West Coast Worm Meeting Abstracts

1. Meiotic Pairing and Synapsis

Amy MacQueen, Anne M. Villeneuve

2. Conditional mitotic spindle mutants in C. elegans

Danielle R. Hamill, Bruce Bowerman

3. Mitotic Chromosome Segregation by a Conserved Protein Complex

K. Hagstrom, R. Chan, D. Pasqualone, B.J. Meyer

4. HIM-10 a Probable Kinetochore Protein Involved in Mitotic and Meiotic Chromosome Segregation

M. Howe, D G. Albertson, B. J. Meyer

5. A C. elegans chromokinesin required for chromosome segregation

Jim Powers, Bill Saxton, Susan Strome

6. Nuclear Envelope Dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans

Kenneth Lee, Yosef Gruenbaum, Katherine L. Wilson

7. The formin protein CYK-1 acts in parallel to an aurora-like kinase/MKLP-1 pathway to execute cytokinesis in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Aaron F. Severson, Danielle R. Hamill, Bruce Bowerman

8. The L type Cyclin SAG-4 is required for heat-shock induced protein expression

Wen J. Chen, Yvonne M. Hajdu-Cronin, Paul W. Sternberg

9. cdl-1 encodes a stem- loop binding protein (SLBP) homolog and may be essential for core histone expression.

Yuki Kodama, Asako Sugimoto, Joel Rothman, Masayuki Yamamoto

10. UNC-23 is a member of the BAG family of chaperone regulators

Poupak Rahmani, Donald Moerman

11. Maternal UNC-45 protein co-localizes with NMY-2, a non-muscle myosin at the cleavage furrow of early embryos

Wanyuan Ao, Dave Pilgrim

12. Polyunsaturated fatty acids requirements for proper functioning of the nervous system

Jenny Watts, John Browse

13. Testing functions of phagocytosis receptor homologs in cell corpse elimination and gonadal outgrowth

Sambath Chung, Monica Driscoll

14. Regulation of Cell Fusion in C. elegans

Scott Alper, Cynthia Kenyon

15. Ethanol sensitivity genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

MinGi Hong, JaeYoung Kwon, InYoung Lee, MinSung Choi, Junho Lee

16. State-dependent learning in C. elegans.

Jill C. Bettinger, Steven L. McIntire

17. The ut236 mutant in C. elegans has defects in the interaction of two sensory signals and an associative learning.

Takeshi Ishihara, Yuichi Iino, Isao Katsura

18. Mutation in the LIM homeobox gene lim-6 disrupts asymmetric function of the ASE chemosensory neurons

J.T. Pierce-Shimomura, M.R. Gaston, B.J. Pearson, S.R. Lockery

19. Information Coding in the C. elegans Olfactory System

PD Wes, A Sagasti, G Jansen, RHA Plasterk, CI Bargmann

20. Roles of osm-9/capsaicin receptor family members in sensory behaviors

D. Tobin, D. Madsen, G. Moulder, R. Barstead, A.V. Maricq, M. deBono, C. Bargmann

21. Execution and regulation of male C. elegans spicule muscle contractions during mating

L. René García, Paul W. Sternberg

22. Genetic Analysis of Nicotine Adaptation in C. elegans.

Jinah Kim, Laura E. Waggoner, Kari A. Dickinson, Daniel S. Poole, William R. Schafer

23. Neural control of locomotion in C. elegans

Saleem Mukhtar, Jane Mendel, Jehoshua (Shuki) Bruck, Paul W. Sternberg

24. Analysis of glutamatergic neurotransmission by knockout of glutamate transporter genes.

Itzhak Mano, Monica Driscoll

25. Electrophysiological analysis of C. elegans ionotropic glutamate receptors

Jerry E. Mellem, Penelope J. Brockie, David M. Madsen, Andres V. Maricq

26. Electrophysiological analysis of unc-18 mutants.

J. E. Richmond, R. Weimer, W. S. Davis, E. M. Jorgensen

27. Electrophysiological analysis of serotonin modulation of body wall neuromuscular physiology.

Jon Madison, Joshua Kaplan

28. Serotonin signaling in the pharynx

Timothy Niacaris, Leon Avery

29. A Muscarinic Contribution to the Regulation of Feeding

Kate Steger, Leon Avery

30. WormBase: From ACeDB to a more complete and usable database

Paul W. Sternberg, Erich Schwarz, Norma Foltz, WormBase Consortium

31. The C. elegans ORFeome project

Jerome Reboul, Philippe Vaglio, Cindy Jackson, Troy Moore, Jean Thierry-Mieg, Danielle Thierry-Mieg, Jim Hartley, Gary Temple, Mike Brasch, Nia Tzellas, Marc Vidal

32. Analysis of splicing and regulatory elements using the Intronerator

W. James Kent, Alan M. Zahler

33. A global profile of germ line gene expression using microarrays reveals germ line-specific regulation of the X chromosome in males and hermaphrodites

