See Elegance in C. elegans
Created as a result of a summer research experience by Dr. Annette M. Parrott, in collaboration with Georgia
Intern Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) and Dr. Hang Lu's Research Lab.
Background
Homologs and research involving H. sapiens
Finding Function in Novel Targets. C. elegans as a Model Organism: http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v5/n5/full/nrd2031.html
Interesting Articles
Pictures
Videos
Labs & Activities:
Alien Observations
Biomimetics Research
BLAST those Genes!
Genetics of C. elegans
My First Animal Book
To Sex or NOT To Sex Debate
Wild Collecting Nematodes
Web Resources:
C. elegans Server (Recent papers , Literature Search , Meetings , CGC , Labs , Researchers, Wormatlas , Announcements, Bionet.celegans, Software,
Nematodes, The Genome , Movies , WormBook ): http://elegans.swmed.edu/
What are Nematodes (University of Nebraska Lincoln): http://nematode.unl.edu/wormgen.htm
The Secret Lives of nematodes: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0653-SamanthaOrchard/
Phylum Nematoda (Natural History Collection): http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=24.25.333.369
WormAtlas: http://www.wormatlas.org/
Learning Biology with the Worm: http://www.wormclassroom.org/
Biological Control. A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/pathogens/nematodes.html
C. elegans as a Model System: http://avery.rutgers.edu/WSSP/StudentScholars/project/introduction/worms.html
C. elegans genome View: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/map_search.cgi?chr=celegans.inf
The Use of Model organisms in Instruction: http://www.loci.wisc.edu/outreach/text/model.html
The Characteristics of C. elegans That Make It Useful in Teaching: http://www.loci.wisc.edu/outreach/text/celegans.html
C. elegans Biology and Spaceflight Research: www.dsls.usra.edu/biologycourse/workbook/Unit4.2.pdf
Model Organisms at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/coldspring/tools/nematode.html
NASA Ask a C. elegans Expert: http://weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/celegans/
euGenes homology: http://eugenes.org/all/hgsummary.html
Worm Classroom: http://www.wormclassroom.org/intro/faq.html
The C. elegans Webpage: http://chsweb.lr.k12.nj.us/psidelsky/Celegans.htm
Male Anatomy Intro: http://www.wormatlas.org/maleHandbook/GenIntroMalePartI.htm
Online Nematode Dichotomous Key: http://nematode.unl.edu/key/nemakey.htm
Atlas of C. elegans Anatomy; http://www.wormatlas.org/handbook/contents.htm
Other Nematodes. A Guide for C. elegans Researchers: http://elegans.swmed.edu/Nematodes/
C. elegans PPT: http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~dlaw/3330Lectures/Lecture11.ppt#256,1,Caenorhabditis elegans
Different strains of C. elegans can be obtained from the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center at the University of Minnesota:
http://biosci.umn.edu/CGC/Strains/request.htm
Using Digital Microscopy to Study C. elegans: http://www.nsta.org/main/news/stories/science_teacher.php?news_story_ID=51845
Worm Breeding for Geniuses. A guide to genetic mapping in C. elegans
http://genetics.med.harvard.edu/genetics201/WBF_-_Super_Geniuses.pdf
Worm Starter Kit: http://www.imcb.a-star.edu.sg/worm/Manual.pdf
Submit Instructional Materials to: http://www.wormclassroom.org/ce.html
The Elegant Worm: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/news/news_worm.htm
Currently under construction. Last update 7/30/06