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Worms sleep when confined in microfluidic chambers
To find out how, keep reading below:
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/microfluidic-chambers-trigger-sleep-in-c–elegans–66754
Once bitten – twice shy
C. elegans remember eating pathogenic Pseudomonas and pass on the information to the next generation. To find out how, click on the link below
2019 December 13
The C. briggsae website (briggsae.org) underwent a major change last week. The site has migrated to a new hosting provider and running on WordPress CMS. This represents a significant shift from old-fashioned HTML coding and site management. Going forward, it should be easier to update and maintain the contents.
Ren et al. (2018) report C. nigoni genome sequence assembly and improved C. briggsae assembly
Ren et al. (2018). Genomic basis of recombination suppression in the hybrid between Caenorhabditis briggsae and C. nigoni. Nucleic Acid Research.
https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/46/3/1295/4793371
The cb4 C. briggsae assembly contains 5,997 gaps (represented by ‘Ns’) and 361 contigs not anchored to any chromosome (‘unassigned’). Ren et al. filled 2,304 gaps by replacing ~240 kbs on six chromosomes and partially closed gaps in ‘unassigned contigs’ and extended ~800 kb sequences. This resulted in a total of ~1,040 kb of new sequence data. The authors also anchored 124 of 361 ‘unassigned’ contigs that added ~1.8 Mb back to individual chromosomes.
2015 March 15
The 20th International C. elegans meeting will be held this year June 26-30 in Los Angeles. Read more about it here.
The C. elegans topic meeting Development, Cell Biology and Gene Expression will be held July 13-17, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Visit the website for details.
‘Mind of a Worm’ is one of the most significant research papers published by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society over its 350 year history! Read more about it here.