The topics meetings for 2008 have been anounced. Three meetings will be held: Development & Evolution; Neuro; and Aging, Stress, & Pathology. See the WormBase Wiki for additional details.
Prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans!
Announcing a prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans: $4000 and the right to suggest the species name! Researchers interested in comparative biology and genomics wish to work with species that are more closely related to C. elegans than to C. brenneri, remanei and briggsae. A guide to the contest and isolation of the species has been prepared by Jim Thomas, Marie-Anne Félix, Scott Baird, Karin Kiontke, Michael Ailion, and David Fitch. Instructions for handling samples are in the guide. Prize money is handled by Paul Sternberg (pws@caltech.edu); contributions to increase the prize are welcome.
New WormMart interface now available
WormBase is pleased to introduce a new interface to WormMart, the data mining tool at WormBase. WormMart is developed as a collaboration between EBI and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Localizome data now available
WS177 includes 1,073 new expression pattern objects from Marc Vidal’s Localizome project. These images provide a new way to compare spatial and temporal expression pattern of different genes. For additional information, see the Localizome Project web site.
New release of WormBase: WS177
WormBase has been updated to the WS177 release of the database.