01501nas a2200325   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001500043653001300058653001800071653001600089653002300105653002900128653001700157653001300174653001300187100002000200700001600220700001800236700001800254700001900272700002500291700001900316700001700335700001900352245005500371490000900426520072600435022001401161       2019                            d  c2019 01 0110aBig Data10aData Curation10aData Mining10aDatabases, Genetic10aGene Regulatory Networks10aGenes, Plant10aGenomics10aWorkflow1 aSushma Naithani1 aParul Gupta1 aJustin Preece1 aPriyanka Garg1 aValerie Fraser1 aLillian Padgitt-Cobb1 aMatthew Martin1 aKelly Vining1 aPankaj Jaiswal00aInvolving community in genes and pathway curation.0 v20193 aBiocuration plays a crucial role in building databases and complex systems-level platforms required for processing, annotating and analyzing 'Big Data' in biology. However, biocuration efforts cannot keep pace with a dramatic increase in the production of omics data; this presents one of the bottlenecks in genomics. In two pathway curation jamborees, Plant Reactome curators tested strategies for introducing researchers to pathway curation tools, harnessing biologists' expertise in curating plant pathways and developing a network of community biocurators. We summarize the strategy, workflow and outcomes of these exercises, and discuss the role of community biocuration in advancing databases and genomic resources.  a1758-0463