Valerie Reinke, Harold E. Smith, Jeremy Nance, Abby F. Dernburg, Anne M. Villeneuve, Samuel Ward, Stuart K. Kim

34. The promise and peril of genomics: sperm development as model system

Harold Smith, Marci Millhouse, Sam Ward

35. Functional Analysis of Chromosome I

Andrew Fraser, Ravi Kamath, Peder Zipperlen, Maruxa Martinez-Campos, Julie Ahringer

36. Optimizing the mutagenic properties of the mos1 transposon in C. elegans

Daniel C. Williams, Jean-Louis Bessereau, Erik M. Jorgensen

37. SNAP-25, a protein implicated genetically in C. elegans anesthetic mechanisms, binds the general anesthetic isoflurane

Jason Berilgen, Mike Crowder

38. Happy worms: further characterization of fluoxetine (prozac) resistant mutants

Robert K.M. Choy, James H. Thomas

39. unc-43 Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) mutant worms have convulsions in response to the seizure-inducing drug PTZ

Elizabeth M. Newton, James H. Thomas

40. Neurotoxin sensitivity of dopaminergic neurons in C. elegans: role of the dopamine transporter and cell death pathways

R. Nass, J. Duerr, , J. Rand, D. M. Miller, R. D. Blakely

41. Gene expression in transgenic C. elegans animals expressing the human beta amyloid peptide.

Chris Link, Carolyn Johnson, Amy Fluet, Kyle K. Duke, Stuart K. Kim

42. A nematode model for mitochondrial diseases

William Y. Tsang, Bernard D. Lemire

43. Bacillus toxin (Bt) susceptibility and resistance in C. elegans

Lisa Marroquin, Dino Elyassnia, Joel Griffitts, Johanna O'Dell, Jerald Feitelson, Raffi Aroian

44. New dauer genes and pathways

Michael Ailion, James H. Thomas

45. Temporal regulation of aging in the nematode C. elegans

Andrew Dillin, Cynthia Kenyon

46. A longitudinal analysis of adult neurons in C. elegans

Mark I. Snow, Pamela L. Larsen

47. Germ-line cells that regulate aging in C. elegans

Nuno Arantes-Oliveira, Javier Apfeld, Cynthia Kenyon

48. A screen for genes that control programmed cell death in the germ line

S Milstein, A Gartner, M Hengartner

49. C. elegans p53: requirement for radiation-induced programmed cell death, stress resistance, and normal adult lifespan following diapause.

W. Brent Derry, Aaron Putzke, Joel H. Rothman

50. Identification of cell-specific regulators of programmed cell death in C. elegans.

Shai Shaham, Cori Bargmann

51. Biochemical, structural, and genetic analyses of the activation of programmed cell death

Jay Parrish, Betsy Metters, Lin Chen, Ding Xue

52. Analysis of RNA associated with P granules in germ cells of C. elegans adults

Jennifer A. Schisa, Jason N. Pitt, James R. Priess

53. The splicing Sm proteins colocalize with P granules in germ cells and participate in P granule localization in the early embryo

Scott A. Barbee, Alex L. Lublin, Thomas C. Evans

54. pod-2 defines a new class of mutants required for antero-posterior asymmetry in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Akiko Tagawa, Raffi V. Aroian

55. ooc-5 encodes a putative ATPase required for the reestablishment of asymmetric PAR protein localization in two-cell embryos

Stephen E. Basham, Lesilee S. Rose

56. RIC-8 (Synembryn): A novel regulator of G Protein signaling

Kenneth G. Miller, Melanie D. Emerson, John R. McManus, James B. Rand

57. MED-1 AND -2 act at the convergence point of SKN-1 and POS-1 to specify MS and E identity

Morris F. Maduro, Regina Broitman-Maduro, Joel H. Rothman

58. Mass spectrometric identification of PLP-1 and its role in mesendoderm specification

E. Witze, E. Field, D. Hunt, J.H. Rothman

59. The C. elegans NeuroD homolog cnd-1 functions in multiple aspects of motor neuron fate specification

Steven Hallam, Emily Singer, David Waring, Yishi Jin

60. Left-right asymmetry in C. elegans intestinal organogenesis involves a LIN-12/Notch signaling pathway

Greg J. Hermann, Ben Leung, James R. Priess

61. The pho-1 Gene and Three Kinds of Gut Polarity

Tetsunari Fukushige, James D. McGhee

62. A role for dishevelled in asymmetric cell division.

Nancy Hawkins, Gregory Ellis, Bruce Bowerman, Gian Garriga

63. rho-1, a target of the exchange factor unc-73, is required for cell migrations during C. elegans development

Andrew G. Spencer, Christian J. Malone, Satoshi Orita, Min Han

64. PTP-1, a LAR-like receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase, may act in parallel with C. elegans Eph signaling to direct morphogenesis

Robert J. Harrington, Michael Gutch, Michael Hengartner, Nicholas Tonks, Andrew Chisholm

65. GEX-2 and GEX-3 define a conserved protein complex required for tissue morphogenesis and cell migrations in C. elegans

