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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.

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WormBase User Guide

• Biological Entities & Experimental Data
  • WormBase Genomes
  • Microarray Data

• Reagents & Protocols
  • Strains
  • Reagents
  • WormMethods @ WormBook
  • Worm Community Forum -- see Methods, Protocols, Reagents

• External Community Resources
  • Software for nematode research
  • Related web resources

• WormBase Tools & Queries
  • Data mining
  • Searching WormBase for Information About C. elegans (Wiley)
  • Official User Guide -- Usage, FAQs, Glossary of terms

• People/Community
  • Meetings
  • Worm Community Discussion Forum
  • Job postings
  • NGASP

• Data Submission/Correction

• Interacting with WormBase
  • 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

• WormBase Database Structure & Curation Pipeline

• WormBase Glossary

• General Information
  • Release Schedule - When to expect the next release of WormBase, and information on past releases
  • Citing WormBase
  • Presentations | Publications - public information presented by the developers of WormBase
  • Installng WormBase on your own computer
  • Editorial policy - WormBase editorial policy
  • Acceptable use policy
  • WormBaseWiki:Copyrights
  • Privacy statement
  • WormBase Wiki Site Map

Internal Documentation

• WormBase Staff Resources

• Developer documentation

• Caltech documentation

• Working Groups