From triffid from iastate.edu  Fri May  9 10:23:30 2008
From: triffid from iastate.edu (Carolyn Lawrence)
Date: Fri May  9 11:01:28 2008
Subject: [Maize] MaizeGDB is Hiring a Web Developer
Message-ID: <47AA3EE8-A2C9-41B2-8ED1-38C5B4656530@iastate.edu>

Web Developer/Information Technology Specialist.  The USDA- 
Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research  
Unit, Ames, Iowa (ISU campus) is recruiting a Web Developer for the  
MaizeGDB project (see http://www.maizegdb.org).  The successful  
applicant will have: 1) knowledge of biological data management  
concepts and methods as well as server-side scripting languages such  
as PHP and AJAX sufficient to assist users in data retrieval; 2)  
knowledge of UNIX/LINUX operating systems, Apache configuration and  
maintenance, XML, and programming with Oracle and/or MySQL database  
management system; and 3) ability to write technical documents and  
operational procedures. U.S. citizenship required.  Salary  
commensurate with experience ($51,734-$67,259). Refer to vacancy  
announcement (#ARS-X8W-0200) for application information at http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/Careers.htm 
. For questions regarding application procedures, call Kim Grandon at  
515-663-7277.  Application materials must be sent to Beltsville, MD  
office and be received by May 20, 2008.  THE USDA/ARS IS AN EQUAL  
OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER.

For more information, contact Carolyn Lawrence at carolyn.lawrence@ars.usda.gov 
  or call 515-294-4294.
From pj37 from cornell.edu  Mon May 12 12:39:55 2008
From: pj37 from cornell.edu (Pankaj Jaiswal)
Date: Mon May 12 12:48:44 2008
Subject: [Maize] Gramene Database build 27 released
Message-ID: <482880EB.5050605@cornell.edu>

Dear Gramene users,

We are happy to announce the release of our 27th build of the Gramene
database and website [www.gramene.org].  Some of the highlights for this 
release include:

- Four new species added to the genome browser:
-- Oryza glaberrima short arm
-- Sorghum bicolor (Sorghum)
-- Vitis vinifera (grape)
-- Populus trichocarpain (poplar)

- The markers database contains a total of 30M markers including up-to-
date nucleotide sequences of all Viridiplantae contained in the NCBI
Genbank Core Nucleotide, dbEST, and dbGSS division.

- Introduced Gazetteer (GAZ) ontology to describe places, place names
and the relations between them to annotate the source site of
germplasm collection

- New SorghumCyc 1.0 metabolic pathways beta release

- New RiceCyc 2.0 metabolic pathways release

- New sorghum genetic diversity database

For the complete release notes, please see here:

	http://www.gramene.org/db/help?state=current_release_notes

This is our first release since moving to our 6-month cycle, so you
can expect to see build 28 in the fall.  Thank you for your continued
use and support of Gramene, and please let us know of any problems,
concerns or suggestions you have:

  	http://www.gramene.org/db/feedback/send_feedback

The Gramene team
gramene@gramene.org
www.gramene.org