Martha Soto, Katsuhisa Kasuya, Hiroshi Qadota, Kozo Kaibuchi, Craig C. Mello

66. Pharyngeal extension: the short and the long of it

MF Portereiko, SE Mango

67. A VAB-8/UNC-51/UNC-14 complex mediates axon outgrowth

Tina Lai, Gian Garriga

68. Cytoskeletal Signalling in Response to the UNC-6 Axonal Attractant

Zemer Gitai, Erik Lundquist, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Cori Bargmann

69. Identifying genes involved in axonal branching in C. elegans

Joe C. Hao, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Cornelia I. Bargmann

70. UNC-119 suppresses supernumerary branching in C. elegans

Karla Knobel, Warren Davis, Michael Bastiani, Erik Jorgensen

71. UNC-119 and axon outgrowth: Toward a mechanism

Wayne Materi, Dave Pilgrim

72. Three distinct functions of beta-spectrin (UNC-70)

Marc Hammarlund, Warren S. Davis, Erik M. Jorgensen

73. RPM-1, a conserved novel protein, regulates presynaptic terminal formation

Xun Huang, Mei Zhen, Bruce Bamber, Yishi Jin

74. A C. elegans Inositol 5- Phosphatase Homologue Involved In Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate Signaling and Ovulation.

Yen Kim Bui, Paul W. Sternberg

75. Mechanisms regulating the timing and specificity of anchor cell attachment to the vulval epithelium

David R. Sherwood, Paul W. Sternberg

76. Mutations in cyclin E reveal coordination between cell-cycle control and vulval development.

David S. Fay, Min Han

77. Novel cell-cell interactions during vulva development in Pristionchus pacificus

Benno Jungblut, Ralf J Sommer

78. Cellular and genetic analysis of Gq mediated signaling pathways in C. elegans

C. A. Bastiani, S. Gharib, P.W. Sternberg, M.I. Simon

79. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein Kinase II regulates C. elegans locomotion in concert with a G-protein signaling network

Merrilee Robatzek, James H. Thomas

80. A novel lateral signaling pathway determines asymmetric olfactory neuron fates

Alvaro Sagasti, Cori Bargmann

81. The search for dosage compensation complex binding sites on X chromosomes

Raymond C. Chan, Tammy F. Wu, Barbara J. Meyer

82. Recognition and Assembly of SDC Protein Complexes onto Specific DNA Target Sites

Diana Chu, Heather Dawes, Jason Lieb, Annie Kuo, Barbara J. Meyer

83. The TBP-like Factor CeTLF is Required to Activate RNA Polymerase II Transcription in C. elegans Embryos

Linda S. Kaltenbach, Susan E. Mango

84. The intracellular domain of the feminising receptor TRA-2A interacts directly with the transcription factor TRA-1A

David H. Lum, P. Kuwabara, D. Zarkower, A.M. Spence

85. chw-1 encodes a novel protein that interacts with pha-4

Michael Horner, Linda Kaltenbach, Susan Mango

86. The UNC-4 homeoprotein and its transcriptional co-repressor UNC-37/Groucho regulate neurotransmitter vesicles in cholinergic motor neurons

Kim Lickteig, Janet Duerr, Dennis Frisby, David Hall, Jim Rand, David Miller

87. The components of sensory cilia in C. elegans

Peter Swoboda, Kerry Bubb, James H. Thomas

88. In vivo imaging of HSN outgrowth

Carolyn E. Adler, Cornelia I. Bargmann

89. Temporal and spatial requirement of sensory cilia in the regulation of worm lifespan

Joy Alcedo, Javier Apfeld, Bella Albinder, Jennifer Dorman, Honor Hsin, Bernadine Tsung, Cynthia Kenyon

90. THE TTX-3 LIM HOMEOBOX GENE IS A CENTRAL REGULATOR OF INTERNEURON CELL FATE

Z. Altun-Gultekin, O. Hobert

91. The heterochronic gene pathway: Regulatory interactions and regulatory outputs.

Victor Ambros, Marta Hristova, Rosalind Lee, Eric Moss

92. Genetic and phenotypic characterization of evl-14 and evl-20, genes involved in C. elegans vulva development

Igor Antoshechkin, Min Han

93. Caenorhabditis elegans T05H10.5, a homologue of yeast ubiquitin fusion degradation protein (UDF-2), is expressed throughout the nervous system and in the gut

Wanyuan Ao, Dave Pilgrim

94. Genetic analysis of neuroendocrine controls of fat metabolism in C. elegans

Kaveh Ashrafi, Gary Ruvkun

95. zig genes and the PVT guidepost neuron

Oscar Aurelio, Oliver Hobert

96. Analysis of GABA receptor plasticity in C. elegans

Bruce A. Bamber, Janet E. Richmond, Pierrette K. Danieu

97. Isolation of suppressors of a dominant synapse defective mutant, syd-5(ju89)

Renee Baran, Yishi Jin

98. Cargo recognition by synaptic vesicle kinesin

Ewa Bednarek, Erik M. Jorgensen

99. The exp-1 locus may encode a subunit of an excitatory GABA receptor

Asim A. Beg, Erik M. Jorgensen

100. The life span gene clk-2 is essential for embryonic development

Claire Bènard, Brent McCright, Yue Zhang, Stephanie Felkai, Siegfried Hekimi

101. Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans gamma-tubulin in dividing cells and differentiated tissues

