Caenorhabditis Elegans

Tentative Table of Contents:

Culturing methods and genetic procedures
General methods of culture: Jim Lewis
Mutagenesis: Phil Anderson
Genetic screening methods: James Thomas, Eric Jorgensen, Eric Lambie
Genetic mapping methods: Ben Williams, Stephen Wicks (Boston College)
Genetic mosaic analysis: Robert Herman
Use of specialized chromosomes and rearrangements: Ann Rose, David Baillie
Gene knockouts: Shohei Mitani, Robert Barstead
RNAi and RNAi screening methods: Julie Ahringer, Andrew Dillin

Genomics and Bioinformatics
Transcriptional profiling: Stuart Kim, Don Moerman, Valerie Reinke
MicroRNA methods: Victor Ambros, Frank Slack, Amy Pasquinelli
Analysis of RNA function: Marv Wickens, Judith Kimble
Analysis of the interactome: Marc Vidal
WormBase: Eric Schwartz, Paul Sternberg, Lincoln Stein
Structural genomics: Ming Luo, Larry DeLucas, Songlin Li, Mike Carson (U. Alabama)
Proteomics: Ahna Skop, Moerman D., Isobe T, Krijgsveld, J
Transcriptional regulatory networks: Marion Walhout

Markers for gene expression and protein localization
Immunofluorescence and antibodies: David Miller
Imaging: John White, William Mohler
Electron Microscopy: David Hall
Proteins and protein assemblies: Henry Epstein
Analysis of morphogenesis: Jeff Hardin, Andrew Chisholm
Cell death: Monica Driscoll, Ding Xue