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

• 11th International Yeast Lipid Conference

  May 29, 2013 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Abstract deadline: April 19, 2013

• 5th Conference on Physiology of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi - PYFF5

  June 4, 2013 - Montpellier, France
  Abstract deadline: March 22, 2013

• 30th International Specialised Symposium on Yeast

  June 18, 2013 - Stara Lesna, Slovakia
  Abstract deadline: April 15, 2013

• Yeast Genetics & Genomics Course

  July 23, 2013 - Cold Spring Harbor Labs, CSH, NY
  Application deadline: March 15, 2013

• YEAST 2013: 26th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology

  August 29, 2013 - Frankfurt University, Frankfurt, Germany
  Abstract deadline: April 30, 2013

• Codependent Genes
  
  05/16/2013
  
  When a gene is duplicated, one copy usually dies. It is battered by harmful mutations until it eventually just fades into background DNA. But this isn't the fate of all duplicated genes.  Sometimes they can survive by gaining new, useful functions.  The genes responsible for snake venom proteins are a great example of this. Another way for a duplicated gene to live on is when both copies get different mutations that confer different functions, so that a...read more >
• Keeping the Noise Down
  
  05/08/2013
  
  When you get down to a single cell, things can get really noisy. Instead of the nice, smoothed over data that you see in populations, you see some variation from cell to cell. This is even if all the cells are identical genetically. Of course this makes perfect sense if you think about it. Part of the variation comes from slightly different environments. Conditions at the bottom of the flask are bound to be different from...read more >
• Breaking Up is Hard to Do
  
  05/01/2013
  
  When a cell goes cancerous, its chromosomes get seriously messed up. Pieces get deleted, duplicated, mixed and matched. One of the worst things that can happen, in terms of a cell keeping its chromosomes together, is that a chromosome ends up with two centromeres. A centromere is the part of a chromosome that gets attached to the spindle so it can be moved to the right place during cell division. When there are two centromeres, both...read more >
• Yeast, More Interesting than your Parents Think
  
  04/23/2013
  
  Are you tired of getting asked why you study yeast? And having your grandma’s eyes glaze over when you try to explain your latest research result to her? Well, we here at SGD have decided to help you out. We have revamped our “What are yeast?” page to make it even better. We’ve stripped out a lot of the jargon making it much simpler for the nonscientist to read. Not only that, but we’ve consolidated the...read more >