About SGD

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) provides comprehensive integrated biological information for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae along with search and analysis tools to explore these data, enabling the discovery of functional relationships between sequence and gene products in fungi and higher organisms.

Upcoming Meetings

• General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

  June 16, 2012 - San Francisco, CA
  Abstract deadline: January 17, 2012

• EMBO Conference 2012 on Gene Transcription in Yeast “From Mechanisms to Gene Regulatory Networks”

  June 16, 2012 - St. Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Spain
  Abstract deadline: March 16, 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

• Alternatives to Whale Puke
  
  05/11/2012
  
  Imagine scouring the beaches of the world for balls of whale vomit.  People are willing to do this because finding one is like finding a huge gold nugget.  Perfume companies will pay around $10,000 per pound for this ambergris (which is the more scientific name for the stuff).  Of course perfume companies would rather have a more reliable and less expensive source for their ambergris.  And it wouldn’t hurt to find one that was a little...read more >
• Take SGD with you wherever you go!
  
  05/07/2012
  
  SGD has just released an app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch ap(p)tly called "YeastGenome", containing the latest Saccharomyces cerevisiae information from the database, available now as a free download on iTunes. Search by gene names, gene descriptions or simply browse for quick access to Gene Ontology annotations, mutant phenotypes and protein and genetic interaction data for your favorite genes - all at your fingertips! Use YeastGenome to: Search using gene name or keywords Browse by genomic...read more >
• When Heat is Not the Burning Issue
  
  05/04/2012
  
  When is a temperature sensitive mutation not a temperature sensitive mutation? When the process being studied is affected by temperature too. Mutations conferring temperature sensitivity - that is, a phenotype that only appears at higher- or lower-than-normal growth temperature due to the loss or alteration of function of a gene product at that temperature - have for decades been an invaluable tool in dissecting many biological processes in yeast and other model organisms. Now there is...read more >
• SGD Quarterly Newsletter
  
  04/30/2012
  
  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 >