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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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The Worm Breeder's Gazette
Volume 19, Number 3
February 2013

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March 14 2013

Pristionchus pacificus protocols updated in WormMethods

Pristionchus pacificus protocols has been revised and greatly expanded by Andre Pires da Silva. In addition to updated protocols for freezing, mutagenesis, deletion libraries and gene knockdown in P. pacificus, the revised chapter includes protocols for: in situ hybridization, isolating genomic DNA for whole genome sequencing, extracting compounds from worm supernatant, electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, transgenesis, and mapping mutants with molecular markers.

February 22 2013

New Worm Breeder's Gazette published

Volume 19, #3 of The Worm Breeder's Gazette has just been published. In addition to beautiful cover artwork by Greg Nelson and Feng Xue, this issue contains 18 articles as well as announcements of 5 new labs.

February 21 2013

Chapter on cell culture added to WormMethods

Cell isolation and culture by Sihui Zhang and Jeffrey Kuhn has been published in the Methods in cell biology section. This chapter provides comprehensive techniques and media recipes for large-scale isolation and culture of primary embryonic and larval cells from C. elegans.

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