Yves Bobinnec, Makoto Fukuda, Eisuke Nishida

102. Does CEH-20, an Exd/Pbx homolog in C. elegans, play a role in worm embryogenesis?

Q.F. Boese, W.B. Wood

103. A-domain-containing protein family in C. elegans.

Michael Brannan, Joaquin Muriel, Kathryn Taylor, Gordon Lithgow, Danny Tuckwell

104. Distribution and Regulation of Glutamate Receptors in the Locomotory Control Circuit of C. elegans.

Penelope J. Brockie, David M. Madsen, Yi Zheng, Jerry E. Mellem, Andres V. Maricq

105. Mutations That Affect Synaptic Localization Of Glr-1

Michelle Burbea, Joshua M. Kaplan

106. Regulation of C. elegans dauer formation by an RNA quality control pathway component

J Burgess, JC Labbe, S Hekimi

107. Synaptic vesicle localization is misregulated in unc-16 mutants

DT Byrd, Y Jin

108. The egl-21 gene encodes a carboxypeptidase E, which is required for pro-neuropeptide processing

Tija Carey, Joshua M. Kaplan

109. How are anterior cell migrations guided by mig-13?

QueeLim Ch'ng, Cynthia Kenyon

110. New Screens for Negative Regulators of let-23

Monica Chan, Marie Tiongsen, Romel C. Castro, Vanessa Lee, Gregg Jongeward

111. C. elegans MRE-11 is required for meiotic recombination and DNA repair but not for the meiotic G2 DNA damage checkpoint

Gregory Chin, Anne Villeneuve

112. Suppressor Analysis of Eph/Ephrin Defective Signaling in C. elegans

Ian Chin-Sang, Julie McCleery, Andrew Chisholm

113. RNAi Screen for Components of the C. elegans Meiotic Machinery

Mónica Colaiácovo, Gillian Stanfield, Kirthi Reddy, Anne Villeneuve

114. Exploring the role of PINCH/UNC-97 in muscle development and focal adhesion assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammalian tissue culture cell lines

Shaun Cordes, May Dang-Lawson, Poupak Rahmani, Linda Matsuuchi, Donald G. Moerman

115. The SAD-1 kinase regulates presynaptic vesicle clustering in C. elegans

Justin Gage Crump, Mei Zhen, Kang Shen, Yishi Jin, Cornelia I. Bargmann

116. Mutants with altered sensitivity to the effects of ethanol on locomotion

Andrew G. Davies, Tod R. Thiele, Catharine Eastman, Steven L. McIntire

117. A screen for DD/DV axonal morphology defects

M. Wayne Davis, Erik M. Jorgensen

118. spn-2 AND spn-3 FUNCTION TO ORIENT THE SPINDLE DURING EARLY CLEAVAGES

Leah R. DeBella, Lesilee S. Rose

119. Molecules acting in parallel with UNC-34 to control cell migration

Megan Dell, N Chugh, N Hawkins, E Kong, J Hardin, G Garriga

120. Insights into the role of C. elegans protein UNC-119 in axonogenesis

Chantal Denholm, Wayne Materi, Daniel Gietz, David Pilgrim

121. The defecation gene aex-1 may regulate a retrograde signaling pathway at neuromusclular junctions.

Motomichi Doi, Kouichi Iwasaki

122. Cosuppression in the Germline: Silencing is Golden

Abby F. Dernburg, Mónica P. Colaiácovo, Jonathan Zalevsky, Anne M. Villeneuve

123. sur-9 a Suppressor of Activated let-60(n1046) in the C.elegans Vulva.

Dennis Eastburn, Min Han

124. Knockouts In C. elegans: Madness and Methodology

Mark Edgley, Erin Gilchrist, Greg Mullen, Bin Shen, Margaret Kotarska, Don Moerman, Steven Jones, Anil Dsouza, Gary Moulder, Malini Viswanathan, Martin Lansdale, Robert Barstead

125. Using DNA microarrays to identify targets of homeobox genes in C. elegans

Andreas Eizinger, Tibor Vellai, Fritz Müller, Stuart K. Kim

126. ded Genes Disrupt Cell Division Timing and Patterning in C. elegans Embryos

Sandra Encalada, Paula Martin, Jennifer Phillips, Rebecca Lyzcak, Danielle Hamill, Kathryn Swan, Bruce Bowerman

127. Voltage-dependent currents in homologous chemosensory neurons with different functions in C. elegans

S Faumont, S.R. Lockery

128. VAV is required for pharyngeal muscle contraction in C. elegans

R.T. Fazzio, J.E. Mellem, M.C. Beckerle, A.V. Maricq

129. Regulation of C. elegans Body Size by Sensory Cues

Manabi Fujiwara, Hoan Phan, Steven L. McIntire

130. Regulation of intracellular dynamics of MAPKAPK2 in living C.elegans

Makoto Fukuda, Yves Bobinnec, Eisuke Nishida

131. Role of cki-1 in terminal embryonic differentiation and cell-cycle arrest

Masamitsu Fukuyama, W. Brent Derry, Joel H. Rothman

132. sax-1 and sax-2 act in parallel with unc-34 to Maintain Neuron Polarity.

