WormBase has been updated to the WS180 release of the database. This release will become the 9th frozen referential release of WormBase. Details about availability of the WS180 frozen site and raw data files will be posted shortly.
Bigger prize for isolation of C. elegans sister species
The prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans has been increassed to $5000! A guide to the contest and isolation of the species has been prepared by Jim Thomas, Marie-Anne Felix, Scott Baird, Karin Kiontke, Michael Ailion, and David Fitch. Prize money is handled by Paul Sternberg ([email protected]); contributions to increase the prize are welcome.
Survey: Ecology and Evolution of Nematodes meeting
We are conducting a survey to see how many people would likely attend a
major conference on the Evolution & Ecology of Nematodes. For details, please see this poston the Worm Community Forums.
New release of WormBase: WS179
WormBase has been updated to the WS179 release [release notes] of the database. The WS179 virtual machine is available on the WormBase FTP site.
WormBook: New chapters and personnel
WormBook experienced some staff changes in the last couple of months. WormBook Editor Lisa Girard and Program Developer and Web Publisher Tristan Fiedler left WormBook in July and August. Jane Mendel, a WormBook author and Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at Caltech, joined WormBook as the new Editor. During the transition period, WormBook expanded the Post-embryonic development section with a new chapter Dauer.