WCWM 2002 Abstracts

GENOMICS
Amy Pasquinelli, chair
Saturday, 10 August 2002, 7-11

1. The C. elegans Knockout Consortium: Interim Report
   Robert Allan, Robert Barstead, Mark Edgley, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Jeff Holmes, Meghan Hughes, Steven Jones, Yuji Kohara, Martin Lansdale, Lucy Liu, Jason Maydan, Sheldon McKay, Etsuko Machiyama, Shohei Mitani, Don Moerman, Gary Moulder, Maimun Nisha, Sachiko Noguchi, Jamie Osborn, Anna Rankin, Nadereh Rezania, James Robertson, Beth Rogers, Bin Shen, Miwa Tamura, Malini Viswanathan

2. THE C. ELEGANS ORFEOME CLONING PROJECT : VERSION 1.0
   Philippe Vaglio, Jérôme Reboul, Jean-François Rual, Philippe Lamesch, Laurent Jacotot, Monica Martinez, Christopher Armstrong, Nicolas Bertin, Alban Chesneau, Rekins Janky, Troy Moore, Jim Hartley, Mike Brasch, Hongmei Lee, Lynn Doucette-Stamm, David E Hill, Marc Vidal

3. WormBase, a growing source of worm information
   WormBase Consortium

4. Functional Proteomics of the Mammalian Midbody Reveals Conserved Cell Division Components
   Ahna Skop, Hongbin Liu, John Yates III, Barbara Meyer, Rebecca Heald

5. Discovery of DAF-16 Targets and Novel Lifespan Genes: Microarray Analysis of the C. elegans DAF-2 Pathway
   Coleen T. Murphy, Steven A. McCarroll, Hao Li, Cynthia J. Kenyon

6. Genome-wide RNAi analysis of C. elegans fat regulatory genes
   Kaveh Ashrafi, Francesca Y. Chang, Jennifer L. Watts, Andrew G. Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath, Julie Ahringer, Gary Ruvkun

7. COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS: USING CONSERVATION TO UNDERSTAND GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMS
   Steven A. McCarroll, Coleen T. Murphy, Sige Zou, Scott D. Pletcher, Yuh Nung Jan, Cynthia Kenyon, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Hao Li

8. Deciphering the Combinatorial Code Controlling Pharyngeal Gene Expression
   Jeb Gaudet, Susan Mango

9. Targets of Homeobox Genes in C. elegans
   Andreas Eizinger, Tibor Vellai, Fritz Müller, Stuart K. Kim

10. An RNAi screen to identify regulators of pharyngeal development.
    Pliny A. Smith, Susan E. Mango

11. Functional analysis of the C. elegans genome by RNA-mediated interference
    Andrew Fraser, Ravi Kamath, Yan Dong, Peder Zipperlen, Gino Poulin, Monica Gotta, Natalie le Bot, Sergio Moreno, Julie Ahringer

12. Check out my Profile! Isolation of chemotaxis defective mutants with altered str-1 expression levels using automated, high-sensitivity fluorescence profiling.
    Anthony A. Ferrante, Britta Moellers, Jennifer Kean, Gregory O'Connor, Vance Chang, Bruce Holcombe, Peter Van Osta, Steven Alam

13. Functional Characterization of the Conserved Set of C. elegans Nuclear Hormone Receptors
    Marc R. Van Gilst, Keith R. Yamamoto

CELL BIOLOGY
Janet Richmond, chair
Sunday, 11 August 2002, 8:30-12:15

14. Relationship between the synaptonemal complex and progression of meiotic recombination in C elegans
    Monica P. Colaiacovo, Amy J. MacQueen, JoAnne Engebrecht, Cinzia Rinaldo, Adriana La Volpe, Anne M. Villeneuve

15. pom-1 is a Conserved Regulator of Cell Polarity and Cell Division in the C. elegans Embryo and Fission Yeast
    Jason Pellettieri, Valerie Reinke, Stuart Kim, Geraldine Seydoux

16. ICD-1, a putative target of CED-3, protects cells from programmed cell death
    T. Bloss, E. Witze, J.H. Rothman

17. C. elegans tubulin genes tbb-2 and tba-2 are required for microtubule severing of the MEI-1/MEI-2 katanin complex during meiotic spindle formation.
    Chenggang Lu, Francis J. McNally, Paul E. Mains

18. The C. elegans TIMELESS homolog is an essential regulator of chromosome cohesion.
    Raymond C. Chan, Annette Chan, Mili Jeon, Tammy F. Wu, Ann Rougvie, Barbara J. Meyer

19. Mutations in alpha and beta tubulin genes affect spindle orientation in the one-cell stage C. elegans embryo
    Jennifer B. Phillips, Gregory C. Ellis, Rebecca Lyczak, Bruce Bowerman

20. Glycosyltransferases mediate Bt toxin action in C. elegans
    Joel S. Griffitts, Lisa D. Marroquin, Raffi V. Aroian

21. The egl-41 gene, identified by gf mutations that cause partial sexual transformation, is identical to sel-10, a negative regulator of lin-12
    Ning Pan, Elizabeth Kimberly, Beryl Hatton, Ute Meisel, Manisha Dudley, Ding Xue

22. The Roles of ham-1 and hlh-14 in Neuroblast Divisions
    C. Andrew Frank, Nancy Hawkins, Gian Garriga

23. C. elegans evl-20 Gene Encodes a Functional Homologue of Human Small GTPase ARL2 and Regulates Cytoskeleton Dynamics during Cytokinesis and Morphogenesis
    Igor Antoshechkin, Min Han

24. Proper GABAA receptor trafficking depends on correct synapse formation
    Aaron M. Rowland, Jason G. Olsen, Bruce A. Bamber

25. Nicotine adaptation at the molecular level - the dynamics of nAChR expression and localization
    Alexander Gottschalk, William R. Schafer

