Take note! Author First Pass Version 3 now in production!

WormBase is excited to announce the release of a newly updated version of Author First Pass (AFP). Based on valuable feedback from our users, we’ve made several improvements, including:

  • Acknowledge author contributions on WormBase Paper and Person pages
  • Improved accuracy of entity extraction
  • Simplified data entry and updated instructions for data submission
  • Created a link to the ‘WormBase AFP Webinar‘ video
  • Updated the FAQs

Further enhancements and details are available in the V3 Release Notes.

As always, thank you to the awesome C. elegans community for your participation and input; we look forward to seeing your future submissions!

New link for all chapters of WormBook in GENETICS!

GENETICS and G3 are now published by Oxford University Press. WormBook is prominently featured on the GENETICS homepage, and all WormBook chapters that have been published in GENETICS  are now accessible on the Oxford site.  There are 28 superb chapters already published spanning many areas of worm biology.  And there are many more in the pipeline, which you’ll see announced here as they are published. 

G3 homepage:  https://academic.oup.com/g3journal

GENETICS homepage:  https://academic.oup.com/genetics

WormBook in GENETICS series homepage:  https://academic.oup.com/genetics/pages/wormbook