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Update taxonomy for Culex! »
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Posted by Karyn Megy on February 11th, 2010

Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus as been promoted from sub-species to species, and is now called Culex quinquefasciatus .

In order to reflect this change in the taxonomy, VectorBase has updated all the Culex pipiens (quinquefasciatus) instances to its new taxonomic name, Culex quinquefasciatus.

The name only has been changed, the underlying data remain the same.

RFP for Driving Biological Projects announced »
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Posted by Andrew Sheehan on February 03rd, 2010

The NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Center VectorBase invites proposals for Driving Biological Projects (*s) that focus on infectious diseases research related to human microbial pathogens and invertebrate vectors of human diseases.

DBPs must include research that uses high-throughput experimental technologies to functionally characterize the genome, proteome or metabolome to help elucidate how genes, proteins and metabolites may be involved in pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance or other biological processes of interest in the study of infectious diseases. HTP approaches to functional characterization of genes and proteins may include, for example, microarrays, mass spectrometry, two-hybrid screenings, RNAi experiments, Chip-Seq and RNA-Seq studies and bioassays.

Download the full RFP

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RNAi reagent design tool »
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Posted by Bob MacCallum on January 05th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that the E-RNAi RNAi reagent design tool has been updated with the latest Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti genomes. Please note, this service is provided by a third party with minor assistance from VectorBase.

Follow VectorBase on Twitter »
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Posted by Bob MacCallum on December 16th, 2009

The VectorBase developers finally heard about Twitter and set up a @vectorbase account. We'll use it to let you know about any planned or unplanned system maintenance and any new features and datasets at VectorBase. We look forward to your @vectorbase tweets too!

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 Ten most recent news items:
 • Feb 11th, 2010:
Update taxonomy for Culex! »
 • Feb 03rd, 2010:
RFP for Driving Biological Projects announced »
 • Jan 05th, 2010:
RNAi reagent design tool »
 • Dec 16th, 2009:
Follow VectorBase on Twitter »
 • Nov 03rd, 2009:
New expression data: insecticide resistant Vauclin strain »
 • Oct 30th, 2009:
AnoXcel updated »
 • Oct 29th, 2009:
BLAST issues »
 • Oct 09th, 2009:
Newsletter #7 »
 • Oct 01st, 2009:
VectorBase has funding to 2014 »
 • Sep 24th, 2009:
New BLAST interface launched »
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