News and Developments in the NMPDR

New Developments

We constantly try to improve the software features available in the NMPDR as well as adding new ones. This section will give you information about the latest improvements, newest tools and upcoming advancements.

Title Excerpt Date Type
A new Face If you are a returning user you will have probably noticed the brand new interface to the NMPDR. The new menu structure and layout of the pages have been redesigned ... 14 Aug 2008 New Feature
Updates in mid-October Several minor changes have been made to the NMPDR as of the October 16 update. We have a new article with tips on how to search for genes by functional role. ... 16 Oct 2008 New Feature

Counts and Statistics

The NMPDR manages a large set of genomic data, focusing on Category B food and water-borne diarrheagenic bacteria, Campylobacter jejuni, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnnificus, and Listeria monocytogenes. Also included are the enterotoxin B producing Staphylococcus aureus, as well as the re-emerging, antibiotic resistant pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep). This section will give statistical information about improvement in data volume and quality, as well as usage by the community.

News and Journals

This section focuses on news from external sources and journals about topics in the scope of the NMPDR.

Conference Calendar

Stay up to date on the upcoming conferences and events.

Publications

In the publications section you will find a comprehensive list of presentations, publications and posters concerning the NMPDR.
Topic revision: r5 - 19 Aug 2008 - 20:57:54 - TobiasPaczian
 
NMPDR is a collaboration among researchers from the Computation Institute of the University of Chicago, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes (FIG), Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. NMPDR is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract HHSN266200400042C. Banner images are copyright © Dennis Kunkel.