26. Identification of CHE-13, a novel IFT protein required for cilia formation
    Courtney J. Haycraft, Jenny C. Schafer, Qihong Zhang, Patrick D. Taulman, Bradley K. Yoder

NEUROBIOLOGY
Miriam Goodman, chair
Sunday, 11 August 2002, 7-11

27. Analysis of Glutamatergic Neurotransmission by Knockout of Glutamate Transporter Genes.
    Itzhak Mano, Tricia Wright, Monica Driscoll

28. GPB-2 Interacts With Two Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors In The Pharynx
    Kate A. Steger, Leon Avery

29. A GABA-gated non-selective cation channel in C. elegans.
    Asim A. Beg, Erik M. Jorgensen

30. Molecular Mechanism of Synaptogenesis
    Kang Shen, Cori Bargmann

31. Identifying the role of endophilin in synaptic vesicle endocytosis
    Janet Richmond, Kim Schuske, Daniel A. Rube, Dawn Signor Matthies, Warren Davis, Steffen Runz, Alexander M. van der Bleik, Erik M. Jorgensen

32. Dense core vesicle trafficking in neurons visualized in vivo
    Tobias R. Zahn, Joseph K. Angleson, Margaret A. MacMorris, John C. Hutton

33. Mutations that Activate the Gs alpha Pathway Bypass the Neurotransmitter Release Blockade in ric-8(md303) and Reveal Another Branch of the Synaptic Signaling Network
    Nicole K. Reynolds, Lisa Coclazier, Jayabarathy Rajaiya, Claudia M. Dollins, Kenneth G. Miller

34. Cellular physiology of cultured C. elegans mechanosensory neurons
    Laura Bianchi, Jian Xue, Monica Driscoll

35. Analyses of mechanosensory transduction by in vivo calcium imaging
    Hiroshi Suzuki, Rex Kerr, Christian Froekjaer-Jensen, Dan Slone, Jian Xue, Monica Driscoll, William Schafer

36. Intracellular Ca++ increase in ASH sensory neuron in response to water-soluble chemical repellents.
    Massimo A. Hilliard, Rex Kerr, Hiroshi Suzuki, Alfonso J. Apicella, Paolo Bazzicalupo, William R. Schafer

37. Dissecting the Neural Circuit Controlling Chemotaxis in C. elegans
    Jesse Gray, Cori Bargmann

38. The DAF-7 TGF-beta signaling pathway regulates chemosensory receptor gene expression in C. elegans
    Katie Nolan, Trina Sarafi-Reinach, Jennifer Horne, Adam Saffer, Piali Sengupta

39. unc-37/Groucho and cog-1/Nkx6.2 Act to Specify Left/Right Asymmetric Cell Fate in a Set of Chemosensory Neurons
    Sarah L. Chang, Robert J. Johnston, Oliver Hobert

40. Serotonin modulation of a chemosensory circuit in C. elegans
    Michael Y. Chao, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Rhonda Hyde, Heather M. Dionne, Anne C. Hart

DEVELOPMENT
Noelle L'Etoile, chair
Monday, 12 August 2002, 8:30-12:15

41. CED-10/Rac and UNC-34/Enabled mediate distinct pathways in UNC-6/Netrin-dependent axon attraction
    Zemer Gitai, Tim Yu, Erik Lundquist, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Cori Bargmann

42. Three miscellaneous axon guidance genes
    Catherine Chiu, Ray Squires, Scott G. Clark

43. Axon guidance at the ventral nerve cord by UNC-71, a disintegrin and metalloprotease protein
    Xun Huang, Peng Huang, Matthew K. Robinson, Michael Stern, Yishi Jin

44. mig-21 Encodes a Novel Putative Transmembrane Protein Required for the Asymmetric Q Neuroblast Migrations
    Lisa Williams, Cynthia Kenyon

45. Regulation of Epidermal Cell Fusion in C. elegans
    Scott Alper, Cynthia Kenyon

46. VAB-19, a novel conserved protein involved in epidermal elongation in C. elegans
    Mei Ding, Wei-meng Woo, Andrew D. Chisholm

47. A role for cbp-1, the worm homolog of the histone acetyl transferases CBP and p300, in vulval induction.
    Dennis Eastburn, Min Han

48. Characterization of the class A synMuv proteins LIN-56 and LIN-15A
    Ewa M. Davison, John DeModena, Linda S. Huang, Paul W. Sternberg, Bob Horvitz

49. LIN-12 downregulation in response to Ras activation in P6.p requires endocytosis and is necessary for lateral signaling
    Daniel Shaye, Iva Greenwald

50. lin-17, lin-18 and patterning of the P7.p lineage
    Takao Inoue, Rashmi Deshpande, Russell Hill, Paul W. Sternberg

51. The transcriptional Mediator complex functions in Wnt, Notch and Ras signaling pathways and may integrate the pathways during the vulval development
    Akinori Yoda, Hiroko Kouike, Hideyuki Okano, Hitoshi Sawa

52. Mutational Analysis of the Sex Determining Protein FEM-1
    Usha Vivegananthan, Ian Chin-Sang, David Lum, Andrew M. Spence

53. Molecular Characterization of the Dosage Compensation Gene, dpy-21
    Stephanie Yonker, Barbara J. Meyer

AGING and DISEASE MODELS
Andrew Dillin, chair
Monday, 12 August 2002, 1:30-3:30

54. Searching for mechanisms of neuronal synchrony in the convulsing worm
    Allyson V. McCormick, James H. Thomas

55. Constitutive promotion of muscle protein degradation by FGF is prevented by a DAF-2 signaling pathway
    Nate Szewczyk, Brant Peterson, Sami Barmada, Leah Parkinson, Lew Jacobson

