The second WormBase mirror
site has been set up at Caltech. This site, together with the first WormBase mirror site in
Greece, will promote the accessiblity of WormBase worldwide. WormBase
freeze version WS120 site has
been set up. It’s the third genome freeze site.
Launch of CisOrtho: a program for finding transcription factor binding sites
A HMMER based software for identifying transcription factor binding
sites in C. elegans and C. briggsae. Read user
manual (PDF file) and run program.
European Worm Meeting 2004 open for registration
The meeting
will be held in Interlaken, Switzerland, 22-25 May 2004.
Sockeye now generates PCR primers in C. elegans
Another prize for Lincoln Stein, Co-PI of WormBase
Lincoln Stein has been named 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award in
Bioinformatics laureate. He has also recently been named “Most
Innovative in Biotechnology” by Genome Technology magazine.