P. Mooney

TL;DR: The genome of fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe), which contains the smallest number of protein-coding genes yet recorded for a eukaryote, is sequenced and highly conserved genes important for eukARYotic cell organization including those required for the cytoskeleton, compartmentation, cell-cycle control, proteolysis, protein phosphorylation and RNA splicing are identified.

TL;DR: Comparisons of the cytoskeleton and endocytic trafficking systems of Trypanosoma brucei with those of humans and other eukaryotic organisms reveal major differences.

TL;DR: The genome of T. annulata is sequenced and the analysis reveals unequally expanded gene families and species-specific genes, and divergent families of putative secreted polypeptides that may reduce immune recognition.

TL;DR: The sequence of chromosomes 1, 3–9 and 13 of P. falciparum clone 3D7 is reported—these chromosomes account for approximately 55% of the total genome, and a highly conserved sequence element is identified in the intergenic region of internal var genes that is not associated with their telomeric counterparts.

TL;DR: The resource provides a portal through which data generated by the Pathogen Sequencing Unit at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and other collaborating sequencing centres can be made publicly available.