About

The Genome Database for Vaccinium (GDV) is a curated and integrated web-based relational database. The GDV is being developed to house and integrate genomic, genetic and breeding data for blueberry, cranberry and other Vaccinium species. The GDV will include the blueberry genome being sequenced by North Carolina State University, and annotated transcripts, traits, maps and markers being generated by Vaccinium researchers. The GDV is implemented using Chado and Drupal (Tripal) and will include public and private sites to meet individual research group needs.

Why do we need a Genome Database for Vaccinium?

The amount of genetic research data for Vaccinium is steadily increasing and there is a need for a system that can organize, filter and provide analysis of the available research to be directly applied in breeding programs. The idea of creating this database emerged from several group discussions, in which scientists, breeders, data curators, university professors and bioinformaticians started working on the publicly available genetic and genomic information to make it available for practical use in breeding programs.

The GDV Team

Dr. Dorrie Main Principal Investigator	Dr. Sook Jung Co-Principal Investigator	Dr. Jodi Humann Research Associate	Dr. Ping Zheng Research Associate	Morgan Frank Data Curator
Chun-Huai Cheng Developer	Taein Lee Developer	Katheryn Buble Developer	Heidi Hough Database Administrator	Kristin Scott Undergraduate Data Curator

GDV Usage (tracked by Google Analytics)

Year	Number of sessions	Number of users	Number of countries	Number of pageviews
2022	11,235	6,136	90	95,163
2021	10,922	5,643	94	101,998
2020	9,110	5,465	88	66,694
2019	6,832	4,746	92	39,904
2018	4,723	3,006	88	30,437
2017	3,549	2,267	91	21,781
2016	2,054	1,560	83	6,393
2015	1,669	1,221	71	6,875
2014	1,708	1,320	86	5,271
2013	1,735	1,329	84	5,834
2012	1,651	1,120	84	5,898
2011	1,463	835	75	8,810