[Celegans] RNAi experiments for the classroom

[Nash, Bruce]

Dear All,

I am looking for RNAi experiments to include in a course. I am hoping to find conditions that yield highly penetrant, easily scored phenotypes (for instance, paralyzed or very dumpy) for use in classroom settings (at the high school and college level). I am investigating soaking and feeding protocols for these experiments. If anyone has examples that meet these requirements, I would be very thankful if I heard from you.

I am also hoping to have an experiment demonstrating the power of RNAi for use screens. If anyone has an example of suppression of an obvious mutant phenotype, or a synthetic interaction with a mutant leading to an obvious phenotype, please let me know.

Thank you very much,

All the best

Bruce Nash,
Education Coordinator
Dolan DNA Learning Center 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724 
(516) 367-5192 
www.dnalc.org