SGD Newsletter, Spring 2025

About this newsletter:
This is the Summer 2025 issue of the SGD newsletter. The goal of this newsletter is to inform our users about new features in SGD and to foster communication within the yeast community. You can view this newsletter as well as previous newsletters, on the SGD Community Wiki.

Give a Gift / Support SGD: Credit Cards now accepted

Budget cuts from NIH continue to strain SGD's finances. Despite our efforts at reducing costs, we still have significant ongoing budgetary challenges. Donations are now critical for our work to continue and are greatly appreciated..

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microPublications - latest yeast papers

​microPublication Biology is part of the emerging genre of rapidly-published research communications. microPublications publishes brief, novel findings, negative and/or reproduced results, and results which may initially lack a broader scientific narrative. Each article is peer-reviewed, assigned a DOI, and indexed through PubMed and PubMedCentral.

Consider microPubublications when you have a result that doesn't necessarily fit into a larger story, but will be of value to others.

Latest yeast microPublications:

• Pfliegler WP, Imre A, Biotechnology BSc Class Of UOD, Pócsi I (2025) PCR-fingerprinting of culturable yeasts from commercially obtained beers: a simple and engaging applied microbiological laboratory exercise. MicroPubl Biol 2025

• Andrade Latino A, Biggins S (2025) Analysis of a cancer-associated mutation in the budding yeast Nuf2 kinetochore protein. MicroPubl Biol 2025

• Thota K, Fredette-Roman JD, Sharp NP (2025) Yeast mutation rates in alternative carbon sources reflect the influence of reactive oxygen species. MicroPubl Biol 2025

• Butcher C, VanderVen K, Li J (2025) Proteasome condensates repeatedly "contact and release" at the nuclear periphery during dissolution. MicroPubl Biol 2025

• James M, Klain GK, Brito SO, Trejo L, Okello TMA, Segarra VA (2025) Autophagy-deficient budding yeast cells are sensitive to freeze-thaw stress. MicroPubl Biol 2025

• Eftimie A, Meyer D (2025) Transcription Regulatory Protein SIN3 YOL004W) Influences Mutation Rates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MicroPubl Biol 2025

All yeast microPublications can be found in SGD.

Alliance of Genome Resources - Latest Release 8.0.0

The 8.0.0 release includes data refreshes from each of the model organism source databases as well as various backend improvements.

Pathway Viewer Update:

• Redesign of the legend corrects issues with casual relationship representation; interface visuals have been refined; all defined causal relationships are now depicted using standardized glyphs with a matching color legend.

There is now an Event Calendar with the schedule of upcoming Alliance office hours and webinars: https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

Upcoming conferences and courses

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