Creating Annotations through Critical Analysis of Original research (CACAO) is a competition for teams around the world to improve the functional annotation of genes and gene products. Competitions re-opened in 2024. Join us by registering.
About CACAO
Our platform hosts CACAO competitions & events for teams from around the globe. Competitors contribute high-quality Gene Ontology annotations that synthesize our understanding of gene functions among all studied organisms and facilitate effective data mining across genomes.
Note: The cacao.wiki is not an official product of the Gene Ontology Consortium. To learn more about the Gene Ontology project, visit geneontology.org.
Why Join CACAO?
Contribute to the scientific community while learning, competing, and annotating with teams worldwide.
Learn & Compete
Teams can compete against others to contribute the most peer-reviewed accurate annotations within a given timeframe, or individuals can contribute through our Ongoing Event. CACAO is a continuously running global online platform for annotation.
Community Driven
Be part of the global community working to create high quality annotations for gene functions in well-studied and underrepresented organisms of interest.
Make an Impact
Your contributions will be submitted to the submitted to the global Gene Ontology Consortium databases, driving standardized representation of our biological understanding which ultimately enhances genomic research.
Annotate together through CACAO
Be part of the global effort to standardize a deeper understanding of life across earth.