56. A conserved p38 MAP kinase pathway in C. elegans innate immunity
    Dennis H. Kim, Rhonda Feinbaum, Genevieve Alloing, Fred E. Emerson, Danielle A. Garsin, Hideki Inoue, Miho Tanaka-Hino, Naoki Hisamoto, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Man-Wah Tan, Frederick M. Ausubel

57. Gustatory and olfactory neurons regulate C. elegans longevity
    Joy Alcedo, Cynthia Kenyon

58. C. elegans - a new model for the human peroxisomal disorders
    Oleh I. Petriv, David B. Pilgrim, Richard A. Rachubinski, Vladimir I. Titorenko

59. A model of cholesterol trafficking and NP-C1 disease in C. elegans
    Jie Li, Gemma Brown, Michael Ailion, James H. Thomas

60. Molecular Identification of Transcriptional Targets of the DAF-16 Winged Helix Transcription Factor
    Joshua J. McElwee, Kerry Bubb, James H. Thomas

61. ANC-1 tethers nuclei by connecting the nuclear envelope to the actin cytoskeleton
    Daniel A Starr, Min Han

BEHAVIOR
Bruce Bamber, chair
Monday, 12 August 2002, 4-6

62. Identification of tph-1 regulators reveals a role of TRP channels in serotonin synthesis
    Shenyuan Zhang, Gabriela Blanco, Kai-Xuan Shi, Ji Ying Sze

63. Pharyngeal synchrony in Rhabditida
    Boris Shtonda, Leon Avery

64. Evolution of Nematode Feeding Behavior
    Mark Steciuk, Boris Shtonda, Leon Avery

65. slo-1 modulation of neuronal activity in the pharynx
    Alan Chiang, Leon Avery

66. Long-term memory requires non-NMDA excitatory receptor function and produces decreased GLR-1::GFP expression
    Jacqueline, K., Rose, Sylvia, H., Chen, Catharine, H., Rankin

67. Genetic Analysis of the Neuromodulatory Control of Search Behavior in C. elegans
    Thomas T. Hills, Fred Adler, Andres Villu Maricq

68. Fluoxetine response genes in C. elegans
    John M. Kemner, James H. Thomas

69. Different pathways function at different times to regulate longevity of C. elegans
    Andrew Dillin, Ao-lin Hsu, Douglas Crawford, Andrew Fraser, Ravi Kamath, Julie Ahringer, Cynthia Kenyon

EMBRYOGENESIS
Andrew Fraser, chair
Tuesday, 13 August 2002, 8:30-12

70. Characterization of nmy-1, a suppressor of mel-11
    Alisa J. Piekny, Gwendolyn D. Cham, Jacque-Lynne F. Johsnon, Paul E. Mains

71. Nuclear POP-1 asymmetry between A-P sisters is regulated by a 14-3-3 mediated nuclear export mechanism
    Miao-Chia Lo, Rueyling Lin

72. The Role of par Genes in the Regulation of POP-1 Asymmetry
    Raanan S. Odom, Rueyling Lin

73. LET-99 determines spindle position and is asymmetrically enriched in response to PAR polarity cues in C. elegans embryos
    Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, Lesilee S. Rose

74. New Insights into the Mechanisms Underlying the A-P Polarity Brought by pod Genes
    Akiko Tagawa, Chad A. Rappleye, Raffi V. Aroian

75. Mutants that affect gamete function at fertilization
    Andrew Singson, Indrani Chatterjee, Emily Putiri, Pavan Kadandale, Brian Geldziler, Marty Nemeroff

76. Development and fertility in C. elegans clk-1 mutants depends upon transport of dietary coenzyme Q8 to mitochondria
    Tanya Jonassen, Beth N. Marbois, Kym F. Faull, Catherine F. Clarke, Pamela L. Larsen

77. FRK-1: Roles of a Fer-type non-receptor tyrosine kinase in cadherin and integrin cell adhesion systems and Wnt signaling
    Aaron P. Putzke, Joel H. Rothman

78. AIR-2 Regulates the Selective Release of Chromosome Cohesion during Meiosis I
    Eric Rogers, John D. Bishop, James A. Waddle, Jill M. Schumacher, Rueyling Lin

79. HIM-17, a novel protein required for proper initiation of meiotic recombination in C. elegans
    Kirthi Reddy, Anne Villeneuve

80. Characterization of HCP-6, a C. elegans protein required to prevent chromosome twisting
    Jeffrey H. Stear, Mark B. Roth

81. TEP-1, a C. elegans telomere binding protein, is required for chromosome stability
    Soon Baek Hwang, Seung Hyun Kim, In Kwon Chung, Junho Lee

POSTERS
Sunday, 11 August 2002, 1-6
Workshops 1:30-5:30

82. An RNAi-based screen for genes involved in the regulation of lifespan by the reproductive system
    Jennifer Ramond Berman, Nuno Arantes-Oliveira, Andrew Dillin, Malene Hansen, Allen Hsu, Cynthia Kenyon

83. Measuring C elegans Sensory Functions Across Lifespan
    Charles Glenn, Catherine A. Wolkow

84. Gene expression changes in clk-1 and caloric-restricted worms.
    James Lund, Stuart K. Kim

85. Protein Repair Deficient Worms Reproduce and Age Normally
    Kelley L. Banfield, Pamela L. Larsen, Steven G. Clarke

86. Showing sensitivity to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
    Karen Chien, Adam Boutin, Joel Griffitts, Raffi V. Aroian

87. C. elegans as a model host for the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry5B
    Danielle L. Huffman, Raffi V. Aroian

88. Functional characterization of a structural motif in UNC-11 that has been implicated in phosphoinositide binding.
    Kesheng Liu, Ravit Golan, Kondury Prasad, Andrea M. Holgado, Suping Jin, Eileen M. Lafer, Aixa Alfonso

