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Suggest a name for Chris Ponting's ME GWAS project!

Discussion in 'General ME/CFS news' started by Sasha, Jul 11, 2019.

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  1. Sarah94

    Sarah94 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Nope. GAME is already in use by "Global advocates for myalgic encephalomyelitis" - Guido den Broeder's group.
     
    Sarah94, Oct 28, 2019
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  2. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

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    I think we need a name that has instant recognition and meaning rather than sounding 'clever' and 'friendly'. We've had too much of that from the psychs with their MAGENTA, PACE, FINE, SMILE etc.

    I would prefer it's just called something straightforward like the UK ME genome study. Which I suppose can be shortened to UMEGS. This has the advantage of being pronouncable but not having an irrelevant other meaning.
     
    Trish, May 16, 2020
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    butter. Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    what is the status of this project? wouldnt it be good to check epigenetics also?
     
    butter., May 16, 2020
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  4. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

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  5. Woolie

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    Maybe just MEGS (ME genome study) would work? It doesn't have to be fully explanatory I suppose.
     
    Woolie, May 18, 2020
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  6. Andy

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    Or just MEG, so we could then talk sensibly about the MEG study to avoid duplicating the study bit (MEGS study - ME genome study study)? It's brevity is good, and a headline/call to action could be made out of "Help MEG" or something similar, but would potential participants think that is trivialising it? I'm not sure one way or the other.
     
    Andy, May 18, 2020
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    I was trying to avoid us ending up with something with a different meaning, in this case a female name.
     
    Trish, May 18, 2020
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    Sly Saint Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    MEgnome
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  9. Woolie

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    A MEG study to me means magnetoencephalography (abbreviated MEG). Would this be a problem?
     
    Woolie, May 19, 2020
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  10. Sasha

    Sasha Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    I think any name needs to be informative about the study, otherwise it will struggle to recruit.
     
    Sasha, May 19, 2020
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  11. Andy

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    Ultimately, yeah, but for the reason that Sasha gives above more than the abbreviation. For the typical layperson we would need a name that at least hints at what the study is about.
     
    Andy, May 19, 2020
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  12. Barry

    Barry Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Something snappy that suggests the notion of finding the needle in a haystack.
     
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  13. Woolie

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    This is such a great one, so funny and informative. It sounds like genome, but only for ME.

    MEnome without the 'g' would also work, and would avoid uncertainty about pronunciation, but would not be so cute.
     
    Woolie, May 19, 2020
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