The abstract deadline for The 24th Internal C. elegans Meeting (#worm23) is 30 days from today. The meeting will be held June 24-28, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Don’t delay – submit your abstract today!
WormBase ParaSite is hiring
Got a passion for parasitic worm genomics? Join our team! We’re hiring a bioinformatician at University of Glasgow. The succesfull applicant will work on a range of data analysis, data integration, curatorial and community-engagement activities for WormBase ParaSite. This will include driving annotation improvements within WB-PS by developing new workflows, and enabling updates from the research community. The post is available either for an experienced bioinformatician or a less experienced bioinformatician that wants to further develop their skills. For more information and to apply click here.
–WormBase ParaSite team
WormBase, Alliance named Global Core Biodata Resources
We are happy and proud to announce that WormBase and the Alliance of Genome Resources (Alliance) have been listed as “biodata resources that are of fundamental importance to the wider biological and life sciences community and the long term preservation of biological data” by the Global Biodata Coalition (GBC). Congratulations to all and thanks to our users who continue to support us!
WormBase ParaSite needs your help!
Please help us secure future funding. We appeal to all labs that use our resource to endorse our proposal using this link by 21st December. Thank you!
-WormBase Parasite team
2023 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program – MENTEE sign-ups!
The Mentor Match committee is happy to announce Phase 2 of the 2023 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program – MENTEE sign-ups!
MENTEES can be postdocs or faculty members at any career stage. You can be both a MENTEE and a MENTOR of more junior researchers if appropriate.
MENTEES, please sign up here by December 31, 2022.
See our fantastic list of 80 available MENTORS to choose from here.
As a MENTEE, you can:
- Be paired with a specific MENTOR and/or join a PEER MENTORING group
- Get advice about the next steps in your career
- Get a broader perspective from outside your specific lab and institution
- Benefit from the knowledge and experience of other C. elegans researchers who have navigated similar paths or challenges
For further information about the program, please see this link.
Please forward this email to any C. elegans postdocs or faculty members who you think might be interested in this program.
With best wishes,
– The C. elegans Community Mentor Match committee for 2022-23
Meera Sundaram
Andrea Calixto Mohor
Heather Bennett
Brent Derry
Jon Hibshman
Massimo Hilliard
Sandhya Koushika
Jeff Medley
Dan Shaye
Sander van den Heuvel