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192The GO Consortium collaborates with many other groups on a wide variety of topics, particularly with groups whose expertise in specific areas of biology, or a complementary ontology project, would help to improve the usefulness of the GO knowledgebase. We welcome your feedback and contributions. Please <a href="https://help.geneontology.org/" target="blank">let us know</a> if you are interested in a possible collaboration.</p> 193 194<!-- 195| Project | Description | 196|---------|-------------| 197| [SynGO](https://www.syngoportal.org/){:target="blank"} | Capturing synaptic processes and cellular components<br>[Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute](https://www.broadinstitute.org/stanley){:target="blank"} | 198| [Critical Assessment of Functional Annotation](https://biofunctionprediction.org/cafa/){:target="blank"} | An ongoing, global, community-driven effort to evaluate and improve the computational annotation of protein function | 199| [Gene Regulation Consortium (GRECO)](http://thegreco.org/){:target="blank"} | GRECO aspires to build a 'knowledge commons' for gene regulation research, coordinating groups who generate and collate knowledge on gene transcription regulation and building a common knowledge management framework | 200--> 201 202<h2 id="domain-specific-experts">Domain-specific experts</h2> 203 204<ul> 205 <li><strong>Extracellular Matrix</strong>: Alexandra Naba, Daiqing Chen, Matrisome</li> 206 <li><strong>Pathogens</strong>: Gene Godbold, Signature Science</li> 207 <li><strong>Transcription</strong>: Colin Logie, Radboud University</li> 208 <li><em><strong>S. pombe</strong></em> <strong>annotations</strong>: Jacqueline Hayles</li> 209</ul> 210 211<h2 id="ontologies-imported-by-the-go-consortium">Ontologies imported by the GO Consortium</h2> 212 213<p>The following ontologies are imported into GO:</p> 214 215<table> 216 <thead> 217 <tr> 218 <th><strong>Name</strong></th> 219 <th><strong>Description</strong></th> 220 <th><strong>Contact</strong></th> 221 </tr> 222 </thead> 223 <tbody> 224 <tr> 225 <td><a href="http://cellontology.org/" target="blank">Cell Type Ontology (CL)</a></td> 226 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27377652" target="blank">The Cell Ontology (CL) is an OBO Foundry ontology for the representation of cell types.</a></td> 227 <td><a href="https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/issues/new" target="blank">CL GitHub</a></td> 228 </tr> 229 <tr> 230 <td><a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/">Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI)</a></td> 231 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23895341" target="blank">Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) is a freely available dictionary of molecular entities focused on âsmallâ chemical compounds.</a></td> 232 <td><a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/emailChebiForward.do" target="blank">ChEBI web submission form</a></td> 233 </tr> 234 <tr> 235 <td><a href="http://www.evidenceontology.org/" target="blank">Evidence Ontology (ECO)</a></td> 236 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407590" target="blank">The Evidence Ontology (ECO) is an ontology for describing biological research evidence that is used to support assertions.</a></td> 237 <td><a href="https://github.com/evidenceontology/evidenceontology/issues/new" target="blank">ECO GitHub</a></td> 238 </tr> 239 <tr> 240 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/fao.html" target="blank">Fungal Anatomy Ontology (FAO)</a></td> 241 <td>A structured controlled vocabulary for the anatomy of fungi.</td> 242 <td>
242<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="blank">FAO Help</a></td> 243 </tr> 244 <tr> 245 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/ncbitaxon.html" target="blank">NCBI Taxon Ontology</a></td> 246 <td>The NCBITaxon ontology is an automatic translation of the NCBI taxonomy database into obo/owl.</td> 247 <td><a href="https://github.com/obophenotype/ncbitaxon/issues" target="blank">NTO GitHub</a></td> 248 </tr> 249 <tr> 250 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/oba.html" target="blank">Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA)</a></td> 251 <td>A collection of biological attributes (traits) covering all kingdoms of life.</td> 252 <td><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="blank">OBA Help</a></td> 253 </tr> 254 <tr> 255 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/pato.html" target="blank">Phenotype and Trait Ontology (PATO)</a></td> 256 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169674/s" target="blank">An ontology of phenotypic qualities (properties, attributes or characteristics).</a></td> 257 <td><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="blank">PATO Help</a></td> 258 </tr> 259 <tr> 260 <td><a href="http://planteome.org/" target="blank">Plant Ontology (PO)</a></td> 261 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558174" target="blank">Plant Ontology project is a major international bioinformatics effort on standardizing the nomenclature, definitions, synonyms and relations of various terms/keywords/vocabularies that describe anatomical entities as well as the growth and developmental stages of plants.</a></td> 262 <td><a href="http://planteome.org/contact" target="blank">PO web submission form</a></td> 263 </tr> 264 <tr> 265 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/pr.html" target="blank">PRotein Ontology (PRO)</a></td> 266 <td>Development of ontological representation of protein-related entities and the relationships between them.