Check out the two new chapters in WormBook, GENETICS, “Life history in Caenorhabditis elegans: from molecular genetics to evolutionary ecology” by Christian Braendle and Analise Paaby, and “Neurogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans” by Richard Poole, Nuria Flames, Luisa Cochella.
New Alliance version recently released
Check out the new release (version 7.4.0) of the Alliance of Genome Resources (Alliance). A notable feature of this release is that it includes ~2.5 million variants of clinical significance from ClinVar! To learn more about this release see the Release Notes.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been named the 2024 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work on microRNAs.
We extend our hearty congratulations to Victor and Gary for this outstanding achievement and their years of service to the C. elegans community and beyond!
New top 10 community list for ACKnowledge data
Thanks to all our community curators for their contributions to the ACKnowledge project! The new top 10 list is available on WormBase, check it out!
New WormBook chapters about extracellular vesicles and the cuticle
Check out the two new chapters in WormBook, GENETICS: Extracellular vesicles by Juan Wang, Maureen Barr, and Ann Wehman and The Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle and precuticle: a model for studying dynamic apical extracellular matrices in vivo by Meera Sundaram and Nathalie Pujol.