WormBook now contains over 80 published contributions. Chapters recently added to WormBook include: Somatic sex determination, RTKRas/MAP kinase signaling, Mechanism and regulation of translation in C. elegans, Homologs of the Hh signalling network in C. elegans, Cell division, A quick tour of nematode diversity and the backbone of nematode phylogeny, Signaling in the immune response, Germline chromatin, Germline genomics, Intracellular trafficking, and Nomarski images for learning the anatomy, with tips for mosaic analysis. For a monthly email containing information about new additions to WormBook, please sign up at www.wormbook.org/announce.html.
WormBase content now searchable via Google
A large portion of the content of WormBase is now searchable by Google. To restrict a Google search to the contents of WormBase, use the format site:www.wormbase.org YOUR TERMS (for example site:www.wormbase.org exocytosis). Please note that the cached content at Google may not be as up-to-date as that at WormBase. We will be providing a mechanism to use Google to search WormBase directly in the next few days.
Summer topic meeting registration available
Registration and information for the summer topic meeting #2 on “Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function, & Behavior” is now available. Additional information may be available on the WormBaseWiki.
WormBase offline for server upgrade
WormBase will be unavailable for approximately 10 minutes beginning at 7PM EST (GMT -5) for a hardware upgrade.
WormBaseWiki now available
WormBase is pleased to introduce the WormBaseWiki, a site to share announcements about meetings, protocols, job opportunites, or anything pertinent to working with C. elegans. The WormBaseWiki will also contain sections on using the site, FAQs, and data mining tutorials. You must be a registered user in order to contribute. We are also looking for individuals to patrol the content of the Wiki periodically. If you would like to volunteer to monitor individual sections of the Wiki, please contact Todd Harris (harris@cshl.edu).