89. cen-1 is required for centrosome maturation in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo.
    Bruce Nash, Bruce Bowerman

90. Identification of Genes Involved in Sterol Metabolism in C. elegans
    Neal Freedman, Jen-Chywan Wang, Keith R. Yamamoto

91. Intermediate Filament IFB-1 Functions in Epidermal Morphogenesis and is a component of trans-epidermal attachments
    Wei-meng Woo, Andrew D. Chisholm

92. let-711: A GENE INVOLVED IN SPINDLE POSITIONING
    Leah R. DeBella, Lesilee S. Rose

93. A protein phosphatase 4 homologue, PPH-4.1, is essential for centrosome maturation in mitosis and sperm meiosis in C. elegans
    Eisuke Sumiyoshi, Fumio Motegi, Asako Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamamoto

94. Mutations affecting mitotic spindle position in the C. elegans embryo.
    Morgan Goulding, Bruce Bowerman

95. Analysis of the Intraciliary Transport Motor, OSM-3
    Regina S. Walker, Jonathan M. Scholey

96. A Genetic Analysis of Neuronal Polarity in C. elegans
    Miriam R. Kaplan, Cornelia I Bargmann

97. glo-1 is necessary for lysosome-related organelle biogenesis in C. elegans
    Greg J. Hermann, Caroline A. Hieb, James R. Priess

98. Synaptic vesicle kinesin and synapse development
    Ewa Bednarek, Christelle Gally, Jean-Louis Bessereau, Erik M. Jorgensen

99. slr-2 and slr-8, two genetic modifiers of lin-35/Rb in C. elegans
    Aaron M. Bender, David S. Fay

100. Germline precursor cells arrest at G2/prophase during embryogenesis and dauer diapause
     Masamitsu Fukuyama, Joel H. Rothman

101. Developmental control of cell cycle in C. elegans
     R. Mako Saito, Sander van den Heuvel

102. cep-1/p53-Independent Activation of Apoptosis in the C. elegans Germline
     Tak Hung, Kevin Keegan, Mark Lackner, Mark Maxwell, Garth McGrath, Lisa Moore, Carol O'Brien, Dianne Parry, Mike Costa

103. Identification of candidate genes that function in CED-3-independent programmed cell death
     Thomas A. McCloskey, Mark Dorfman, Joel H. Rothman

104. ceh-16: the C. elegans ortholog of the evolutionary conserved engrailed gene
     Giuseppe Cassata, Ralf Baumeister

105. A New Mutation that Affects Distal Tip Cell Migration
     Tsai-Fang Huang, Yi-Chun Wu

106. mig-29 encodes a SEC34 vesicle trafficking protein required for cell migration in C. elegans .
     Yukihiko Kubota, Norio Suzuki, Kiyoji Nishiwaki

107. Extending the unc-53 pathway - Part 1: Yeast two hybrid reveals interactors
     Adetayo O. Adeleye, Samantha J. Grainger, David L. Baillie, Eve G. Stringham

108. Extending the unc-53 pathway- Part II: Isolation of genetic suppressors.
     Ardelle C. Stauffer, Nelvia Van Dorp, Eve G. Stringham

109. A Wnt gradient may guide HSN migration.
     James B. Endres, Shaun Cordes, Nancy Hawkins, Gian Garriga

110. Identification of proteins interacting with MIG-13 in Q cell migration
     Yung S. Lie, Scott Anderson, John R. Yates, Cynthia Kenyon

111. Mechanisms of odor discrimination
     Makoto Tsunozaki, Cori Bargmann

112. Imaging neuronal activity in AWC chemosensory neurons
     Jami Milton Dantzker, Cori I. Bargmann

113. Modulation of Olfactory Adaptation in C. Elegans
     Gloriana V. Gallegos, Noelle L'Etoile

114. Visualizing OSM-9::GFP in AWC during odor exposure
     Aimee Warren, Amanda Kahn-Kirby, Cori Bargmann, Noelle L'Etoile

115. Helping Chromosomes Pack Up and Split: The Role of Condensin in Mitotic and Meiotic Chromosome Segregation
     Kirsten Hagstrom, Hongbin Liu, John Yates, Barbara Meyer

116. Cohesin proteins regulate the reorganization of the holocentric chromosome during mitosis in the C. elegans embryo
     Landon L. Moore, Mark B. Roth

117. Proteomic approach identifies a single-stranded telomere binding protein in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
     Kyu Sang Joeng, Junho Lee

118. Posterior body contraction - novel fast signaling
     Maureen A. Peters, Paola Dal Santo, Asim Beg, Erik M. Jorgensen

119. Wormatlas: A web-based behavioral and structural atlas of C. elegans
     David H. Hall, Thomas Boulin, Maurice Volaski, Michael Zhang, Constantinos Polydorou, Zeynep F. Altun

120. The Incyte Genomics BioKnowledge LibraryTM: A comprehensive, integrated resource for the analysis of functional conservation between model organismal and mammalian proteins
     Angela R. Winnier, Marek S. Skrzypek

121. DPR-1, a membrane-associated nuclear hormone receptor, prevents dauer recovery
     Erin Newman-Smith, Gina Broitman-Maduro, Marina Len, Joel H. Rothman

122. bug-3, a new regulator of asymmetric cell division in C. elegans
     Shaun Cordes, C. Andrew Frank, Gian Garriga

123. Genetic analysis and molecular cloning of nsy-2
     Chiou-Fen Chuang, Alvaro Sagasti, Cori Bargmann

124. Specification of Individual Olfactory Neuron Function
     Marc E Colosimo, Piali Sengupta

125. Sensory Neuron Cell Fate Determination
     Miri K VanHoven, Sarah B Huang, Cori I Bargmann

126. Dissecting the C. elegans ray developmental pathway with DNA microarrays
     Douglas S. Portman, Scott W. Emmons

127. Genetic analysis of the C. elegans Pax-6 locus and characterization of its functions in epidermal morphogenesis
     Hediye Nese Cinar, Andrew D. Chisholm

