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| Agronomist/Geneticist Position Open Posted on Thursday, November 21st, 2019 An Agronomist/Geneticist position is open at the Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Unit in Urbana, IL. The person hired will serve as the curator of the USDA/ARS National Soybean Germplasm Collection providing technical direction and guidance in producing high-quality, well-characterized soybean germplasm and conducting research on the maintenance, genetic diversity, characterization, enhancement, and evaluation of germplasm. This is a mixed position combining service (60%) and research (40%). The position announcement may be viewed at USAjobs and will be available from Wednesday, November 20, 2019 to Thursday, December 05, 2019. For information regarding this opportunity contact Leslie Domier. | ||
| Gene Expression Data Available in Gene Model Reports Posted on Thursday, October 31st, 2019 Gene model expression data is now available in the SoyBase gene model report page. Images of tissue expression is supplied by eFP and ePlant at the University of Toronto. Tabular data are also available for many GEO datasets. | ||
| 2020 Soybean Breeders' Workshop Date Change Posted on Monday, September 30th, 2019 | ||
| Soybean Pangenome Search Page Available Posted on Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 | ||
| Expression Study GSE42550 available in the SoyBase Genome Viewer Posted on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 | ||
| Upcoming Events | |
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| World Soybean Research Conference XI From: 9-6-2020 To: 9-11-2020 | |
| 2020 Soybean Breeders' Workshop From: 03-02-2020 To: 03-04-2020 | |
| 2020 Seed Composition Workshop -- Preliminary Announcement From: 3-4-2020 To: 3-5-2020 | |
| SOY2020 From: 8-16-2020 To: 8-19-2020 | |
| 2020 Seed Composition Workshop From: 3-4-2020 To: 3-5-2020 | |
Results of a search at SoyBase are presented in two complementary ways.
The user-submitted search term is used to find exact lexical matches to the name or description of data objects in SoyBase (QTL, genes, etc.). If an exact match is not found, and when the search term was two or more words, then a further search is done using the individual words. These text-based matches are reported in the Text column of the results table.
The goal of the ontology search is to identify data objects in SoyBase that are related to the search term but which might not have the exact search word(s) in their name or description. Data in SoyBase are tagged using a soybean-specific ontology termed a SOYnumber (SOY#). The user-submitted search term is used to search this SoyBase ontology for an exact match. If an exact match is not found, and when the search term was two or more words, the individual words are used in an additional search. Once a match is found its SOY# is used to traverse the ontology tree to identify related terms. These terms are then used to find SoyBase objects that are related to those directly identified by the search term. These ontology-based matches are reported in the Ontology column of the results table.
Occasionally unrelated SoyBase data objects will be reported in the Ontology-based results along with the correctly identified ones. This is an unavoidable consequence of the the way we have structured the underlying trait, structure and development ontologies at SoyBase. For example a search for 'protein' also returns 'oil'-related objects since both are seed components.
| Data Category | Search Was Performed Against |
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| Genetic Marker | Genetic Markers (SNPs, SSRs, etc.). |
| Gene | Gene records (ex. Glyma.15g026400, Fad2-1). |
| QTL | Bi-Parental QTL and GWAS QTL collections. |
| Germplasm Collections | The Induced Mutant and Uniform Field Trial records. |
| Publications | Paper records and abstracts held within the Soybase data set. |
| Sitemap, News & Tutorials | SoyBase Sitemap, News archive, Upcoming meetings and Tutorials. |
As an example of how these two searching capabilities can be helpful, a search for 'oil' will return those QTL that contain the word 'oil' in their name ('Seed oil', 'Seed oil to protein ratio', etc.) in the QTL line of the Text column. The Ontology column will contain these QTL along with the related QTL 'Seed palmitate', 'Seed oleic', etc.
Note: Because of the idiosyncratic ways that authors name phenotypic and developmental traits it is always advisable to look through the Ontology-based results, even when the submitted search term seems unambiguous. This can reveal additional SoyBase objects that might have been missed using exact text matching.
