SGD Newsletter, Fall 2018
About this newsletter:
This is the September 2018 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.
Contents
Disease Pages Now Live
Updated Tools
SGD at Yeast Genetics Meeting 2018
Research Spotlight (Blog posts)
In case you missed them, here are some of the most popular Research Spotlights posted on our blog lately:
- Mixing Mitochondria Makes Magic Wolters and coworkers show that many yeast cells recombine mitochondrial DNA after mating, for better or for worse.
- Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Hazardous to Your Health Chakraborty and colleagues reveal that making too much of DNA mismatch repair proteins can be disastrous for your DNA and your health.
- (Almost) All Hands on Deck for Calcineurin Connolly and colleagues uncover the roles of the four mysterious "arms" of the yeast calcineurin protein, Cnb1p.
- Chaperone Wars: The Last Co-chaperone Reidy and coworkers show that Sti1p helps save the galaxy by helping a protein chaperone perform its function and interact with other proteins.
What else have we been up to lately?
You may have seen SGD representatives at the following meetings:
- PI Mike Cherry, Principal Biocuration Scientist Stacia Engel, Senior Biocuration Scientist Edith Wong, and Associate Biocuration Scientist Patrick Ng attended and presented talks and posters at The 11th International Biocuration Conference in Shanghai, China in April 2018.
Upcoming Meetings
13th Edition of the International Levures, Modèles et Outils (Yeasts, Models and Tools)
Musikinsel, Rheinau, Switzerland
September 11-14, 2018
International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts, "Yeast Odyssey: from nature to industry"
Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina
October 1 - 4, 2018
International Workshop on Brewing Yeasts
Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina
October 5 - 6, 2018
EMBO Workshop on Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology Using Yeast and Other Model Systems
Heidelberg, Germany
October 17 - 20, 2018
30th Fungal Genetics Conference
Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
March 12 - 17, 2019
