Yes indeed we do. Andra is working on a scheduler for the update bot now. (And thanks to the tips about wbeditentity function it should go faster now...)
We have a grant to expand the scope of the original gene wiki project (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wiki) to a) use wikidata as its structural foundation and b) expand into other areas such as genes and diseases.
Looking forward to continuing to work with the community to make wikidata a key hub of open biological and medical information on the Web.
-Ben