New & Noteworthy
Join SGD at The Allied Genetics Conference
March 22, 2016
SGD will be attending The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) in Orlando, Florida, July 13–17, 2016! For the first time ever, the meetings of the yeast, C. elegans, ciliate, Drosophila, mouse, and zebrafish model organism communities will be united under one roof, along with a new meeting on population, evolutionary, and quantitative genetics.
Submit your abstracts now! Abstract submission closes March 23, 2016, but advance registration is available until June 29. If you want GREAT science and access to the leaders of the field, then TAGC is the place for you. SGD will be there, will you?
Categories: Conferences
Join SGD at The Allied Genetics Conference
January 12, 2016
SGD will be attending The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) in Orlando, Florida, July 13–17, 2016! For the first time ever, the meetings of the yeast, C. elegans, ciliate, Drosophila, mouse, and zebrafish model organism communities will be united under one roof, along with a new meeting on population, evolutionary, and quantitative genetics.
Submit your abstracts now! Abstract submission will be open until March 23, 2016. If you want GREAT science and access to the leaders of the field, then TAGC is the place for you. SGD will be there, will you?
Categories: Announcements, Conferences
Look for SGD at the 27th ICYGMB!
August 30, 2015
SGD staff will be attending the 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB), September 6-12, in Levico Terme, Italy. We will be hosting a Workshop, Posters, and an Exhibit Table. We’ll be available during the entire conference to hear your comments or suggestions about SGD and answer your questions.
Follow @yeastgenome and #Yeast2015 on Twitter for the latest research being presented at ICYGMB.
Find these SGD staff members at the conference:
 Mike Cherry |
 Maria Costanzo |
 Stacia Engel |
 Edith Wong |
 Giltae Song |
Workshop: “Getting More out of SGD”
Sunday, September 6, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
We’ll be discussing our curation efforts in capturing yeast-human functional complementation data, the new sequence Variant Viewer, new data in YeastMine, and more. Bring your questions and comments – we love feedback!
Posters
In addition to the Workshop, SGD staff will present three posters – please stop by and chat with us.
| Poster no. | Title | Presenter | Location | Time/Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS7-9 | Homology curation at SGD: budding yeast as a model for eukaryotic biology | Stacia Engel | Sala Belvedere | 2:30-4 PM, Tuesday and Thursday, 9/8 and 9/10 |
| PS15-24 | Inferring Genome Variation Patterns in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the Eukaryote Pan-Genome Toolset | Giltae Song | Sala Impero | 2:30-4 PM, Monday and Thursday, 9/7 and 9/10 |
| PS15-29 | Integrating genome-wide datasets into the Saccharomyces Genome Database | Edith Wong | Sala Impero | 2:30-4 PM, Tuesday and Thursday, 9/8 and 9/10 |
Exhibit Table
SGD will also have an exhibit table at the conference. Come by to take a spin on our site, learn about various features of the database, and provide us with feedback as to what we can do to improve SGD. You might even receive a prize for a good question or suggestion!
Categories: Conferences
Abstract Deadline Extended for ICYGMB
May 28, 2015
Breaking news: the deadline for submission of abstracts for oral presentations at the 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB) has been extended. Abstracts may be submitted for talks in the plenary sessions or in parallel workshops until June 7th.
Abstracts for poster presentations may be submitted until July 15th. But be sure to register for the conference by June 30th to get the early registration price!
Submit your abstract
Register for the conference
Conference home page
Categories: Conferences
Second Announcement: 27th ICYGMB
May 04, 2015
We at SGD are happy to share this announcement from the organizers of ICYGMB 2015. We’ll keep you up to date on the latest news about the conference and important deadlines. You can also follow announcements on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #yeast2015.
Dear Colleague,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB) to be held in Levico Terme, Trento, Italy, from 6th to 12th September 2015.
The goal of the conference is to bring together investigators from around the world to present and discuss research focused on yeasts as model for the understanding of molecular biology and genetic processes, and as a paramount biotechnological microorganism.
