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Mechanosensation methods updated in WormBook
Dear Worm Researchers,
Assaying mechanosensation, by Marty Chalfie, Anne Hart, Cathy Rankin, and Miriam Goodman, has been published in the Behavioral assays section of WormMethods. This chapter updates and expands the mechanosensation assays currently found in the 2006 chapter, Behavior, edited by Anne Hart. In addition to updating assays for gentle and harsh touch, precipice response, nictation, head withdrawal and foraging, tap reflex, habituation to tap, and nose touch, the new chapter describes mechanical stimulation during electrical or optical recording.
Please proceed to read this chapter and others on nematode biology at http://www.wormbook.org/. If you have any comments or suggestions, please submit them via the Feedback page on wormbook.org.
Thank you for your interest in WormBook,
Jane Mendel
Editor, WormBook
Worm Breeders Gazette submission deadline
Dear Worm Researchers,
The deadline for submissions to the next issue of The Worm Breeder’s Gazette is Monday, September 15, with publication following about a week later. While we will accept all articles, we would like to emphasize CRISPR methodology in this issue. So, if you have developed or improved any techniques you think would be useful to the community, please take the time to write up your protocol and submit it at http://www.wormbook.org/wbg/.
In addition to articles summarizing research, we also welcome announcements (particularly for new labs), editorials, humor, and artwork.
Articles should be a single page in length.
Looking forward to your contributions to the Gazette,
Jane
Jane Mendel
Editor, WormBook
Poster abstract deadline extended for Neuro Topic Meeting 2014!
The poster abstract deadline for the C. elegans topic meeting in Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function and Behavior has been extended! Submissions will be accepted through the end of the day on Friday, May 23. All grad student and postdoc posters will be eligible for poster prizes. Submit your abstract here
Abstracts due today for 2014 C. elegans Topic Meeting!
The 2014 C. elegans “Topics” Meeting, covering Aging, Metabolism, Pathogenesis, Stress, and Small RNAs, will be held July 10-13, 2014 on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Abstracts are due today (May 5th)! Abstracts can be submitted at this site.