
- All AWG members received an invite for the Forum-space via [notifications@osdr.discoursemail.com](mailto:notifications@osdr.discoursemail.com) from rtscott2001. Check your spam folder, as our community is new and sometimes gets flagged
- There are 26 OSDR Assay Metadata Configs & Data Standards Ready for AWG/SME Review
- [Here they are ready for input/review](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m6J9DOwHvkK_Kj82IOdLC9AZuPewIBWt3dN4n5afU5M/edit?gid=0#gid=0), see Column D, starting row 64. [FAQ here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m6J9DOwHvkK_Kj82IOdLC9AZuPewIBWt3dN4n5afU5M/edit?gid=2065821573#gid=2065821573).
- E.g. [Contextual Fear Conditioning](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dDICHJuVOBE2966TOKGkELlly1j-EKs-D6tLYVbxTH4/edit?gid=0#gid=0), [Continuous Glucose Monitoring](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cBk8m_KHg3b3BHaB6nUkH5w_mj3cuwDAiRFqPp6_wSE/edit?gid=0#gid=0), [Hyperspectral Analysis](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LwdVcU84hL-sqBEloA5erONQvS9zWfhOQilQqAdefDw/edit?gid=777937903#gid=777937903)
- Help/guidance? Weāre happy to help: [rachel.r.gilbert@nasa.gov](mailto:rachel.r.gilbert@nasa.gov) and [ryan.t.scott@nasa.gov](mailto:ryan.t.scott@nasa.gov)
- Interested/able to review the GeneLab Proteomic pipeline? Here is the info via the [OSDR Proteomic Pipeline AWG subgroup](https://awg.osdr.space/t/proteomics-awg-subgroup-project/451/7)
- Will be on [GL DP GitHub](https://github.com/nasa/GeneLab_Data_Processing) once complete
- Please contact [barbara.a.novak@nasa.gov](mailto:barbara.a.novak@nasa.gov) & [amanda.m.saravia-butler@nasa.gov](mailto:amanda.m.saravia-butler@nasa.gov)
- Have you completed the TOPS 101 Training? There is a NASA certificate and swag package sent to those who complete ā [register today](https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/take-os101/)! So far 60 AWG members have completed š
- Kudos to the Microbes AWG authors for being [recognized by NASA Citizen Science](https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/this-thanksgiving-were-grateful-for-nasas-amateur-scientists/)! More [here](https://awg.osdr.space/t/nasa-citizen-science-unsung-heroes-microbes-awg-driven-paper/1530).
- Congrats to AWG member Julia Kelliher (@jkelliher) and GeneLab Science Lead Amanda Saravia Butler (@asaravia) for [winning a NASA SMD award which will help provide compute capabilities via the NASA EDGE Bioinformatics Platform](https://awg.osdr.space/t/nasa-funds-open-source-software-underpinning-scientific-innovation/1358)
- OSDR has now [enabled 105 publications](https://www.nasa.gov/reference/osdr-publications-archive/#hds-sidebar-nav-1) using OSDR/GeneLab!
**AWG Groups/Subgroups**
- Please attend at least one of the AWG monthly meetings to stay involved. Contact the leads below to be engaged:
- [List of the ~22 AWG sub-groups (this table is always up to date)](https://awg.osdr.space/t/how-to-be-involved-attend-meetings-table-of-sub-group-projects-connect-w-leads-for-each-awg-setup-app-on-phone-to-chat-have-an-idea-on-a-different-project-propose-it/1233/13). Few points:
**Events**
- Upcoming:
- [NASAās Human Research Program Investigatorsā Workshop](https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/iws-2025/) is Jan 28-31, Galveston TX
- Abstracts are closed. Registration is free to attend or view livestreams.
- [2024 American Geophysical Union](https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting) is Dec 9-13 in Washington, DC
- [Check out the OSDR/GeneLab team there](https://www.nasa.gov/osdr-at-agu-2024-2/)
- [OSMED 2024](https://www.osmed.org/conference), Dec 7-12, Maui, HI
- [ISGP 2025](https://www.isgp-space.org/), May 18-25, Sapporo, Japan
- [ASMA 2025](https://www.asma.org/scientific-meetings/asma-annual-scientific-meeting/register-for-meeting-and-hotel-room), June 1-6, Atlanta, CA
- [ASCEND 2025](https://www.ascend.events/), July 22-24, Las Vegas, NV
- [IAC 2025](https://www.iac2025.org/), Sept 19-Oct 3, Sydney, Australia
- Past events:
- The European Space Agency held a recent Science Exploration Workshop, and all [recorded talks can be found here](https://awg.osdr.space/t/esa-science-exploration-workshop/1079/9)
- The recent [Planetary Protection Metagenomics in Spaceflight Workshop](https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/planetary-protection/planetary-protection-workshop-ii/agenda) was held, and there [should be recordings shared soon here](https://awg.osdr.space/t/metagenomics-in-spaceflight-workshop-nov-19-22/1016/8). Stay tuned š
- Afshin Beheshti of the Multi-Omics AWG recently gave a talk which tied into a collaboration which used data from both [NIH/NIAID ImmPort](https://www.immport.org/home) and [NASA OSDR](https://www.nasa.gov/osdr/), [and the recording is here](https://docs.immport.org/home/webinars/)
- Other past (and upcoming) events [can be found here](https://awg.osdr.space/c/announcements/14)
**New Datasets**
- Check out the [12 new OSDās since Nov 1](https://osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/search?q=&data_source=cgene,alsda&data_type=study)
- [Radlab](https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/radlab/gui/overview/) now has a section for data beyond LEO, with heliocentric orbit and lunar orbit data, including [BioSentinel](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/what-is-biosentinel/)!
- [OSDR just passed 50 phenotypic, physiological, imaging, biomedical, behavioral studies](https://osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/search?q=&data_source=alsda&data_type=study) (ALSDA)!
**The Readers Corner**
- Have any question about OSDR, curation, processing, data types, data organization? This article covers just about everything, and should be cited when reusing OSDR data or referring to OSDR data:
- [NASA releases integrated ranking of civil space challenges](https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-releases-first-integrated-ranking-of-civil-space-challenges/)
- Amazing article on the growth of āspecial issuesā, paper mills, predatory journals:
**Inspirational Data Reuse Vignette**
[Li, Desai, et al., _npj Microgravity_ 2023](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-023-00337-5)
- This is one example of how spaceflight life sciences data can get reused to spark your scientific imagination and inspiration. Start/propose a project! Play with the data, viz & analysis tool š
- Want next monthās AWG Roundup to include your data reuse story? Propose a graphical idea!
I leave you all with the Acknowledgments section for the [OSDR Database paper in NAR](https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1116):
Cheers all, happy holidays, and happy new year!
-Ryan
[@PlantAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/plantawg) [@AIMLawg](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/aimlawg) [@ALSDAawg](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/alsdaawg) [@AnimalAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/animalawg) [@FemaleReproAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/femalereproawg) [@MultiOmicsAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/multiomicsawg) [@MicrobesAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/microbesawg) [@RLWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/rlwg) [@HUMANawg](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/humanawg)
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### Author:  [@jessicadurbano](https://awg.osdr.space/u/jessicadurbano)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/awg-monthly-roundup/1613/2 "2024-12-14T00:02:22Z")
I love our monthly roundup, always very informative!
Thanks Ryan