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Revision as of 14:30, 5 June 2013
This is the official wiki site for WormBase, the database of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematodes. WormBase is developed by an international consortium of researchers and computer scientists.
To edit this Wiki, please create an account (click on the 'log in/create account' link at the top of the page). Before contributing, please see the WormBaseWiki usage guidelines.
Contents
Using WormBase
User Guides
- Official User Guide -- Usage, FAQs, Glossary of terms
- Data mining - Learn about the methods for mining WormBase systematically
- Searching WormBase for Information About C. elegans (Wiley)
- Downloads - Download commonly requested files and datasets
- Submitting data and reporting errors
General Information
- Installing WormBase on your own computer
- Editorial policy - WormBase editorial policy
Using WormMine
This is on our development machine, which may experience sporadic downtime.
Community Resources
- Overview of species' genomes available in WormBase
- C. elegans laboratories
- Meetings
- Worm Community Discussion Forum (Job postings)
- Software for nematode research
Reagents and Protocols
- Strains
- Reagents - Useful reagents from third-party sources
- Cosmids/YACs
- Fosmids
- Experimental protocols:
Web Resources
- Related web resources
- Microarray Data Sites
- Stanford Microarray Database (SMD) search page
- SMD gene-centric search page
- Jiang et al. (2001), PNAS 98, 218-223 (SMD data from Kim laboratory's 2001 microarray paper)
- SMD's FTP site
- SPELL
Staying up-to-date
WormBase offers a number of ways to stay up-to-date with new features and datasets, to make feature requests, and to ask for assistance with the database.
- Live Help Desk: The WormBase Room on FriendFeed
- Twitter: Status updates, Software commit messages
- Mailing Lists: General questions | Developers -- More...
- RSS Feeds: News and Status | Development News -- More Info
- WormBase Newsletters
- WormBook Announcements - low volume
- Help Desk During International Worm Meeting
Internal Documentation
- WormBase Staff Resources -- A guide to the tools available for WormBase staff
