WORMWOOD

A resource for nematode phylogeny

Compiled by Paul De Ley - WWW pages maintained by Mark Blaxter
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Last modified November 16, 1999

What is Wormwood?

The last few years have seen a rising interest in phylogenetic research on nematodes, especially based on molecular methods. Obviously, increased exchange of information between researchers and mutual awareness of each other's activities would make it easier to: avoid unnecessary duplication; request and pass on technical tips; request and voice opinions and comments; detect and implement possibilities for collaboration; access, combine and/or complete datasets; get funding (e.g. EU-funds require international collaboration).

Wormwood has been set up to stimulate this exchange with a minimal increase of work burden. It is both an automated mailing list or newsgroup, and an electronic "who's who"-cum-address book, aimed primarily (but not exclusively) at people working on phylogenetic investigations into nematodes, be it along morphological,developmental or molecular lines.

Everybody with an interest in nematode evolution is therefore invited to participate. There are no fees or conditions attached, anyone can join the email list and the Wormwood database is freely available on WWW or by request through e-mail. Nevertheless, joining will ensure that you get announcements of the regular updates of Wormwood via e-mail, and it will also increase your visibility as more of your peers become aware of your interests and research profile.

If you wish to join this initiative, please click here and fill in the form for the database and go here to join the email list.

Links to other nematode sites:

Phylogenetics and Phylogenetics labs Home Pages

Worm Systematics Resource Network (Run by David Fitch, NY)
a searchable site with a database of available nematode strains

 

The Thomas Lab Home Page
Nematode Phylogenetic Research at the Thomas lab
this site houses the Thomas lab database of nematode phylogenetics sequences

 

Paul's Bizarre Worm Bazaar (Paul De Ley's home page)
A variety of strains available for culture plus beautiful scanning EMs of some favourite nematodes

Andy's PCR and Sequencing pages (University of Ghent)
            Andy Vierstraete's methods for extracting, amplifyi, sequencing wormand analysing worm DNA
 

The Blaxter Nematode Lab at ICAPB (Edinburgh)
 
EPN's Home Page (Oregon State University)
 
UCD Dept. of Nematology (California)
 
The key to freshwater nematodes in the plant and insect nematode site at Nebraska
Other Sites (not very well sorted..., C. elegans below)
Society of Nematologists Home Page
Journal of Nematology Information
The Filarial Nematode Genome WWW site FilGenNet at helios.bto.ed.ac.uk

The plant and insect nematode site in Nebraska

New Atlas of Medical Parasitology - a new project to build an online Med Para Atlas

Atlas of Medical Parasitology
parasites Home Page
Nematode Parasites
Trichinella spiralis
Trichinella Web Page
Pappas Graphics of Parasites
WORMLAND HOME PAGE
Parasitology Images
Zoology projects - Loch Ness worms
The Worm Web
WWW Nematology and Biology Information
Index of /nematode/images/
C. elegans Sites
The C. elegans WWW server in Texas
use this site for access to ALL information on C. elegans including links to many C. elegans labs' home pages
The NIG in japan (Yuji Kohara's group) is developing an in situ expression database for C. elegans: go to C.elegans INDEX
 
C. elegans on the Web

C. elegans newsgroup

NemaPharm Corporate Site: Home
 
Comprehensive Protocol Collection (C. elegans)
A short primer of nematode methods:
Links to other phylogeny sites:
Back to the Worms on the Web page Back to the Network Page Back to the FilGenNet Home Page

Last revised 30/11/95