where every project starts! The essential S. pombe knowledgebase for genes, genome annotation, phenotypes, interactions, expression, protein function, orthologs and literature, with extensive search, visualization and genome-browser tools.
PombeNet (Forsburg lab) Comprehensive S. pombe resource with protocols and recipes, strain construction and genetics, vectors, cell-cycle and chromosome biology references, and practical guides for working with fission yeast.
Bahlerlab resources S. pombe tools for genome engineering, gene-expression analysis, phenotyping, protein interactions and comparative genomics, plus protocols and datasets.
GfG Yeast Genetics Community network, integrated into the German Genetics Society (GfG), connecting researchers across the broad spectrum of yeast genetics and biology, promoting scientific exchange, collaborations and networking, and sharing publications, resources and community activities.
NBRP Yeast Extensive repository for searching and ordering S. pombe strains, plasmids, libraries and DNA resources, alongside comprehensive collections for budding yeast and links to additional yeast resources.
Yeast-R-deep from our neighbors, the Kilchert lab, is a database of RNA-dependent proteins in S. pombe and S. cerevisiae (see also recent their publication in Nucleic Acids Research).
Munich Yeast Meetings (MYM) Annual interdisciplinary yeast research meeting, organized by Kurt Schmoller and Stephan Hamperl at Helmholtz Munich since 2019. This one-day meeting brings together local, national and international researchers in genetics, chromatin, cell and systems biology. The program combines research talks, posters and international keynotes, with a strong emphasis on scientific exchange, networking and early-career researchers.
BioNumbers Database of useful quantitative values in molecular and cell biology, covering everything from molecular abundances and concentrations to cell sizes, reaction rates and generation times, with references to the original literature.
Primer3 and Primer3Plus Comprehensive PCR primer-design tools with extensive control over primer and amplicon parameters (3Plus: defaults optimized for routine wet-lab applications).
BioVenn Easy-to-use web tool for comparing two or three lists of biological identifiers and visualizing their overlap as area-proportional Venn diagrams; also provides the identifiers belonging to each intersection and allows export as SVG or PNG.
Comprehensive resource for modern academic workflows, literature-review and AI tools, with practical guides, tutorials and comparisons covering literature discovery, note-taking, knowledge management, writing and AI-assisted research.
I discovered the note-taking app Obsidian and Ilya Shabanov’s approach to knowledge management through atomic notes in 2023 and have since taken several of his courses. His Effortless Information Management course (formerly Effortless Note Taking) has transformed how I organize my reading and research: instead of notes becoming difficult to find and reuse, they have become part of a connected and accessible knowledge base that I now use throughout my academic work. — Sigurd Braun
Litmaps Literature-discovery and visualization tool using citation networks to find related papers and map connections between them; useful for exploring a field, expanding from key papers and tracking new publications.
Scite AI-powered literature search and citation-analysis platform; Smart Citations show how publications are cited by subsequent work, including whether citations provide supporting or contrasting evidence.
SciSpace — AI research platform for finding, reading and understanding scientific papers, including literature search and review, querying papers and AI-assisted synthesis across publications.
Consensus — AI-powered academic search engine that answers research questions using published scientific literature, synthesizing findings and linking conclusions to the underlying papers.