WormBook chapters should be cited as in the following example:

Eisenmann, D. M., Wnt signaling (June 25, 2005), WormBook, ed. The C. elegans Research Community, WormBook, doi/10.1895/wormbook.1.7.1, http://www.wormbook.org.

The official publication date is the date the chapter is published online and can be found in the footer of each chapter. Chapters listed with preprint versions are citable with the words "in press" replacing the publication date and do not include a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

References: The complete set of WormBook citations is available in either EndNote or RefMan bibliographic libraries. Please see the import instructions for details.

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April 30, 2009

WormBook receives support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities, has made a substantial contribution to WormBook over the next two years. We thank them for their generous support of online open-access publication.

February 20, 2009

New chapter added to Biochemistry
'Intermediary metabolism' by Bart Braeckman, Koen Houthoofd and Jacques Vanfleteren has been added to the Biochemistry section. This chapter describes the major metabolic pathways in C. elegans, and discusses how metabolic activity changes in response to development, aging and environmental stress.

October 8, 2008

Martin Chalfie wins Nobel Prize for GFP in C. elegans.
WormBook Editor-in-Chief Martin Chalfie (with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien) has won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for introducing GFP as a biological marker. This is the third Nobel Prize awarded for research on C. elegans in the last six years. Congratulations Marty!

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