128. The roles of EFN-4 in embryonic morphogenesis and oogenesis
     Sarah L. Moseley, Andrew D. Chisholm

129. The temperature sensitive lethal mutation or566 may define a new gene that functions in early morphogenesis
     Sabrina G. C. Shore, Sarah L. Moseley, Andrew D. Chisholm

130. Identification of the downstream genes of lon-1
     Kiyokazu Morita, Min Han

131. Identifying genetic loci that control early pharynx morphogenesis
     Michael F. Portereko, Susan E. Mango

132. PAR proteins and cell polarity after the one-cell stage
     Jeremy Nance, James R. Priess

133. Studies of mutations involved in vulval development in C. elegans
     Fang Wang, Igor Antoshechkin, Mitsunobu Hara, Min Han

134. Identifying genetic loci that control early pharynx morphogenesis
     Michael F. Portereiko, Susan E. Mango

135. Ephrin/Eph Receptor Kinase Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Simona Ghenea, Ian Chin-Sang

136. slr-5 and slr-9 function with lin-35/Rb to control pharyngeal morphogenesis in C. elegans.
     Monica Darland, David S. Fay

137. Regulation of the FoxA homologue pha-4 in organ development
     Dustin L. Updike, Susan E. Mango

138. Characterizing ELT-7, an apparent redundant partner with ELT-2, in intestinal organogenesis
     Keith Strohmaier, James D. McGhee, Joel H. Rothman

139. A system for intestine-specific RNA interference
     Benjamin Leung, James R. Priess

140. Analysis of pel-2, a gene required for embryonic pharyngeal differentiation and body morphogenesis
     Kelly A. Harradine, Joel H. Rothman

141. Dimers of GLD-1 bind to a single TGE repeat of the tra-2 mRNA 3'-untranslated region
     Sean P. Ryder, Dana L. Abramovitz, Elizabeth B. Goodwin, James R. Williamson

142. Knockout analysis of putative germline-related genes in C. elegans.
     Takeshi Karashima, Tetsuo Yasugi, Yasuko Sakurai, Ikuma Maeda, Masayuki Yamamoto

143. Vulval development and glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis
     Sara Olson, Ho-Yon Hwang, Jeffrey D. Esko, H. Robert Horvitz

144. A role for ephrin signaling in vulval development?
     Martin L. Hudson, Andrew D. Chisholm

145. SITE-DIRECTED MUTANTS OF THE C. elegans TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN-31 REVEAL DISTINCT FUNCTIONS.
     Corey A. Morris, David B. Doroquez, E. Lorena Mora-Blanco, Yvonne Yang, Leilani M. Miller

146. Genome-wide search for LAG-1 target genes that function in the AC/VU decision and VPC specification
     Andrew S. Yoo*, Carlos Bais*, Han J. Yu, Iva Greenwald

147. Genetic analysis of the vulval mutants in C. briggsae
     Bhagwati P. Gupta, Jennifer X. Li, Shahla Gharib, Paul W. Sternberg

148. Deficiencies in C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids cause behavioral and developmental defects in C. elegans fat-3 mutants
     Jennifer Watts, John Browse

149. Analysis of learning, short-term and long-term memory in the presenilin mutant strains sel-12 and hop-1
     Catharine, H., Rankin, Jacqueline, K., Rose

150. Toward the identification of novel regulators of b-catenin signaling in C. elegans
     Steve Gendreau, Changyou Chen, Damian Curtis, Emery Dora, Lorena Mora-Blanco, Mike Costa

151. sbp-1, a homolog of SREBP, controls lipid metabolism in the worm
     Jennifer Huber, Lisa Kadyk, Mike Costa, Kim Ferguson, Carol O'Brien, Jennifer Watts, Sarah Elson, Tak Hung, Steve Doberstein, Cynthia Seidel-Dugan

152. A Genetic Selection for Amphetamine Resistance
     Miles Trupp, Steven L. McIntire

153. A Genetic Study of Muscular Dystrophy in C. elegans
     Hongkyun Kim, Steven L. McIntire

154. Mapping chromosomal targets of the dosage compensation complex
     Györgyi Csankovszki, Barbara J. Meyer

155. An XO-lethal mutation identifies a gene with interesting friends.
     Tammy Wu, Christian Hassig, Bobby Tsang, Paola Dal Santo, John Plenefisch, Barbara Meyer

156. dsh-2 is required to polarize asymmetrically dividing cells.
     Nancy C. Hawkins, Gregory Ellis, Bruce Bowerman, Gian Garriga

157. Identification of Embryonic Mesoderm Genes Using Microarrays
     Morris F. Maduro, Gina Broitman-Maduro, Joel H. Rothman

158. Genetic Analysis of Asymmetric LET-99 Localization
     Jui-ching Wu, Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, Lesilee S. Rose

159. Mapping and cloning of generation vulvaless mutants of Pristionchus pacificus
     Jagan Srinivasan, Ralf J. Sommer

160. Global synteny between C. briggsae and C. elegans
     Todd W. Harris, Jason Stajich, Marc Sohrmann, Lincoln D. Stein

161. Analysis of Dauer Formation Mutations in C. briggsae
     Hannah Kim, Shirley Phan, Takao Inoue, Paul W. Sternberg

162. Selection shapes patterns of neutral polymorphism in C. elegans' genome
     Asher D. Cutter, Bret A. Payseur

163. Microarray analysis of ethanol effects in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans identifies ethanol-sensitive genes
     JaeYoung Kwon, Mingi Hong, Minsung Choi, Seol hee Im, Kyle Duke, Stuart Kim, Junho Lee

