CFDE 2025 Fall Meeting
October 27-28, 2025
Marriott Bethesda Downtown
7707 Woodmont Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 20814
*Registration for this meeting has closed. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Swathi Thaker.*
Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) will host a two-day, in-person program meeting in Bethesda, MD on October 27th and 28th. This meeting is designed for PIs and technical leads, providing an opportunity to come together and discuss strategic issues for Common Fund programs, as well as set goals for the upcoming year. Please be sure to check this site often as we will continue to update with additional details over the coming weeks!
*Please note that this hotel does not have its own parking deck so complimentary parking will not be available. The hotel offers valet parking for $59 per day. Alternatively, you can park at the parking deck located at 4720 Chettenham Drive, Bethesda, MD 20815. Entrances for this deck can be located at Middleton Lane and Chettenham Drive. The parking rate is $1.50/hour and the deck is open from 7am-10pm. For additional options, please visit this link.*
Agenda
*Breakfast will be served in the foyer outside of the Ballroom beginning at 8am on October 27th and 7:30am on October 28th*
*All sessions are held in the Grand Ballroom located on the 2nd floor unless otherwise noted in the agenda*
Oct 27 9:00
Welcome and Logistics
Presenter: Jake Chen
Oct 27 9:10
Moderator: Allissa Dillman
- Biomarkers (Raja Mazumder)
- Uniprot (Cathy Wu)
- Metabotyping (Shankar Subramaniam)
- Data Distillery (Deanne Taylor)
Oct 27 10:30
Break
Oct 27 11:00
Moderator: Raja Mazumder
- DRC
- ICC
- Training
- CWIC
- KC
Oct 27 12:30
Lunch
Oct 27 1:30
Data Ingestion & Analysis
Moderator: Tim Clark
Oct 27 2:30
CFDE Publication
Moderator: Julie Jurgens
Oct 27 3:00
Break
Oct 27 3:30
- Uniprot Community Engagement
(Philadelphia Room)
Moderator: Cathy Wu - Biomarker Partnership
(Chicago Room)
Moderator: Raja Mazumder - Model Context Protocol (MCP) Discussion
(Grand Ballroom)
Moderators: Erol Evangelista & Daniel Clarke
Oct 27 5:00
End of Day One
Oct 28 8:45
Recap & Discussion Points for Day 2
Oct 28 9:00
- Ontology (Atlanta Room)
Moderator: Srini Ramachandran - Knowledge Graph (Philadelphia Room)
Moderator: Deanne Taylor - Training (Chicago Room)
Moderator: Laurel Brown - Community Outreach (Grand Ballroom)
Moderator: MacKenzie Brandes
Oct 28 10:30
Break
Oct 28 10:45
Moderator: Noel Burtt
- Demo of Cloud Workspace
(James Carson) - Enabling Use Cases for
Drug and Target Discovery
with Combination of
CF Processed Datasets
and CFDE Tools
(Avi Ma’yan and Shankar Subramaniam)
Oct 28 12:00
Lunch
*Steering Committee will meet in Atlanta Room. View agenda here*
Oct 28 1:00
- Essential Tasks in Achieving Dataset Sustainability
(Atlanta Room)
Presenters: Peipei Ping and Wei Wang - Galaxy Demo
(Philadelphia Room)
Presenter: Cloudworkspace - Enhanced CFDE Workflows: CFDE REVEAL and DESIGN
(Chicago Room)
Presenter: Knowledge Center
Oct 28 2:00
Moderator: Casey Greene
- UniProt Cost-Benefit Analysis
(Alex Bateman) - Evaluation Progress and Future Directions
(Casey Greene)
Oct 28 3:00
Conclude
The Program Committee
UAB
UAB
NIH
Broad Institute
UCSD
ORAU
Broad Institute
UCSD
University of Pittsburg
BioData Sage
Informed Minds
FAQ
Will breakfast and lunch be provided?
Yes, breakfast and lunch will be provided on both days.
Will there be a virtual option?
In-person attendance is highly encouraged. A virtual option (listening only) will be available for sessions in the Ballroom only. Zoom information is below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uab.zoom.us/j/88015904887?pwd=MMQYkPGN3QceAzSie6ZOeTbu7LzB7z.1
Meeting ID: 880 1590 4887
Passcode: 276611
One tap mobile
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If I am presenting, where should I upload my slides?
Please upload your slides to the following Google Drive folder. This will help to ensure smooth transitions from one presentation to the next.
Will there be complimentary parking?
The Downtown Marriott does not have its own parking deck so there will be no complimentary parking. The closest deck is located at 4720 Chettenham Drive, Bethesda, MD 20815. Entrances are located on Middleton Lane and Chettenham Drive. The hourly rate is $1.50/hour and it is open from 7am-10pm. The hotel does offer valet parking for $59/day.
