The poster abstract deadline for the C. elegans topic meeting in Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function and Behavior has been extended! Submissions will be accepted through the end of the day on Friday, May 23. All grad student and postdoc posters will be eligible for poster prizes. Submit your abstract here
Abstracts due today for 2014 C. elegans Topic Meeting!
The 2014 C. elegans “Topics” Meeting, covering Aging, Metabolism, Pathogenesis, Stress, and Small RNAs, will be held July 10-13, 2014 on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Abstracts are due today (May 5th)! Abstracts can be submitted at this site.
WormBase and the "Heartbleed" security issue
Recently, a serious security gap was identified in the software that provides the “secure” component of many websites. Called “Heartbleed“, this issue could possibly affect upwards of 2/3 of websites. Exploits of this issue leave no trace making it particularly vicious.
The WormBase website was also affected.
We have applied recommended security patches and are no longer vulnerable to this issue. We strongly encourage all registered users of WormBase to change their passwords.
Read more about Heartbleed on the NY Times or the original report documenting the issue.
Paper of Interest: Pristionchus population studies
we would like to point out: Characterization of genetic diversity in the nematode Pristionchus pacifi cus from population-scale resequencing data from Christian Rodelsperger, et.al published in Genetics.
It describes the natural populations of Pristionchus spp. based on sequencing of 104 strains of Pristionchus pacificus and its close relative Pristionchus exspectatus.
New issue of The Worm Breeder's Gazette available
Dear Worm Researchers,
Volume 20, Number 1 of The Worm Breeder’s Gazette has been published. In addition to a meeting announcement, several new lab announcements, worm art, and worm humor, this issue contains several articles describing new or improved techniques. These include improvements in the use of whole genome sequencing for mutant identification, a report on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to target cis-regulatory regions, a multiply fluorescent strain for outcrossing Million Mutation Project alleles and linkage mapping, a method to improve growth in primary cultures of C. elegans cells, and an improved method for preserving histological samples.
Please proceed to read the exciting pieces of this new issue, and we look forward to your contribution to our next one.
Thank you for your interest in The Worm Breeder’s Gazette.
Sincerely,
Jane