The year 2014 has seen rapid progress in building sea lice genomics, most importantly, the final genome assembly and Ensembl annotation of the salmon louse genome is available to members of the Centre. We are now able to browse the genome, edit the annotation, upload and search experiments linked to genes in the genome and much more. Tons of - mainly RNA-seq data - have also been processed and uploaded to LiceBase. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed content to LiceBase, uploaded experiments, and provided feed-back. It's the valuable content that makes LiceBase a unique resource.
As this year comes to an end, we should make a list of things that will be attempted next year together with a prioritization of tasks. Extending the functionality of LiceBase, making it more user friendly while keeping up to date with Drupal and Tripal releases will be major tasks. Also, integration with other resources developed nationally and internationally will allow us to profit from our previous achievements. What is more, it is our aim to make LiceBase an open resource available to the general public together with the publication of a genome paper during next year.