Maria E. Gallegos, Jennifer A. Zallen, Cori Bargmann

133. Identifying pharyngeal targets of PHA-4 using DNA microarrays

Jeb Gaudet, Michael Horner, Stuart Kim, Susan E. Mango

134. An overview of predicted cytochrome P450 genes in C. elegans

Erin Gilchrist

135. Clues toward understanding EGF/ Wnt signal integration in the specification of P12 fate: analysis of the egl-5 promoter

Lisa Girard, Henrique B. Ferreira, Scott Emmons, Paul Sternberg

136. spn-4: a gene required for mitotic spindle orientation in the 2-cell stage C. elegans embryo

José E. Gomes, Kathryn A. Swan, Christopher A. Shelton, Bruce Bowerman

137. Ca2+-signalling via the neuron-specific Ca2+ sensor NCS-1 is essential for thermotaxis, a form of associative learning and memory in C. elegans

Marie Gomez, Edouard De Castro, Ernesto Guarin, Patrick Nef

138. Characterizing the Neural Circuitry of Chemotaxis to Volatile Odorants

Jesse Gray, Maria Gallegos, Tim Yu, Cori Bargmann

139. Studies on the Nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

Joel S. Griffitts, Raffi V. Aroian

140. Synaptic localization of the glutamate-gated chloride channel GBR-2

Maria E. Grunwald, Joshua M. Kaplan

141. Regulation and function of lin-11 in C. elegans vulval development

Bhagwati P Gupta, Paul W. Sternberg

142. sur-7, a gene that suppresses activated ras

Eric Hague, Min Han

143. Characterization and Suppression of eat-16; sag-1/dgk-1 lethality

Yvonne M. Hajdu-Cronin, Wen J. Chen, Paul W. Sternberg

144. Improved Tissue Preservation Using Metal Mirror Freezing or High Pressure Freezing for TEM

David H. Hall, Frank Macaluso, Gloria Stepheney, Marie-Christine Paupard

145. Role of the Caenorhabditis elegans homologs of cdk5 and p35 in migration and axon outgrowth

Thomas Harbaugh, Gian Garriga

146. Regulation of egg-laying by sensory cues

Laura Anne Hardaker, William R. Schafer

147. Characterization of the C. elegans Serotonin-Synthetic Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Gene bas-1

Emily Hare, Curtis M. Loer

148. XOL-1 Files

Christian A. Hassig, Barbara J. Meyer

149. Y41G9a.1, the C. elegans Homologue of Tg737, is Expressed in Ciliated Neurons

Courtney J. Haycraft, Patrick D. Taulman, Stephen M. Krum, Bradley K. Yoder

150. let-381 is a forkhead gene

Marika Hellqvist-Greberg, Ann M Rose, David L Baillie

151. Genetic analysis of dynamic search behavior in C. elegans

T.T. Hills, F. Adler, A. V. Maricq

152. Multiple roles for the Ras-MAPK signal transduction pathway in chemotaxis to odorants?

Takaaki Hirotsu, Satoshi Saeki, Yuichi Iino

153. mab-26 encodes the C. elegans ephrin EFN-4

Thomas Holcomb, Sean E. George, Ian Chin-Sang, Mei Ding, Andrew Chisholm

154. syd-8, a new player in axon guidance.

Xun Huang, Mei Zhen, Yishi Jin

155. Analysis of gcy-31, a putative soluble guanylyl cyclase gene in Caenorhabditis elegans

Martin L Hudson, David S. Karow, Michael A. Marletta, David B. Morton

156. Using C. elegans to Determine the Mechanism of Action of Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides

Tak Hung, Ben Burley, Emery Dora, Dan Elkes, Steve Gendreau, Denise Jacobus, Rachel Kindt, Mark Lackner, Lisa Moore, Scott Ogg, Dianne Parry, Roxanna Peng, Ellyn Pham, Jenny Kopczynski

157. In vivo characterization of the effects of the unc-64(md130) mutation on anesthetic sensitivity.

Hunt S.J., Mike Crowder

158. Regulation of the C. elegans epidermal growth factor homolog LIN-3

Byung Joon Hwang, Paul W. Sternberg

159. Characterization of the regulatory elements required for neuron-specific expression of SNAP-25 in the nematode

Soon Baek Hwang, Junho Lee

160. Analysis of 2° vulval lineage execution

Takao Inoue, Paul W. Sternberg

161. Developing a C. briggsae genetic map

B. Johnsen, S. Gharib, A. Mah, K. Brown, D. Baillie, P. Sternberg

162. Coenzyme Q and aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Tanya Jonassen, Pamela L. Larsen, Catherine F. Clarke

163. osm-9 signaling: who's involved?