164. Analysis of Matrix Metalloproteinases in C. elegans
     David H. Lum, Zena Werb

165. Identifying male fertility genes by recombinant inbred mapping
     Marc Hammarlund, Shawn Olsen, Erik M. Jorgensen

166. Sperm competition and reproductive interactions in C. elegans
     Gillian M. Stanfield, Anne M. Villeneuve

167. Systematic analysis of post-embryonic roles of embryonic lethal genes by RNAi-by-L1-soaking
     Naoko Sakumoto, Rika Maruyama, Nobuko Uodome, Yumi Iida, Yuji Kohara, Asako Sugimoto

168. Identification of intestine-specific genes using mRNA-tagging
     Pei-Jiun Chen, Peter J. Roy, Stuart K. Kim

169. Toward the identification of genes expressed in C. elegans GABAergic neurons
     Hulusi Cinar, Yishi Jin

170. Identification of new endoderm regulators using an RNAi based genome wide screen
     Cricket Wood, Andrew Fraser, Ravi Kamath, Julie Ahringer, Joel Rothman

171. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids are Important for Normal C. elegans Cuticle Function
     Trisha J. Brock, Jennifer L. Watts, John Browse

172. Characterizing MEL-26, the post-meiotic inhibitor of MEI-1/MEI-2 microtubule severing.
     Jacque-Lynne F. Johnson, Martin A. Srayko, Paul E. Mains

173. Spindle Movements during Female Meiosis
     Hsin-ya Yang, Karen L. McNally, Francis J. McNally

174. hal-2 , a gene involved in pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase
     Natasha L Miley, Amy J MacQueen, Anne Villeneuve

175. Finding new components necessary for correct meiotic chromosome pairing
     Enrique Martinez-Perez, Anne Villeneuve

176. Direct screening for meiotic homologous pairing mutants in C. elegans
     Kentaro Nabeshima, Anne M. Villeneuve

177. Using a Combination of Two Recombinases to Create Targeted Single-copy Genomic Insertion in C. elegans
     Phillip Grote, Matthias Lauth, Michael Meyer, Barbara Conradt

178. Developing new techniques
     M. Wayne Davis, Jeff Gritton, Erik M. Jorgensen

179. A System for Measuring Worm Movement; Improvements and Applications.
     Christopher Cronin, Jane Mendel, Young-Mee Kim, Saleem Mukhtar, Jehoshua Bruck, Robert Stirbl, Paul Sternberg

180. Worms on the International Space Station
     Nate Szewczyk, Melissa Kirven-Brooks, Cassie Conley

181. Visualizing synapses in the motor neuron circuit.
     Jessica Rivera, Christina Gleason, Sam Wells, David M. Miller, III

182. Alae Mutant Defects Assessed by SEM and TEM
     Carolyn Marks, Tylon Stephney, Adam Hartley, Hui Feng, Min Ren, Charles S. Rubin, David H. Hall

183. Modeling of human mitochondrial diseases in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
     Leslie I. Grad, Bernard D. Lemire

184. The endophilin-related protein ERP-1 regulates mitochondrial division
     Daniel A. Rubé, Ashley P. Wright, Alexander M. van der Bliek

185. Search for Proteins Affecting Division of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane
     Ayako Hasegawa, Alex van der Bliek

186. Nematodes with Mitochondrial Diseases
     William Y. Tsang, Bernard D. Lemire

187. Serotonin acts through Go to modulate the timing of calcium transients in C. elegans egg-laying muscles
     Stanley I. Shyn, Rex A. Kerr, William R. Schafer

188. Voltage-gated calcium channel and Rac-like GTPase genetically interact with rpm-1 to coordinate synapse formation
     Katsunori Nakata, Yishi Jin

189. Synapse morphology is disrupted by a gain-of-function mutation in the C. elegans alpha-tubulin gene tba-1
     Renee Baran, Yishi Jin

190. unc-35/talin is required for left/right commissural growth cone decisions
     Chris Suh, Scott Clark, Cori Bargmann, Yishi Jin

191. UNConventional molecules: saga of two axonal guidance genes of Caenorhabditis elegans
     Cheng-Wen Su, Suzanne Tharin, Michael O. Hengartner

192. Investigating the role of pdl-1
     Jessica J. Smith, Dave B. Pilgrim

193. zig genes and maintenance of the nervous system.
     Thomas Boulin, Oliver Hobert

194. sax-1 and sax-2 maintain neuron morphology in larval and adult stages in C. elegans.
     Maria E. Gallegos, Jennifer A. Zallen, Cori Bargmann

195. Suppressors of unc-34 cell migration and axon outgrowth defects
     Pam Vanderzalm, Megan Dell, Gian Garriga

196. Functional analysis of UNC-33 involved in neural development
     Daisuke Tsuboi, Takao H. Hikita, Mutsuki Amano, Hiroshi Qadota, Kozo Kaibuchi

197. Isolation and Characterization of Genes Involved in Ectopic Neurite Outgrowth Defects
     Nehal Mehta, Paula Loria, Oliver Hobert

198. Does UNC-119 mediate a collagen-based axon guidance signal?
     Wayne Materi, Dave Pilgrim

199. Investigations into the mechanisms of SAX-3 mediated axon guidance
     Jason R Kennerdell, Joe Hao, Catherine Pawson, Cori I Bargmann

200. More axon guidance mutants
     Catherine Chiu, Ray Squires, Katrina Sabater, Scott G. Clark

201. vab-8 and unc-51 interaction mediates posteriorly directed axon outgrowth
     Tina Lai, Gian Garriga

202. The role of SNAREs in exocytosis
     Mark T Palfreyman, M Wayne Davis, Rob Weimer, Erik M Jorgensen

203. MOLECULAR CLONING AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL CLASS OF VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNELS
     Kevin Hamming, Colin Thacker, Kate Steger, Leon Avery, Terrance Snutch

