WormBase has been updated to the WS228 release of the database.
Ascaris suum genome in WormBase
The newly published Ascaris suum genome (Aaron Jex, et al, Nature 2011 Oct 2) is available at WormBase including it’s geneset. The data has been added to GBrowse/BLAT/BLAST and can be downloaded as FASTA/GFF3 files from the WormBase FTP server.
Ascaris suum is a model for other parasitic Ascaris, as well as causing itself economic damage to pig farming. In addition it is known to be resistant to a large number of antihelminth chemicals.
2012 C. elegans Development, Cell Biology, and Gene Expression Meeting
The next C. elegans Development, Cell Biology, and Gene Expression Meeting will be held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 7-10. Keynote Speakers will include Julie Ahringer, David Greenstein, Ken Kemphues, Craig Mello, Karen Oegema, Shai Shaham and Anne Villeneuve. Organizers: E. Jane Hubbard, Jeremy Nance, Martha Soto.
http://www.union.wisc.edu/celegans/index2012.html
Partial service interruption, Saturday 3 Dec 2011
To accomodate a storage upgrade, select elements of the WormBase website will be unavailable on Saturday, 3 December 2011 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (ET; UTC -5). During this time, the following services will be unavailable: the Genome Browser; BLAST, BLAT, ePCR searches; the WormBase wiki; the WormBase blog; and the Worm Community Forum. We apologize for any difficulties this interruption may cause.
modENCODE Data Access Webinar: Dec 1st 2011
The next webinar held by the Data Coordination Center for modENCODE is scheduled for Thursday Dec 1, 12:00 EST. Topic: “Understanding worm and fly chromatin modification data”. It will give an introduction to the data obtained in studies of histone modification marks and chromatin binding proteins. Space is limited so advance registration is necessary. Please email [email protected] to reserve your spot. More details and the schedule are available on the modENCODE site.