</td> 267 <td><a href="https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pr/tracker" target="blank">PRO Help</a></td> 268 </tr> 269 <tr> 270 <td><a href="https://obofoundry.org/ontology/ro.html" target="blank">Relation Ontology (RO)</a></td> 271 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175958/" target="blank">RO is a collection of relations intended primarily for standardization across ontologies in the OBO Foundry and wider OBO library.</a></td> 272 <td><a href="mailto:[email protected]">RO help</a></td> 273 </tr> 274 <tr> 275 <td><a href="http://www.sequenceontology.org" target="blank">Sequence Ontology (SO)</a></td> 276 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15892872" target="blank">SO is a collaborative ontology project for the definition of sequence features used in biological sequence annotation.</a></td> 277 <td><a href="https://github.com/The-Sequence-Ontology/SO-Ontologies/issues" target="blank">SO GitHub</a></td> 278 </tr> 279 <tr> 280 <td><a href="https://uberon.github.io/" target="blank">Uber Anatomy Ontology (Uberon)</a></td> 281 <td><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25009735" target="blank">Uberon is an integrated cross-species ontology covering anatomical structures in animals.</a></td> 282 <td><a href="mailto:[email protected]">Uberon help</a></td> 283 </tr> 284 </tbody> 285</table> 286 287<h2 id="past-collaborations">Past collaborations</h2> 288<ul> 289 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501127">Alzheimerâs Disease</a></li> 290 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29455577" target="blank">Autophagy</a></li> 291 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26047810" target="blank">Autism</a></li> 292 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27589964" target="blank">Biochemical pathways</a></li> 293 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346727" target="blank">Biofuel production</a></li> 294 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440116" target="blank">Cardiac conduction</a></li> 295 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177046" target="blank">Cilia</a></li> 296 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24507166" target="blank">Development</a></li> 297 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076901" target="blank">Extracellular RNA and vesicles</a></li> 298 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24941002" target="blank">Kidney development</a></li> 299 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21119014" target="blank">Microbe-host interactions</a></li> 300 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19178689" target="blank">Muscular system</a></li> 301 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21419760,24627794,19046747" target="blank">Heart development</a></li> 302 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29871895,26917558" target="blank">
302microRNAs</a></li> 303 <li><a href="https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2041-1480-4-20" target="blank">Neuronal cellular components</a></li> 304 <li><a href="https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-015-0481-x" target="blank">Non-symbiotic multi-organism processes</a></li> 305 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825309" target="blank">Parkinsonâs Disease</a></li> 306 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23327938" target="blank">Peroxisome</a></li> 307 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23981286" target="blank">Transcription</a></li> 308 <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28207819,25233094" target="blank">Viral processes</a></li> 309</ul> 310</article> 311 </div> 312</div> 313 314 </div> 315 </div> 316 317 318<footer class="footer"> 319 <hr style="margin:8px; padding:0px"> 320 321 <div > 322 <div class="col-sm-5" style="padding-left: 45px; text-align: left;"> 323 <div class="footer__navigation"> 324 <ul class="footer__list" style="padding-left: 0px;"> 325 <li class="footer__item"> 326 <a href="/" class="footer__link link-extended" style="color: white !important;">Home</a> 327 </li> 328 <li class="footer__item"> 329 <a href="https://help.geneontology.org" class="footer__link link-extended" style="color: white !important;" target="blank">Contact us</a> 330 </li> 331 <li class="footer__item"> 332 <a href="/docs/go-citation-policy/" class="footer__link link-extended" style="color: white !important;">Citation and Terms of Use</a> 333 </li> 334 </ul> 335 </div> 336 </div> 337 <div class="col-sm-2" style="padding-left: 45px; padding-right: 45px; text-align: center;"> 338 <div class="footer__logo-list"> 339 <a href="https://globalbiodata.org/scientific-activities/global-core-biodata-resources" target="blank" alt="Global Core Biodata Resource" > 340 <img src="/assets/GCBR-Logo-White.png" alt="Global Core Biodata Resource" style="height: 60px;"/> 341 </a> 342 </div> 343 </div> 344 <div class="col-sm-5" style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 35px; text-align: right;"> 345 <p class="footer__copyright"> 346 <small class="footer__text"> 347 Copyright © 1999-2026 348 Member of the 349 <a href="https://obofoundry.org/" class="footer__link" rel="external" title="Open Biological Ontologies" target="blank">Open Biological Ontologies Foundry</a> 350 The GO Consortium is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (US National Institutes of Health), grant number <a href="https://reporter.nih.gov/search/BqfmFvQGv0CWrEFOkzTp-w/project-details/10348001" class="footer__link" rel="external" title="HG012212"target="blank">HG012212</a>, with co-funding by NIGMS. 351 </small> 352 </p> 353 </div> 354 </div> 355</footer> 356 357
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