Amanda H. Kahn, David Tobin, Cornelia I. Bargmann

164. Looking for synergy with PHA-4 on the myo-2 promoter

John Kalb, Pete Okkema, Jim McGhee

165. Initial Characterization of Soluble Guanylate Cyclases in C. elegans

David Karow, Jennifer Chang, Scott Nicholls, Ronald Ellis, Martin Hudson, David Morton, Michael Marletta

166. Multiple regulatory elements activate end-1 expression in the E lineage

Jodie J. Kasmir, Morris Maduro, Joel H. Rothman

167. Mutations that perturb the effect of octopamine/serotonin on pharyngeal activity.

John Keane, Leon Avery

168. Pheromone Regulation of Neuroendocrine Outputs in C. elegans

Scott Kennedy, Gabriel Hayes, Gary Ruvkun

169. Calcium Imaging in Excitable Cells of C. elegans.

Rex Kerr, Varda Lev-Ram, Roger Y. Tsien, William R. Schafer

170. A genetic analysis of the effects of ethanol on egg laying

Hongkyun Kim, M. Christina Yu, James Kim, Steven L. McIntire

171. Genes affecting the activity of nicotinic receptors involved in egg-laying behavior

Jinah Kim, Daniel S. Poole, Laura E. Waggoner, Alexandra Treschow, William R. Schafer

172. Sensory axon guidance defects in C. elegans

Susan Kirch, Gage Crump, Cori Bargmann

173. Isolation of a third lin-4 allele from a lin-3A overexpression line

Martha Kirouac, Paul Sternberg

174. elt-5 and elt-6 are essential for development of seam cells, the vulva, and the male tail.

Kyunghee Koh, Joel H. Rothman

175. A genetic screen for genes involved in gut development and differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Jay D. Kormish, James D. McGhee

176. An E1-like activating enzyme is involved in cell division processes in the early C. elegans embryo.

Thimo K. Kurz, Danielle R. Hamill, Bruce Bowerman

177. Olfactory Adaptation

Noelle L'Etoile, Cori Bargmann

178. You can't get there from here: a gene required for pharyngeal extension.

SK Lange, JR Saam, SE Mango

179. Signaling by the VAB-1 Eph receptor intracellular domain

Kristoffer Larsen,, Sean George, Andrew Chisholm

180. mdf-1 suppressors that may play a role in the metaphase to anaphase checkpoint

Elaine Law, Risa Kitagawa, Ann M. Rose

181. Characterization of a C. elegans Defecation Mutant

Anne Lehtela, Garry Wong

182. Organogenesis of the C. elegans Intestine

Benjamin Leung, Greg J. Hermann, James R. Priess

183. Expression and regulation of daf-16::gfp constructs

Kui Lin, Cynthia Kenyon

184. Identification of novel unc-64 (syntaxin) alleles

Christine Liu, C. Michael Crowder

185. Mutations that cause neurite sprouting of the DVB motor neuron

Loria, P., Boulin, T., Conte, S., Hobert, O.

186. A b -tubulin gene, tbb-2, functions as an activator of mei-1 and mei-2 in female meiotic spindle formation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Chenggang Lu, Martin Srayko, Paul E. Mains

187. Global profile of gene expression during aging

James Lund, Pamela Larsen, Pat Tedesco, Thomas Johnson, Stuart Kim

188. Conditional mutations affecting mitotic spindle positioning and polarity in the C. elegans embryo

Rebecca Lyczak, Bruce Bowerman

189. Role of PDZ domain proteins in establishing gut epithelial polarity

Kathleen E. Mach, Stuart K. Kim

190. Genetic analysis of NMDA receptor expression in C. elegans

David M. Madsen, Chingju Lin, Penelope J. Brockie, Andres V. Maricq

191. Large Scale Reverse Genetic Approach Using RNAi

Sarah Mahoney, Alex Phan, Mark Maxwell, Candace Swimmer, Jonathan Heller, Brett Milash, Kate McKusick, Monique Nicoll

192. Sequence Confirmation of 182 snps between C. elegans N2 and CB4856 Strains and Plans for Generation of 1000 New snps.