On our web site, you will have the opportunity to appreciate the scientific program and the beautiful scenery of this magnificent part of Italy where the Conference venue is located. The science, the surroundings, and, of course, the food will be in the best tradition of Italian professional hospitality.
Help us spread the news by word of mouth and circulate this second announcement.
Good science, food and location are waiting to make this a most memorable yeast Conference.
Yours sincerely,
Duccio Cavalieri & Andriy Sibirniy (ICYGMB Organisers),
on behalf of the National and International Organizing Committees.
Categories: Conferences
Apply Now for the 2015 Yeast Genetics & Genomics Course
April 21, 2015
This will be the 45th year that the legendary summer Yeast Genetics & Genomics course has been taught at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. (OK, the name didn’t include “Genomics” in the beginning…) The list of people who have taken the course reads like a Who’s Who of yeast research, including Nobel laureates and many of today’s leading scientists.
The application deadline is May 15th, so don’t miss your chance! Find all the details and application form here.
This course (July 21 – August 10) provides a comprehensive education in all things yeast, from classical genetics through up-to-the-minute genomics. Things you’ll learn include:
- How to Find and Analyze Yeast Information Using SGD
- Transformation of Plasmids & Integrating DNAs
- Looking at Yeast Cells using Light Microscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy
- Manipulating Mating-Type and Epigenetic Transcriptional Silencing
- Meiosis & Tetrad Dissection
- Isolation and Characterization of Mutants
- Working with Essential Genes
- Synthetic Genetic Array Analysis
- Measuring Mutation Rates and Studying Human Genetic Variation in Yeast
- Detecting Copy Number Variants using Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- Mutation Detection using Whole Genome Sequencing and Linkage
- Barcode Sequencing and Comparative Functional Genomics
All these techniques will be summarized in a completely updated course manual, which will be published by CSHL Press.
If you’re going to the Yeast Genetics & Genomics course, start training now for the Plate Race!
Scientists who aren’t part of large, well-known yeast labs are especially encouraged to apply – for example, professors and instructors who want to incorporate yeast into their undergraduate genetics classrooms; scientists who want to transition from mathematical, computational, or engineering disciplines into bench science; and researchers from small labs or institutions where it would otherwise be difficult to learn the fundamentals of yeast genetics and genomics. Significant stipends (in the 30-50% range of total fees) are available to individuals expressing a need for financial support and who are selected into the course.
Besides its scientific content, the fun and camaraderie at the course is also legendary. In between all the hard work there are late-night chats at the bar and swimming at the beach. There’s a fierce competition between students at the various CSHL courses in the Plate Race, which is a relay in which teams have to carry stacks of 40 Petri dishes (used, of course). There’s also a sailboat trip, a microscopy contest, and a mysterious “Dr. Evil” lab!
Categories: Conferences
Announcing the 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB)
February 01, 2015
We at SGD are happy to share this announcement from the organizers of ICYGMB 2015. We’ll keep you up to date on the latest news about the conference and important deadlines. You can also follow announcements on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #yeast2015.
It is our great pleasure to announce the 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB) to be held in Levico Terme, Trento, Italy, from 6th to 12th September 2015.
The conference, initially scheduled to take place in Lviv, was moved to the heart of the Italian Alps, following the assessment of the political situation in Ukraine, and is now being co-organized by the Italian and the Ukrainian Scientific Committees under the auspices of the International Committee on Finances and Policy, together with the help of some international scientific societies such FEMS and EMBO.
The goal of the conference is to bring together investigators from around the world to present and discuss research focused on yeasts as model for the understanding of molecular biology and genetic processes, and as a paramount biotechnological microorganism.
The Conference is historically an exciting forum on yeast biology, on our web site, you will have the opportunity to appreciate the scientific program and the beautiful scenery of this magnificent part of Italy where the Conference venue is located. In addition to the exceptional selection of speakers, we kept the opportunity, for brilliant researchers, to present their most recent work, since the fourth speaker of every plenary session will be selected from the abstracts submitted to the poster sessions. The science, the surroundings, and, of course, the food will be in the best tradition of Italian professional hospitality.
