As part of a new series of posts exploring the C. elegans research community, we’ll periodically be announcing new labs as they join the field.

17 new labs were registered with WormBase and the CGC during the WS248 and WS249 releases of WormBase. Please join us in welcoming these labs to the community!

PI	Lab Code	Allele Code	Institute	Website
Amir Sapir	AMS	win	University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon, Israel	lab website
Buck S. Samuel	BIG	sml	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	lab website
Brent Neumann	BXN	cjn	Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia	lab website
Diana E. Libuda	DLW	lib	University of Oregon, Eugene, OR	lab website
Eric Greer	EZE	elg	Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	lab website
Florian Steiner	FAS	uge	University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland	lab website
Frank Schroeder	FCS	asc	Cornell University, Ithaca NY	lab website
Kris Gunsalus	GKC	uae	New York University, NY	lab website
Takaaki Hirotsu	HRT	frm	Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Howard Riezman	HRW	gva	University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland	lab website
Takeshi Adachi	QE	var	Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Japan
Scott Rifkin	QY	sar	University of California, San Diego, CA	lab website
Shih-Peng Chan	SPN	chs	National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhou Du	SYS	dev	Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Nate Dudley	TCB	nat	TrySci Community Biolabs, Independence, MO	lab website
Peter Sarkies	TEE	lcs	Imperial College, London, UK	lab website
Taro Ogurusu	TOG	ogr	Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan