High Efficiency Mating of CLiP Library Strains

We have recently found that when mutants in the CMJ030 (mt-) background are crossed to standard lab strain 21 gr (mt+), the “Sager strain”, high efficiency mating and zygote germination is obtained. Because 21 gr has a cell wall (CW15+) and it is wild-type for nitrate reductase (NIT+), it should be possible in a single … Continued

20,000 Chlamy Library Mutants Available!

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your support of the Chlamy Mutant Library project! We are pleased to announce that many more mutants are now available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center. There are now over 20,000 mutants total, covering 10,301 genes (58% of the genome)! Strains can be searched and ordered through this website: https://www.chlamylibrary.org/ A manuscript describing … Continued

Postdoctoral Position in Microalgae Research

This position is for a postdoctoral fellow with experience in Chlamydomonas. The project is part of a larger DOE collaboration focused on approaches to improve biomass and lipid production in microalgae. The work will take place at the NASA Ames Research Center in California and is centered on the molecular and biochemical aspects at the … Continued

First Batch of CLiP Mutants Now Available!

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your support of the Chlamy Mutant Library project! We are pleased to announce that the first batch of ~1,900 mutants are now available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center. Strains can be searched and ordered at this website: https://www.chlamylibrary.org/. A manuscript describing this collection has been provisionally accepted and should be … Continued

Chlamy mutant library, update

Dear Chlamy community, We have set up another opportunity for labs who haven’t yet received a mutant from the pilot collection to obtain one [see previous announcement below, posted in December]. If you are interested, please see the website below and use the form at the bottom to submit a request by June 23rd, 2014. … Continued

Batch conversion of Chlamydomonas gene identifiers

The tool for converting batches of Chlamydomonas gene identifiers between different annotation versions has been updated to include all versions from JGI v3 onwards. The tool is available here: http://pathways.mcdb.ucla.edu/algal/id_conversion.html The versions that can be converted are JGI v3, v4, v4.3 (Augustus u10.2), v5.3.1, v5.5 as well as Augustus u5 and u9 and GenBank accessions … Continued