WormBase thanks Jonathan Hodgkin for years of superb community service handling genetic nomenclature. Tim Schedl will now serve as the genetic nomenclature coordinator and arbiter.
John Spieth, Tamberlyn Bieri and Phil Ozersky at the Washington University at St. Louis have retired from WormBase as of July 31. We thank them for more than a decade of tireless curation of C. elegans and other nematode sequence and gene models.
Recently, we released WormMine (available from the ‘Tools’ drop-down menu on WormBase), a data-mining tool of WormBase data. Be sure to check out the templates that we have created. Templates are ready-made queries useful for learning how to construct your own queries. To find them, look for the “Templates” tab at the top of WormMine next to the “Home” tab. Please note that this is a beta version of the tool that contains a subset of WormBase data. Later this year, WormMine will replace our previous data mining tool, WormMart.
We are establishing a European support network for junior C. elegans group leaders. GENIE aims to: (1) promote knowledge and people exchange across European young worm groups; (2) enhance Europe-wide collaborations and short-term mobility; (3) raise the profile and exposure of young European worm groups. To realise these aims we will create a network website and mailing list, organise an annual meeting and make a variety of small travel, exchange and seminar grants available.
BUT first we need to hear from YOU (to get feedback/ideas on what you would like to see on the final website and to coordinate funding applications).
If you are a junior nematode group leader in Europe please visit our temporary signup page at www.worm-genie.eu to leave your details and you will hear from us in the very near future.
Thanks!
GENIE Coordinators: Sophie Jarriault ([email protected]), Peter Meister ([email protected]) and Richard Poole ([email protected])