About SGD

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) project collects information and maintains a database of the molecular biology of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This database includes a variety of genomic and biological information and is maintained and updated by SGD curators. The SGD also maintains the S. cerevisiae Gene Name Registry, a complete list of all gene names used in S. cerevisiae. This task was transferred to the SGD by Dr. Robert Mortimer in early 1994. We have also compiled a set of general guidelines to gene naming that may be of help to researchers who are naming new S. cerevisiae genes.

Upcoming Meetings

• 19th Annual Southeastern Regional Yeast Meeting

  February 24, 2012 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  Abstract deadline: February 1, 2012

• 10th Francophone Yeasts Meeting, Levures, Modèle et Outils-10

  April 2, 2012 - University of Toulouse, France
  Abstract deadline: February 8, 2012

• Model Organisms to Human Biology: Cancer Genetics

  June 17, 2012 - Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC
  Abstract deadline: March 29, 2012

• FASEB Conference: Yeast Chromosome Structure, Replication & Segregation

  July 15, 2012 - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  Abstract deadline: June 1, 2012

• Yeast Genetics 2012

  July 31, 2012 - Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
  Abstract deadline: April 26, 2012

• 13th International Congress on Yeasts

  August 26, 2012 - Madison, WI, USA
  Abstract deadline: July 6, 2012

• SGD Quarterly Newsletter
  
  01/30/2012
  
  SGD sends out its quarterly newsletter to colleagues designated as contacts in SGD. An HTML version of the newsletter is available. If you would like to receive this letter in the future please use the Colleague Submission/Update form to let us know....read more >
• Replicate Late, Mutate More
  
  01/30/2012
  
    Variation in the DNA that results in natural selection does not come about randomly. Where a piece of DNA is in the genome and how it is used affects its chances for being mutated. The end result is that the genomes we see today are the product of these nonrandom mutation rates. One of the first places this became apparent was in transcribed genes. Scientists found that the transcribed strand of active genes has fewer mutations than the nontranscribed strand. They found the major reason for this was transcription-coupled repair. Now in a new study in...read more >
• SGD: New look, new features!
  
  01/26/2012
  
  SGD has added more than just a new look, we've added some great new features! View the short video "We've added more than just a new look..." on Vimeo to learn about our enhanced Search Box and our new navigational menu bar. ...read more >
• New data tracks added to GBrowse
  
  01/26/2012
  
  SGD has added a mélange of data tracks to our GBrowse genome viewer from six publications covering various applications of high-throughput sequencing, including genome-wide distributions of DNase I-protected genomic footprints (Hesselberth et al. 2009), recombination-associated double strand breakpoints (Pan et al. 2011), polyadenylation sites (Ozsolak et al. 2010), antisense ncRNAs (Yassour et al. 2010), cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) (Neil et al. 2009) and Xrn1-sensitive unstable transcripts (XUTs) (van Dijk et al. 2011). You can now also easily download data tracks, metadata and supplementary data by clicking on the '?' icon on each data track within GBrowse. Please watch our video...read more >