The 15th International C. elegans meeting begins today at UCLA. Be
sure to visit the various
WormBase presentations while at the meeting.
WormBase Position at Caltech
WormBase/Caltech has an open position for a Biological Curator. Please
contact Paul Sternberg (pws@caltech.edu) for information.
New Release of WormBase, WS144
WormBase has been updated to the WS144 release of the database. This
release includes updated versions of Uniprot BLASTP and BLASTX
analyses.
Two additional nematode genomes in sequencing pipeline
Two additional nematode genomes are now in the sequencing
pipeline. Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, an entomopathogenic nematode
used in insect control, has been approved for sequencing by NHGRI but
not yet assigned to a sequencing center. Haemonchus
contortus, an economically important sheep and goat nematode
parasite, is currently being sequenced at the Wellcome Trust Sanger
Institute. These additions will bring the total number of sequenced
nematode genomes to ten in the near future.
First set of gene interaction data available
WormBase has added ~4000 (some redundant) genetic and regulatory
interactions to the database. These interactions were extracted from
the C. elegans literature using Textpresso. Interactions are
available on the Gene Summary
pages. Please send us your comments
and corrections.