Penny Mapa, Kathryn Swan, Mike Ellis

193. Building a dictionary for C. elegans promoter sequences

Steven McCarroll, Hao Li, Cori Bargmann

194. High Pressure Freezing Methods for C. elegans Embryo Ultrastructure and EM Immunolabeling

Kent L. McDonald, Thomas Mueller-Reichert, Akiko Tagawa, Chad A. Rappleye, Raffi Aroian

195. Molecular Identification of Transcriptional Targets of the DAF-16 Winged Helix Transcription Factor

Joshua J. McElwee, James H. Thomas

196. Functional conservation of C. elegans UNC-30 and mouse Pitx2 in GABAergic neuron specification

Jason McEwen, Yishi Jin

197. Genes involved in nicotinic neurotransmission in the pharynx

Jim McKay, David Raizen, Leon Avery

198. Genetic analysis of the functions of a GSK-3ß homolog called sgg-1 and a ß-TRCP/slimb homolog during C. elegans embryogenesis

Marc Meneghini, Greg Ellis, Ann Schlesinger, Bruce Bowerman

199. The Effect of Nonimmobilizers on C. elegans

Laura B. Metz, Mike Crowder

200. Isolation and characterization of mutations that enhance let-23(sa62gf) during vulval development

Nadeem Moghal, Paul W. Sternberg

201. The trampoline assay: A new method for measuring the step response of the chemotaxis mechanism in C. elegans.

Moravec, M.L, Cervantes, J., Lockery, S.R.

202. Identification of genes regulating body length in the DBL-1 pathway by differential hybridization of arrayed cDNAs

Kiyokazu Morita, Makoto Mochii, Yukiko Sugihara, Satoru Yoshida, Yo Suzuki, William B. Wood, Yuji Kohara, Naoto Ueno

203. Mutations in the ephrin mab-26/efn-4 cause defects in closure of the gastrulation cleft and in epidermal enclosure

Sarah L. Moseley, Andrew Chisholm

204. Cellular and developmental events required to generate functional muscle in C. elegans.

K. Norman, S. Cordes, G. Mullen, P. Rahmani, T. Rogalski, D. Moerman

205. Is the DAG kinase DGK-1 an effector of Go alpha (GOA-1)?

Stephen Nurrish, Michael Dybbs, Joshua Kaplan

206. Transforming Nematodes into Insects: Understanding Bt-resistance

Johanna O'Dell, Raffi Aroian

207. The cytoskeletal protein zk370.3 may contribute to oocyte development and fertilization

Alex Parker, Ann M. Rose

208. Oxidant Stress Responses in C. elegans

Farhang Payvar, Andrew DeMatteo, Tom Hazinski

209. Pharyngeal pumping defects in unc-103 mutants

Christina I. Petersen, David J. Reiner, Elizabeth M. Newton., James H. Thomas, Jeffrey R. Balser

210. A requirement for C. elegans Rho-binding kinase in early cleavage

Alisa J. Piekny, Paul E. Mains

211. Function of the receptor tyrosine kinase CAM-1/KIN-8 in coordinated movement

S. Poulson, D. Madsen, A.V. Maricq

212. The Autosomal Sex Signal in C. elegans?

Jennifer R. Powell, Barbara J. Meyer

213. Got the blues? Try another genetic screen!

Chad Rappleye, Rebecca Lyczak, Bruce Bowerman, Raffi Aroian

214. Identification of Components of the Meiotic Machinery in C. elegans

Kirthi Reddy, Monica Colaiacovo, Gillian Stanfield, Anne Villeneuve

215. Novel and Atypical Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Morphogenesis.

David J. Reiner, Lewis Leng, Barbara J. Meyer

216. Differential effects of heat shock and cold shock following massed and distributed long-term habituation training in C. elegans

Jacqueline Rose, Kenneth Eng, Catharine Rankin

217. A new en masse training procedure to study long-term habituation in C. elegans

Jacqueline Rose, Catharine Rankin

218. Global patterns of expression patterns in muscle using mRNA-Tagging

Peter J. Roy, Stuart Kim

219. Cooperation between unc-26/synaptojanin and the dynamin-related protein DRP-1 during mitochondrial division

Dan Rube, Todd Harris, Erik Jorgensen, Alexander van der Bliek

220. Calcium dynamics of fertilization in C. elegans

Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, Venkatesh N. Murthy, Michael O. Hengartner

221. Mutants in Thermosensory Neuron Specification and Function

John S. Satterlee, Piali Sengupta

222. Vesicular GABA transport in C. elegans requires two proteins UNC-47 and UNC-46

Kim Schuske, Erik M. Jorgensen

223. Utilizing two approaches, genetic and genomic, to identify the vesicular glutamate transporter

Kim Schuske, Dan Williams, Erik M. Jorgensen

224. Actin-dependent processes in the early C. elegans embryo require the profilin gene pfn-1, the FH gene cyk-1, and bel-1

Aaron F. Severson, Rebecca Lyczak, David L. Baillie, Bruce Bowerman

225. LIN-12 post-transcriptional downregulation during VPC specification

DD Shaye, I Greenwald

226. Distint and redundant functions of mu1 medium chains of AP-1 clathrin-associated protein complex in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Jaegal Shim, Junho Lee

