We would like to congratulate Marie-Anne Felix, Asher Cutter and Christian Braendle on their publication in PLoS One, which describes new name designations for 15 new nematode species.
Of special interest to WormBase users:
Update of Meloydogyne incognita
The new WormBase release of WS243 will include an update to the Meloidogyne incognita assembly, which is based on scaffolding the original data published in 2008.
It will be available from the M.incognita section of the WormBase FTP site, as well as from a Genome Browser and as orthologs from already existing gene pages.
Users wishing use M. incognita data obtained from WormBase in publication should cite the following:
Abad P et al. Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Nat Biotechnol. 2008 Aug;26(8):909-15.
new Pristionchus species in WS243
Thanks to the contribution of new sequencing data on Pristionchus spp. populations as described in “Characterization of genetic diversity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus from population-scale resequencing data” by Christian Roedelsperger, et.al, published in Genetics, the next WormBase release (WS243) will include Pristionchus exspectatus as a new species.
The new data will be available through the FTP site, a Genome Browser and as orthologs from already existing gene pages.
Necator americanus
The new WS243 release will include the genome of the New World Hookworm Necator americanus. The genome assembly and geneset has been provided by Makedonka Mietreva’s group at the Washington University of St.Louis.
The genome itself and further analysis has been published as:
Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus.
Tang YT, Gao X, Rosa BA, Abubucker S, Hallsworth-Pepin K, Martin J, Tyagi R, Heizer E, Zhang X, Bhonagiri-Palsikar V, Minx P, Warren WC, Wang Q, Zhan B, Hotez PJ, Sternberg PW, Dougall A, Gaze ST, Mulvenna J, Sotillo J, Ranganathan S, Rabelo EM, Wilson RK, Felgner PL, Bethony J, Hawdon JM, Gasser RB, Loukas A, Mitreva M. Nat Genet. 2014 Jan 19. doi: 10.1038/ng.2875
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