SGD General Help
What is SGD?
The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD, https://www.yeastgenome.org) is the community resource for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. For more information about the SGD project, including how to cite SGD and project funding details, please visit our About page.
The following general help resources are available for users to get an overview of SGD:
Yeast as a model organism
Get a general introduction to yeast and its uses on our “What are yeast?” page, found in the SGD Community Wiki.
SGD data types
The following are links to help documents for common specific data types found at SGD:
Useful tools
YeastMine
YeastMine (YM) offers a quick, powerful way to search the data in SGD, providing basic searches and flexible ways to customize your search for more advanced queries.
JBrowse
SGD’s instance of JBrowse provides a lightweight and fast web visualization environment for published genomic datasets.
Useful links
Please visit our page with Useful SGD Links.
Video tutorials
SGD has created short video tutorials that describe specific aspects of tools and features at SGD.
Citing SGD
Please visit our information page on citing SGD.
Contacting SGD
Please send comments or questions to the SGD project by emailing us at: