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WormBook is a comprehensive, open-access collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters covering topics related to the biology of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes. Wormbook also contains WormMethods, a collection of protocols for nematode researchers, and the Worm Breeder's Gazette, an informal, non-refereed, biannual newsletter for the interchange of ideas and information related to C. elegans and other nematodes.

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August 11, 2011

New Worm Breeder's Gazette Published: Volume 18, Number 4
A new issue of The Worm Breeder's Gazette is now available! This issue includes a description of new software for managing gene lists, instructions on how to run your own WormBase via Amazon's Cloud, improvements in automated lineage tracking and in RNAi feeding of multiple genes, and several other useful articles. We thank the authors and the worm community for contributing to the Worm Breeder's Gazette.

Submissions for the next Volume are due December 5, 2011. You can submit articles online anytime. Please see the instructions for authors for details.

December 18, 2010

Third issue of the Worm Breeder's Gazette now available

Volume 18, number 3 of the Worm Breeder's Gazette is now available at http://www.wormbook.org/wbg/, or by clicking the Gazette cover. This issue includes new protocols for mounting worms for microscopy, preparation of dauer larvae, and establishing gradients for chemotaxis assays. Additional articles describe sequence corrections, new software, expression profiles, neural networks, available expression clones, and studies of chemotaxis and self recognition.

October 4, 2010

Neurogenesis chapter updated

'Neurogenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans' by Oliver Hobert has been added to the Neurobiology and behavior section. This new chapter is an update and expansion of his previous chapter, 'Specification of the nervous system'.

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