The conference is also part of EXPO2015, the world exposition that will be hosted in Italy in 2015 in Milano, comprising events in every Italian region. This year, the theme is to feed the planet, and we are committed to divulge to the public the importance of yeast in food and beverage productions. For this reason, the conference will be followed by a one-day EXPO2015 Symposium on Yeast Ecology and Food Production as well as on the fundamental role of the microscopic world in nutrition and human health (12th September 2015), together with a Roundtable on science as nurturer of peace. The registration to the 27th ICYGMB Conference will also include the participation to these extra events that will take place at the Museum of Modern Art of Rovereto, Italy.
Join us in this lovely part of the Trentino Region, in Italy, from 6th to 12th of September 2015 for this unique international event!
Help us spread the news by word of mouth and circulate the announcement you find here because for some colleagues we may not have had the updated e-mail address in our database.
Good science, food and location are waiting to make this a most memorable yeast Conference.
Yours sincerely,
Duccio Cavalieri & Andriy Sibirniy (ICYGMB Organisers),
on behalf of the National and International Organizing Committees.
Categories: Conferences
Look for SGD at the Yeast Genetics Meeting in Seattle!
July 23, 2014
SGD staff will be attending the GSA Yeast Genetics Meeting in Seattle, July 29 – August 2, 2014 en force! We will be hosting a Workshop, Posters, and an Exhibit Table. The Workshop, “Computational Tools at SGD,” is on Thursday, July 31 at 1:30 PM in Kane Hall, Room 220. We will be discussing our powerful search tool, YeastMine, what’s new in the realm of Strains and Sequences, and new displays in SGD. Bring your questions and comments – we love feedback!
Follow @yeastgenome and #YEAST14 on Twitter for the latest research being presented at YGM.
Find these SGD staff members, as well as those presenting posters, at the Workshop and the Exhibit table:</p?
Maria Costanzo Workshop Speaker |
 Rob Nash Workshop Speaker |
 Ben Hitz |
Workshop: “Computational Tools at SGD”
Thursday, July 31, 1:30 – 3:00 PM
Kane Hall, Room 220
Featured topics: YeastMine (our powerful search tool), Sequences and Strains update, New data displays at SGD
Posters
In addition to the Workshop, SGD curators will present 4 posters – please stop by and chat with us.
| Poster | Date & Time | Poster Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 318C | Friday, August 1 7:30 – 8:30 PM HUB Grand Ballroom |
Defining the transcriptome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Edith Wong |
| 387C | Friday, August 1 8:30 – 9:30 PM HUB Grand Ballroom |
Yeast – it simply has a lot to say about human disease |  Selina Dwight |
| 411C | Friday, August 1 8:30 – 9:30 PM HUB Grand Ballroom |
Transcriptional regulation and protein complexes in budding yeast | Stacia Engel |
| 459C | Friday, August 1 8:30 – 9:30 PM HUB Grand Ballroom |
Staying current and modern: Overhauling an actively-used model organism database website |  Kelley Paskov |
Exhibit Table
SGD will also have an exhibit table at the YGM. Come by to take a spin on our site, receive a prize for taking a survey, learn about various features of the database, and provide us with feedback as to what we can do to improve SGD. Look for us wearing our SuperBud fleece jackets, and feel free to flag any of us down!
Categories: Conferences, News and Views
YGM Early Registration Deadline is Approaching!
June 23, 2014
There are only a few days left to register for the Yeast Genetics Meeting at the early registration rate. After midnight on Thursday, June 26, the fees will increase by $75. Conference housing is filling up fast too. This is a meeting you don’t want to miss, so don’t delay!
Categories: Conferences
Yeast Genetics Meeting Abstract Deadline Extended
April 25, 2014
The deadline for abstract submission for the Yeast Genetics Meeting has been extended. Abstracts will now be accepted until 4 PM EDT, Monday April 28th. Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work for the yeast research community!
Categories: Conferences
Tags: Yeast Genetics Meeting