204. unc-74 encodes a protein disulfide isomerase required for levamisole receptor function.
     Daniel C. Williams, Janet E. Richmond, Erik M. Jorgensen

205. Characterization of TRPC channels in C. elegans
     X. Z. Shawn Xu, Barbara Perry, Gladys Medina, Paul W. Sternberg

206. unc-58 ENCODES AN UNUSUAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL OF THE TWIK FAMILY
     Monika Tzoneva, James H. Thomas

207. EXAMINING THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE UNC-2 AND CCA-1 VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS
     Colin Thacker, Kate Steger, Tracy Evans, Eleanor Mathews, Celia Santi, Esperanza Garcia, Leon Avery, Terrance Snutch

208. Developing a screen for HERG blocking drugs using the C. elegans pharynx
     Sarah Straud Anselmo, Leon Avery

209. Cameleon Imaging of Calcium Transients in Cultured Mechanosensory Neurons
     Christian Frokjaer-Jensen, Rex Kerr, Hiroshi Suzuki, Katie Kindt, Massimo Hilliard, William R Schafer

210. nic-1 encodes a glycosyltransferase that affects nAChR activity
     Jinah Kim, Stuart Haslam, Kari Dickinson, William Schafer

211. Mutations of a glutamate-gated chloride channel in C. elegans affect short-term memory in an ISI dependant manner, long-term memory, and foraging behaviour
     Stephan Steidl, Nicholas Dube, Jacqueline K. Rose, Catharine H. Rankin

212. The Ras-MAPK pathway acts in interneurons for olfactory plasticity
     Takaaki Hirotsu, Yuichi Iino

213. Sensory Signal Integration in the Nervous System
     Andy Chang, Cori Bargmann

214. Mutations that Cause Food-Deprived Behavior in Well-Fed Animals
     Daniel Omura, Bob Horvitz

215. The analysis of anterior convulsions in C. elegans.
     Gennifer E. Merrihew, Allyson V. McCormick, Christine W. Miller, Elizabeth M. Newton, James H. Thomas

216. EGL-46 regulates the specific characteristics of hook sensory neuron HOB for its function in C. elegans male mating
     Hui Yu, Paul W. Sternberg

217. Simulating neural networks for spatial orientation in C. elegans
     Dunn, N. A., Conery, J.S., *Lockery, S.R.

218. Simulation of food transport in the pharynx
     Leon Avery

219. Modulation of C. elegans egg-laying behavior by the environment and experience
     Niels Ringstad, Bob Horvitz

220. Forward locomotion depends on expression of the Stomatin like protein, UNC-24, in C. elegans neurons.
     Julie Y. Koh, James Y.-J. Meir, January Haile, David M. Miller, III

221. Functional analysis of the C.elegans homologue of Mblk-1, a transcription factor expressed in the honeybee brain
     Eriko Kage, Takaaki Hirotsu, Hideaki Takeuchi, Takao Inoue, Hiroyuki Arai, Asako Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamamoto, Hirofumi Kunitomo, Yuichi Iino, Takeo Kubo

222. AIY-Mediated Temperature Modulation of Behavior
     Ephraim Tsalik, Oliver Hobert

223. The step response of spatial orientation behaviors in C. elegans.
     Tod Thiele, Adam C. Miller, Hatim Zariwala, Serge Faumont, Shawn R. Lockery

224. Role of the egl-2 potassium channel in chemotaxis.
     Serge Faumont, Adam C. Miller, Shawn R. Lockery

225. Characterization of the sperm transfer step of male mating behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans .
     Gary Schindelman, Allyson J. Whittaker, Shahla Gharib, Paul W. Sternberg

226. Characterization of the early steps of male mating behavior of C. elegans
     Allyson J. Whittaker, Gary Schindelman, Shahla Gharib

227. The role of chb-3 in sensory regulation of body size and locomotory state
     Manabi Fujiwara, Nasrin Amiri, Hannah Volkman, Steven L. McIntire

228. Control of the defecation motor program involves the G protein-coupled receptor AEX-2
     Elaine K. Round, Ana B. Kobayashi, James H. Thomas

229. Analyses of mechanosensory transduction by in vivo calcium imaging
     Hiroshi Suzuki, Rex Kerr, Christian Froekjaer-Jensen, Dan Slone, Jian Xue, Monica Driscoll, William Schafer

230. A suppressor screen of flp-1 gene
     Duo Wang, Gary Ruvkun

231. The cat-4/GTP cyclohydrolase I /F32G8.6 gene of C. elegans
     Curtis M. Loer, Scott DePaul

232. Characterization of the aromatic amino acid decarboxylase bas-1 in serotonergic neurons
     Emily Hare, Laura Moran Rivard, Curtis M. Loer

233. Genetic Analysis of the Behavioral Effects of Amphetamine in C. elegans.
     Lucinda Carnell, Jennifer Hsu, Shannon Behrman, Steven L. McIntire

234. Serotonin promotes Go-dependent neuronal migration in Caenorhabditis elegans
     William Schafer, Katie S. Kindt, Tobey Tam, Shaleah Whiteman

235. A genetic dissection of OSM-9 and OCR-2 signal transduction pathways in C. elegans
     Amanda Kahn-Kirby, Jennifer Watts, David Tobin, John Browse, Cornelia I. Bargmann

236. Uncovering Sensory Roles for TRP Channels in Male Mating Behavior
     Erik M Peden, Maureen M Barr

237. Guanylate Cyclase Beta 2 Subunit: A Novel NO-insensitive, Heme-bound Cyclase?
     Dav id Karow, Jennifer Chang, Chinmay Majmudar, Ron Ellis, Michael Marletta

