WormBase now displays the nucleotide
alignments of ORFeome v1.1 reads (“OSTs”) to the genome. This
data provides EST-like information about transcript splicing patterns.
Worms Survive Space Shuttle Crash
The Washington Post reports that the C. elegans
worms sent into space on the space shuttle Columbia for a synthetic
nutrient experiment survived the shuttle’s fiery reentry, and were
recovered, reproducing happily, in their sealed containment vessels.