Recent News

Sep
01
2008

New easy access to PlantCyc species

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Have you ever wondered what information PlantCyc has about apples, bluebells, or carrots? To find out more, please come visit the newly created PlantCyc species page found on the "Databases" submenu.

  • Quickly link to all of the pathways with curated information for your favorite species
  • Browse through the list of over 250 species, from Abies grandis to Zingiber officinale
  • Help the PMN expand its species coverage by contributing pathway, reaction, or enzyme information for even more plants
Aug
01
2008

New PRIMe Metabolomics Links

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  • Come see new links to metabolite identification resources and data analysis tools from PRIMe on our Metabolomics Resources page.
  • While you're there, explore the array of helpful websites you can access through these pages.
Jun
17
2008

PMN launches PlantCyc 1.0

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On June 17, 2008, PlantCyc made its web debut, containing biochemical pathways from over 250 plant species. The multi-organism database brings together more than 2000 reactions, and includes a total of over 500 pathways.

Jun
01
2008

PMN Roadshow . . . come make connections at upcoming conferences

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An important part of the PMN mandate is to encourage interactions and data exchange within the metabolic research community. So, please come meet the PMN staff, give us feedback, and learn about how PMN can help your research at the following conferences in the summer of 2008:

Feb
21
2008

Carnegie Canada Kick-off Jamboree!

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Members of the PMN welcomed collaborators from the University of Calgary (David Liscombe, Jeorg Ziegler, Peter Facchini), the Canadian National Research Council - Plant Biotechnology Institute (Dustin Cram, Jonathan Page (via WebX)), and Cornell University (Anuradha Pujar) to an organizational meeting and curatorial jamboree. The Carnegie Canada cross-border cooperative effort will seek to improve our understanding of the metabolism of two plants with great pharmcalogical value: Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) and Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp). The meeting generated a roadmap of immediate and long-term goals for the BIACyc (Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid Cyc) and CannaCyc (Cannabaceae Cyc) projects and included a pathway update party where experts in the field of alkaloid metabolism helped curators to improve existing pathways and suggested new pathways for inclusion in PlantCyc and MetaCyc.

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The PMN is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant #: 1546838, 1026003 and 0640769) and the Department of Energy (BER Grant #:  ER65472), governed by an Editorial Board composed of internationally renowned scientists, and executed at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology.