The ME genetics project.
Simon M said:Good point about acronyms.
But bear in mind that this project might need to recruit 20,000 people (more, since some won't meet the selection criteria). So we will be going well beyond the current ME online community, and reaching people who don't know much about research. I think ME GWAS won't mean anything to many pwME reading an article about the study in their local paper or hearing it on the radio. Maybe something with DNA or genetic in the title, something that most will recognise.
Along with ME, maybe: many people, esp outside the UK, won't recognise "ME" as they will have been told they have CFS. Even most US researchers (sadly) use CFS not ME or mecfs.
But name ideas are not my forte.
Why not just MEG?ME genome project.
There was the human genome project, a big success. Now there is the ME genome project, hopefully also a big success. That's MEGP or MGP depending on how we abbreviate ME.
If we're doing that you could just add S (for 'study of') to my suggestion above.Disclaimer: these suggestions are meant as a joke. Since the BPS researchers seem to be fond of acronyms like PACE, SMILE etc.... I wanted to see if I could have some fun coming up with my own. If this is inappropriate for this thread, then it could be made into a new thread?
Study of Heritable Inherited Traits (SHIT)
Genome Report On Associations Newly found (GROAN)
Good but too close to MEGA?Why not just MEG?
But doesn't the study involve sequencing? I think your name/T-shirt would work.I came up with this before I realized that the "S" in GWAS stands for "Study," not "Sequencing."
Now that's a good one. Simple. Direct.GenoME