238. Investigation of a cyclic-GMP dependent kinase's effects on chemosensory gene transcription and adaptation.
     Jeffrey Eastham, Cori Bargmann, Noelle L'Etoile

239. Expression and Functional Analysis of RPM-1 in Synapse Formation
     Benjamin Abrams, Yishi Jin

240. UNC-16, the C. elegans JIP3, plays kinesin-1-dependent and independent roles in directing vesicular traffic
     Dana Byrd, Rie Sakamoto, Masato Kawasaki, Naoki Hisamoto, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Yishi Jin

241. Microarray experiments to identify unc-4 target genes in FACS-isolated unc-4::GFP embryonic motor neurons.
     Rebecca M. Fox, Azza Gasmelseed, David M. Miller, III

242. GFP screens for regulators of motor neuron differentiation.
     Joseph Watson, David M. Miller, III

243. In search of UNC-4 response elements (U4REs)
     Stephen E. Von Stetina, Nina Xu, Penelope J. Brockie, Andres V. Maricq, David M. Miller, III

244. In search of UNC-4 targets.
     Stephen E. Von Stetina, Peter J. Roy, Stuart K. Kim, David M. Miller, III

245. A screen to identify factors involved in active zone formation
     Ed Yeh, Ross Tam, Mei Zhen

246. Mapping a new class of Ric mutants using an improved SNP mapping technique
     Marc Hammarlund, Tracey Harrach, Erik M. Jorgensen

247. The Ror Receptor Tyrosine Kinase CAM-1/KIN-8 functions at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction via a kinase-independent mechanism
     Michael M. Francis, Susan Poulson, David Madsen, Villu Maricq

248. Identification of genes that contribute to the regulation of glutamate receptor function in C. elegans
     Nathalie Strutz, Yi Zheng, Ryan Candland, Andres V. Maricq

249. C. elegans Nidogen, LAR and SYD-2/Liprin Function Coordinately During Neuromuscular Junction Formation
     Brian D. Ackley, Robert J. Harrington, Andrew D. Chisholm, Yishi Jin

250. Synaptic remodeling of the DD motor neurons in C. elegans
     Julie McCleery, Yishi Jin

251. Characterization of mutants regulating synaptic remodeling of DD motor neurons
     James Meir, Nikki Alvarez, Yishi Jin

252. wly-1 mutations cause axonal degeneration
     Lung Yam, Catherine Chiu, Scott G. Clark

253. Human beta amyloid peptide expressed in C. elegans muscles affects cellular trafficking possibly by altering chaperone-dependent ER-cytoplasm retrograde transport.
     Vadim Kapulkin, Gin Fonte, Andrew Taft, Chris Link

254. Infection of Drosophila melanogaster with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
     Michelle Rengarajan, Takao Inoue, Paul W. Sternberg

255. Chromosome-Wide Regulation of Meiotic Crossing Over
     Kenneth J Hillers, Anne M Villeneuve

256. Systemic RNAi: Form and Function
     Christina Molodowitch, William M. Winston, Marie Sutherlin, Craig P. Hunter

257. RNAi and cosuppresion in the C elegans germ line.
     Rosa Alcazar, Andrew Fire

258. Searching for the Autosomal Sex Signal
     Jennifer R. Powell, Barbara J. Meyer

259. The ONECUT homologue ceh-39 is involved in sex determination in C elegans
     John Gladden, Barbara J. Meyer

260. Assaying C. elegans sex ratio in natural populations
     Asher D. Cutter, Sarah E. McCarthy

261. Characterization of tyramine receptors from Caenorhabditis elegans
     Elizabeth B. Rex, Richard W. Komuniecki

262. Alternatively-spliced nematode 5-HT2-like receptor isoforms: interaction of the C- terminus with a multi-PDZ domain organizer protein (C52A11.4).
     Hong Xiao, Xinyan Huang, Li Lin, Robert Hobson, Katherine Smith, John Plenefisch, Richard W. Komuniecki

263. MAPK activation by acetylcholine in C. elegans neurons
     Young-jai You, Melanie Cobb, Leon Avery

264. Identification of proteins involved in C. elegans sperm chromosome condensation.
     Diana S. Chu, Hongbin Liu, John R. Yates III, Barbara J. Meyer

265. Characterizing the function of FER-1, a muscular dystrophy-related gene involved in membrane fusion during C. elegans spermiogenesis
     Nicole L. Washington, Samuel Ward

266. Role of egl-5 in EGF/Wnt signal integration in the specification of P12 fate
     Lisa R. Girard, Henrique B. Ferreira, Scott Emmons, Paul W. Sternberg

267. Visualizing PHA-4 binding to target DNA during pharynx organogenesis
     Julie Kiefer, Susan Mango

268. cis-Regulatory Control of Vulval Cell-Fate Markers in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Martha Kirouac, Paul Sternberg

269. The cis-regulatory logic of transcriptional control during neuronal subtype specification in C. elegans
     Adam S. Wenick, Oliver Hobert

270. The Role of TLF in C. elegans Transcription
     Sarah K. Lange, Wanyuan Ao, Linda Kaltenbach, Susan E. Mango

271. Functional Evolution of Diverged Nuclear Hormone Receptors in C. elegans
     Marc R. Van Gilst, Keith R. Yamamoto

272. Biochemical characterization of PLP-1, a regulator of mesendoderm development
     E. Witze, E. Field, D. Hunt, J.H. Rothman

273. Characterization of Mos1 transposition.
     Daniel C. Williams, Erik M. Jorgensen

274. Search for computational modules in the C. elegans brain.
     M. Reigl, D.B. Chklovskii, U. Alon

275. A BK potassium channel mediates the behavioral effects of ethanol in C elegans
     Andrew G. Davies, Jonathan T. Pierce-Shimomura, Hongkyun Kim, Tod R. Thiele, Antonello Bonci, Steven L. McIntire