Registration
for the 2004 West Coast Worm Meeting, to be held at the University of
California, Santa Barbara, Aug. 21-24, is now available. The deadlines
are Friday, July 2, midnight PDT for submission of abstracts, and
Thursday, July 15, midnight PDT for early registration.
Caenorhabditis Genome Sequencing Update
The whole genome shotgun sequencing phase of C. remanei has
been completed and the ~1.43 million reads can be searched using BLAST.
Fosmid end reads are in progress to be followed by 2 rounds of
automated finishing, which should result in a high-quality draft
assembly by the end of the summer. C. japonica and
CB5161 are being backcrossed and checked for heterozygosity.
They are scheduled for whole genome shotgun sequencing in August and
December.
Midwest Meeting Registration is open
The meeting will take place at the University of Kansas June 11-13,
with an early registration deadline of May 21st. Information, online
registration and abstract submission are available.
East Coast Worm Meeting Registration
Online registration
for the East Coast Worm Meeting is now available. The meeting will
take place June 11th-13th at Yale University. The registration
deadline is May 21st.
New anatomy ontology browser
A new anatomy ontology browser is
now available for browsing and querying the anatomy ontology. For
example, view the ontology for the M1 motor neuron.