227. Molecular Mechanisms of Daf-12 Action: Identificationof Response Elements and Functional Analysis of the Protein

Yuriy Shostak, Adam Antebi, Marc R. van Gilst, Kieth R. Yamamoto

228. Serotonin-resistant egg-laying mutants and a receptor knockout in progress

Stanley Shyn, William Schafer

229. A novel genetic screen for synaptic transmission genes acting in the diacyglycerol pathway

Derek S. Sieburth, Wendy Cham, Josh M. Kaplan

230. Evidence of a Mate-finding Cue in the Free-Living Soil Nematode C. elegans

Jasper M. Simon, Paul W. Sternberg

231. Understanding C27H5.1: From sequence to sense

Jessica Smith, David Pilgrim

232. Genetic screens for novel components involved in blastomere asymmetry in the early C. elegans embryo

Martha Soto, Craig C. Mello

233. Pax be with you - patterning the pharynx

Jeff Stevenson, Andrew Chisholm, Susan E. Mango

234. The evolution and expression of FEM-2

Paul Stothard, Dave Hansen, Tamara Checkland, Dave Pilgrim

235. Forming a gut: the view from an elt and two odds

Keith Strohmaier, Morris Maduro, Joel Rothman

236. C. elegans homologue of protein phosphatase 4 is required in spermatogenesis

Eisuke Sumiyoshi, Asako Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamamoto

237. Transcriptional regulation of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene tph-1

Ji Ying Sze

238. Searching for new genes involved in dosage compensation

Chun Tsai, Barbara J. Meyer

239. Characterizing the role of let-99 in spindle orientation

Meng-Fu Tsou, Adam Hayashi, Lesilee S. Rose

240. Characterization and cloning of the muscle activation gene unc-58

Monika Tzoneva, James H. Thomas

241. The structure/function relationship of clk-1 in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Antonio Ubach, Siegfried Hekimi

242. Characterization of transcriptional regulation by a class of monomeric nuclear receptors found in C. elegans

Marc R. Van Gilst, Keith R. Yamamoto

243. UNC-4 targets ACR-5 and DEL-1: Are they determinants of synaptic choice?

Stephen E. Von Stetina, David M. Miller, III

244. Nicotine adaptation: a process involving PKC-dependant regulation of nAChR protein levels.

Laura Waggoner, Kari Dickonson, Daniel Poole, Bill Schafer

245. Analysis of GLR-7, GLR-5, Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Subunits

Craig S. Walker, David M. Madsen, Penelope J. Brockie, Andres V. Maricq

246. Microarray analysis of gene expression patterns in dauer larvae

John Wang, Stuart K. Kim

247. Characterization of CAN cell and excretory canal defects in mig-10(ct41) mutants

Nicole Washington, Jim Manser

248. ric-7 encodes a novel presynaptic protein required for neurotransmission

Robby M. Weimer, Erik M. Jorgensen

249. The requirement of synaptic vesicle loading for synaptic vesicle exocytosis

Robby M. Weimer, Janet E. Richmond, Erik M. Jorgensen

250. Unraveling the biological role of DMWD, a gene close to the unstable CTG-repeat in the myotonic dystrophy locus.

J. Westerlaken, B. Wieringa, P.E. Mains

251. Calcium imaging of the defecation rhythm in C. elegans

Jeanna M. Wheeler, James H. Thomas

252. Establishing the left/right asymmetry of Q neuroblast polarisation and migration in C. elegans

Lisa Williams, Lee Honigberg, Cynthia Kenyon

253. A screen for cell migration and axon outgrowth mutants

Jim Withee, Gian Garriga

254. Mapping and Characterization of had-1, an HSN Axon Guidance Gene

Lianna Wong, Jim Rader, Gian Garriga

255. Recognition of X-chromosome-enriched DNA elements by dosage compensation proteins

Tammy F. Wu, Jason D. Lieb, Barbara J. Meyer

256. Rac-like GTPases and cell migration

Yi-Chun Wu, Li-Chun Cheng, Nei-Yin Weng, Ting-Wen Cheng

257. Two new genes regulating neuroblast migration in C. elegans

Lucie Yang, Mary Sym, Queelim Ch'ng, Cynthia Kenyon

258. Identification and characterization of telomere binding proteins in the nematode C. elegans

Su Young Yi, Seunghyun Kim, Junho Lee

259. Molecular Analysis of the Dosage Compensation Gene dpy-21

Stephanie Yonker, Edith Cookson, Barbara J. Meyer

260. A search for lethal synaptic function mutants using a sensitized background

Karen Yook, Erik Jorgensen

261. Identification of downstream target genes in daf-2 pathway

Hui Yu, Pamela L. Larsen

262. Fate specification in male P(9-11).p equivalence group

Hui Yu, Paul W. Sternberg

263. Loss of a dynamin related protein MGM-1 causes excessive mitochondrial fragmentation

Mauro Zappaterra, Alexander van der Bliek

264. Isolation and phenotypic analysis of syd-7

Mei Zhen, Nikki Alvarez, Yishi Jin

265. A screen to identify genes that regulate the activity of the C. elegans glutamate receptor GLR-1.

Yi Zheng, Heng Xie, Pene J. Brockie, Andres V. Maricq

266. A resource for C. elegans microarrays

Stuart K. Kim, Min Jiang, Kyle Duke