News and Journals

In this section you will find news articles about the NMPDR as well as information about disease outbreaks and links to open access journals in the NMPDR context.

NMPDR news

Members of the Fellowship for the Interpretation of Genomes (FIG) contribute articles to the NMPDR wiki that discuss the philosophy, technology, and use of NMPDR.

Date	Author	Title	Excerpt
2008-10-16	BruceParrello	Searching for Genes with Specific Functional Roles	There is no specific NMPDR search for genes by functional role; however, the functional role is part of a gene's keyword list, so you can get a close approximation ...
2008-03-06	RossOverbeek	FigFams: Yet Another Set of Protein Families	Each individual FigFam is a set of protein sequences, along with a decision procedure. All of the protein sequences that make up a single FigFam are believed to implement ...
2007-12-31	RossOverbeek	Reflections on 2007	I have recently been reflecting on the status of the Project to Annotate 1000 Genomes and in this short essay I will argue that it has been an overwhelming success ...
2007-11-08	RossOverbeek	The Annotation Clearinghouse	The Annotation Clearinghouse is a rather simple web site that collects Assertions about proteins and allows users to retrieve them. Finding Assertions If you ...
2007-08-01	RossOverbeek	How to Annotate a Genome	We at the FellowshipForInterpretationOfGenomes (FIG) have actively led the ProjectToAnnotate1000Genomes since its inception in 2003. In that effort we pioneered what ...

World Health Organization Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) Listing

Disease Outbreak News

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Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West Africa

Poliomyelitis

Yellow fever in Sierra Leone

On 12 December 2008, The Ministry of Health (MoH), Sierra Leone reported two laboratory confirmed cases of Yellow fever in the communities of Gerihun and Jembe, Bo district. Both cases were reported by the Yellow fever surveillance system and presented with symptoms of fever and jaundice. Additionally, a further 7 suspected cases have been reported. There have been no deaths, to date.

Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - update

Ebola haemorrhagic fever

Cholera in Zimbabwe - update

Cholera

Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola haemorrhagic fever

Open Access Journals

Nucleic Acids Research

A peer-reviewed journal focusing on leading edge research into physical, chemical, biochemical and biological aspects of nucleic acids, and on proteins involved in nucleic acid metabolism and/or interactions. Published monthly by Oxford University Press.

Emerging Infectious Diseases

A peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends. Published monthly by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Public Library of Science Journals

PLoS Pathogens

A peer-reviewed journal featuring important new ideas on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and viruses that contribute to our understanding of the biology of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions.

PLoS Genetics

A peer-reviewed journal covering the full breadth and interdisciplinary nature of genetics and genomics research from mice and flies, to plants and bacteria.

PLoS Computational Biology

A peer-reviewed journal featuring works of exceptional significance that further our understanding of living systems at all scales through the application of computational methods. Published in association with the International Society for Computational Biology.

BioMed Central Journals

BMC Microbiology

A peer-reviewed journal featuring original research articles in analytical and functional studies of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and small parasites, as well as host and therapeutic responses to them.

BMC Genomics

A peer-reviewed journal featuring research articles in all aspects of gene mapping, sequencing and analysis, functional genomics, and proteomics.

BMC Bioinformatics

A peer-reviewed journal featuring research articles in all aspects of computational methods used in the analysis and annotation of sequences and structures, as well as all other areas of computational biology.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry

A peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of biochemistry or molecular biology, published weekly by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.