Hello ORDB User Group and ORDB Advisory Committee

I am happy to report that we have made significant progress in populating ORDB. The database currently houses more than 7100 chemosensory receptor sequences (up from approximately 5000 in November 2003). This increase reflects recent developments in chemosensory receptor research, with the greatest increases being in taste receptors genes identified and reported. ORDB contains more than two thousand TPRs (Taste Papilla Receptors).

We have recently added more than seventy five canine olfactory receptors that were mined from the canine genome. The citation to this work is: Tsviya Olender, Tania Fuchs, Chaim Linhart, Ron Shamir,Mark Adams, Francis Kalush, Miriam Khen and Doron Lancet, Genomics. In Press. (2003)

As promised, we have instituted new search programs within ORDB. Users can now search on multiple receptor attributes (properties). Users can access the Search page by clicking the link "Search" on the panel on the left hand side of this page. Alternatively, users may use the following link: SEARCH
This feature will help users to conduct focused searches or extract large amounts of information from ORDB. For example, go to TUTORIAL to learn how nucleotide gene sequences of canine olfactory receptors can be searched and extracted from ORDB.

ORDB users will have noticed that the term "OR" in the database has been replaced with CR; and, Olfactory Receptors has been replaced by Chemosensory Receptors. These changes have been brought about thanks to user-suggestions. The changes reflect the diversity of chemosensory receptor gene sequences in ORDB.
However, we continue with the overall name of ORDB because of its recognition in the community, pending further input from users and advice from the Advisory Committee.

As always, your continuing suggestions will significantly aid future improvements and development.

Please visit the ORDB at http://senselab.med.yale.edu/senselab/ordb

Thank You,

Chiquito Crasto, Ph.D.
ORDB Scientific Coordinator
Section of Neurobiology and Center for Medical Informatics
Yale University Medical School
New Haven, CT

chiquito.crasto@yale.edu
(203)737-5252

Previous Reports

• January 2003
• December 2001
• September 2001
• March 2001
• January 2001
• December2000
• October/November2000
• September2000
• August2000
• June/July2000