C. elegans community at the GSA Allied Genetics Conference

by Leave a Comment

We are excited to work with the Genetics Society of America to bring the worm community into the Allied Genetics Meeting and would like to announce that abstract submission is open. This will be a great opportunity for us to come together in C. elegans sessions to hear the latest on cell biology, small RNAs, aging, neurobiology, and all of our other favorite topics. We have some great keynote speakers, worm games, and lots of talks from the abstracts, and the best poster prize winners will get registration/domestic travel to the C. elegans appropriate topic meeting. Also, check out this link for info on undergraduate travel awards (open through Nov. 8, 2024), onsite childcare options, and grants for childcare/dependent attendance.

Keynote speakers include:
Oded Rechavi, Tel Aviv Univ
Sui Sylvia Lee, Cornell Univ
Swathi Arur, MD Anderson
David Fay, Univ of Wyoming
Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins Univ

The intersectional nature of this conference also means we can see what’s going on with the other model systems in shared sessions. Also, we all know the worm community has the best sense of humor! David Fay (@WyomingWormBoy) will lead a comedy show for the entire community. Hope to see you there!

–The Organizing committee: David Katz, Michelle Mondoux, Erin Cram, Aakanksha Singhvi, Amy Walker

New JBrowse 2 release

by Leave a Comment

We decided to release an updated JBrowse 2 after feedback from users at the International Worm Meeting. There are several new items in this release:

  • There is now a Help menu item specifically for WormBase users.
  • The CRISPR related tracks have been ported over from JBrowse 1.
  • The CeNDR track has been returned to functioning.
  • The details panel for genes now has a link to that gene at the Alliance of Genome Resources

Of course, if you experience any issues with JBrowse 2 or any other part of WormBase, please let us know.

JBrowse 2: Sharing views

by Leave a Comment

Sharing views in JBrowse 2 is not as easy as it is in JBrowse 1, but there is also more power in the ability to share views and data. In JBrowse 1, the entire state of the “core” view is always encoded in the URL: if you copy the URL from the browser’s location bar and send it to someone, they will get the same view as the original user. This has several limits though: if the user has loaded local data, no information about it would get into the URL. The same is true if the user has created a sequence search track: that information is not encoded in the URL.

[Read more…]

Bring your questions, comments and suggestions to WormBase staff at IWM 2023!

by Leave a Comment

WormBase is excited and looking forward to being in Glasgow for IWM 2023! We have many activities scheduled including a plenary talk in the evening on June 24th, the WormBase workshop in the afternoon of June 25th which will present and discuss data and tools in WormBase and the Alliance of Genome Resources, and the WormBase and microPublication booth that will be open from June 25th to June 27th. Come visit us with your questions, comments and suggestions at any of these occassions, we’d be happy to talk to you!

Three more days to contribute to WB community curation to WIN PRIZES at the IWM in Glasgow!

by Leave a Comment

You have 3 more days to make it to the top 10! Submit your data now, the deadline for submission is June 10th, 2023. The top submitter (Paul Sternberg, excluded!) will win a voucher for a microPublication ($250 value!). Additional prizes will be awarded at the WormBase booth. Access the submission forms here.