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.
Prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans!
Announcing a prize for the isolation of a sister species to C. elegans: $4000 and the right to suggest the species name! Researchers interested in comparative biology and genomics wish to work with species that are more closely related to C. elegans than to C. brenneri, remanei and briggsae. A guide to the contest and isolation of the species has been prepared by Jim Thomas, Marie-Anne Félix, Scott Baird, Karin Kiontke, Michael Ailion, and David Fitch. Instructions for handling samples are in the guide. Prize money is handled by Paul Sternberg ([email protected]); contributions to increase the prize are welcome.
May additions to WormBook
Several sections in WormBook grew this month with the publication of four new chapters. WormBook has further expanded its coverage of nematodes other than C. elegans this month with the addition of “Strongyloides spp.” and “Genomics and biology of the nematode Caenorhabditis. briggsae” to the Genetics and genomics section. Additionally, “C. elegans and volatile anesthetics” was added to the Disease models and drug discovery section and “Roles of chromatin factors in C. elegans development” was recently published in the Molecular biology section. In order to find out about new additions to WormBook, please sign up for email notifications or access the WormBook RSS feed.
March additions to WormBook
This month, WormBook was pleased to launch its Disease models and drug discovery section with the publication of “Obesity and the regulation of fat metabolism“. Additionally, “The cuticle” was added to the Cell biology section and the Developmental control section expanded its coverage of early developmental events with the publication of “The C. elegans intestine“. In order to find out about new additions to WormBook, please sign up at www.wormbook.org/announce.html or access the WormBook RSS feed. Also, if you have not yet completed the WormBook Reader Survey, please take a few minutes to do so.
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