Wilkerson, M.D., Ru, Y., and Brendel, V.P. (2009) Common introns within orthologous genes: software and application to plants Briefings in Bioinformatics, 10(6), 631-644. [abstract] [PDF]
PlantGDB News:Community-annotated maize gene models (see an example at ZmGDB) are now displayed at both MaizeGDB and maizesequence.org, by means of Distributed Annotation Service (DAS) (November 21, 2009).
Brachypodium distachyon browser: BdGDB, a genome browser for the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon, is now available, based on the JGI v1.0 8x genome assembly. The assembly displayed comprises 271.15 Mb arranged in 5 pseudochromosomes. Display includes gene models, splice-aligned EST, cDNA, PUT assembly and Arabidopsis and rice predicted proteins (October 30, 2009).
We are always on the lookout for talented students looking for a place to apply their skills in computers and computational biology. Please contact us if your are interested in finding out more about what we do!
| Job Title | Type | Job Description/Contact Info |
|---|---|---|
| Student Hourly | Minimum 10 hr/week | Duties may range from Web development (CSS- XHTML) to back end coding and code maintenance (PHP, Perl, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX). A solid background in programming and knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems are required. Familiarity with the Apache webserver is preferred. Contact Jon Duvick at jduvick @ iastate.edu. |
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