The latest quarterly newsletter (January 2012) outlining the progression of the Renal Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) Initiative is now available at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/GOA/kidney/newsletter/RenalGOANewsJan2012.pdf

This Initiative aims to provide a unique public resource for renal research by generating a detailed functional dataset for mammalian gene products implicated in kidney development and disease. The Gene Ontology (GO) vocabulary is the established standard for the functional annotation of gene products. By using the GO to curate scientific literature and by integrating results from high-quality high-throughput experiments, we will create an information-rich resource for the renal research community, enabling scientists to rapidly evaluate and interpret existing data and generate hypotheses to guide future research in the quest to alleviate renal disease.