rmIs190 [F25B3.3p::Q67::CFP]. Pan-neuronal CFP expression.

rmIs172 [F25B3.3p::Q19::CFP]. Pan-neuronal CFP expression. Reference: Gidalevitz T, et al., Science. 2006 Mar 10;311(5766):1471-4.

rmIs290 [unc-54p::Hsa-sod-1 (127X)::YFP]. Array encodes mutated form of human SOD-1. YFP expression in body wall muscle. Array is prone to silencing; maintain by picking worms displaying typical aggregation patterns. Reference: Gidalevitz T, et al., PLoS Genet. 2009 Mar;5(3):e1000399.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Paralyzed Unc.

wpIs36 [unc-47p::mCherry] I. sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)].

wpIs36 [unc-47p::mCherry] I. sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Paralyzed Unc.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. 100% dauers at 25C. Leaky at 20C. Crowds. Growth slow. GFP expression in GABAergic motor neurons.

wpIs36 [unc-47p::mCherry] I. sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Unc; almost paralyzed. Growth slow.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15 degrees. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. 100% dead embryos at 25 degrees. Small, posteriorly displaced first mitotic spindle with defective chomosome segregation and cytokinesis.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Unc. Slow moving.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Unc.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. Unc; almost paralyzed. Growth slow.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. Unc. Maintain at 15C. Synthetic Lethality at 25C.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II.

adIs2122 [lgg-1p::GFP::lgg-1 + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Unc.

Maintain at 15C. Synthetic Lethality at 25C. Unc; almost paralyzed. Growth slow.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)].

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II.  Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-pharyngeal GFP bec-1 homozygotes. Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

otIs117 [unc-33p::GFP + unc-4(+)] IV. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive. Pan-neuronal GFP.

olaEx3013 [ttx-3p:mCherry::eGFP::lgg-1 + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry+ coelomocytes to maintain array. Unc. Tandem tags on LGG-1 label immature autophagosomes with both GFP and mCherry, but because GFP is preferentially quenched in an acidic environment, mature structures lose their GFP signal and display solely mCherry signal. Reference: Hill SE & Colon-Ramos D. 2018 bioRxiv 287144; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/287144

olaEx3013 [ttx-3p:mCherry::eGFP::lgg-1 + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry+ coelomocytes to maintain array. Paralyzed Unc. Tandem tags on LGG-1 label immature autophagosomes with both GFP and mCherry, but because GFP is preferentially quenched in an acidic environment, mature structures lose their GFP signal and display solely mCherry signal. Reference: Hill SE & Colon-Ramos D. 2018 bioRxiv 287144; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/287144

ddi-1 also known as vsm-1.

Maintain at 15C. Synthetic Lethality at 25C.

Maintain at 15C. Synthetic Lethality at 25C.

sosIs5 [rab-3p::Cerulean-Venus::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Paralyzed Unc. Slow growth.

Maintain at 15C. Synthetic Lethality at 25C.

sosIs6 [C01G5.6p::C01G5.6::GFP]. ddi-1 also known as vsm-1.

ccIs4251 [myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. ddi-1 also known as vsm-1.

olaEx3013 [ttx-3p::mCherry::eGFP::lgg-1 + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry+ coelomocytes to maintain array. Unc. Slow moving. Tandem tags on LGG-1 label immature autophagosomes with both GFP and mCherry, but because GFP is preferentially quenched in an acidic environment, mature structures lose their GFP signal and display solely mCherry signal. Reference: Hill SE & Colon-Ramos D. 2018 bioRxiv 287144; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/287144

sosIs3 [unc-119p::ddi-1::GFP]. ddi-1 also known as vsm-1.

jamSi2 [mex-5p::rde-1(+)] II. mex-5p::rde-1(+) inserted into ttTi5605 on LG II. Tissue-specific RNAi rescue allows silencing in germline and intestine. Reference: Marre JA, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016.

zfIs18 [mec-4p::ChR2::YFP]. zfIs42 [rig-3p::GCaMP3::SL2::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain strong expression from zfIs42. Worm expresses light-sensitive Channelrhodopsin (ChR2) and yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) in mechanosensory neurons, ALMR/L, AVM, PLML/R, and PVM. When fed all-trans retinal, blue light stimulation (473 nm at 2 mW * mm^-2) of head induces reversals. GCaMP3 and and mCherry expression in command interneurons AVA, and nearby pharyngeal neurons I1, I4, M4, NSM. Worms were made by crossing the integrated strains QW309 and QW625. Reference: Shipley FB, et al. Front Neural Circuits. 2014 Mar 24;8:28.

otIs355 [rab-3::NLS::tagRFP]. otIs45 [unc-119::GFP] V. Pan-neural expression with no injection marker. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 23;113(8):E1074-81.

wtfIs32 [str-2p::ChR2(H134R)::GFP +, myo-3p:mCherry]. Expression of an activating opsin molecule ChR2 (H134R) in AWC-ON neuron and mCherry in body wall muscles. Reference: Chen KS, et al. Olfactory learning alters navigation strategies and behavioral variability in C. elegans. ArXiv, Feb 23:arXiv:2311.07117v2. PMID: 38013890.

wtfEx4 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain array. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 23;113(8):E1074-81.

wtfIs2 [rig-3p::Chrimson::SL2::mCherry]. Transgenic animals express light-gated ion channel Chrimson and fluorescent protein mCherry in AVA neurons as well as nearby nearby pharyngeal neurons I1, I4, M4, NSM. Worms reverse more upon exposure to red light via optogenetic activation of AVA neurons. Reference: Kumar S, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Sep 21;21(9):e3002280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002280. PMID: 37733772.

wtfIs3 [rab-3p::NLS::GFP + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Worms expressing the calcium insensitive fluorescent proteins GFP and tagRFP in the nuclei of all neurons in a lite-1(ce314) background. Control strain for AML70. Reference: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/10/17/445643.full.pdf

wtfIs145 [rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3'UTR + pha-1(+)]. Pan-neuronal expression of nuclear-localized GCaMP6s. Reference: Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.

wtfIs3 [rab-3p::NLS::GFP + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. RFP and GFP expression in the nuclei of all neurons. AML18 acts as a control for the calcium imaging strain AML14. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 23;113(8):E1074-81.

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. wtfEx258 [rig-3p::tagBFP::unc-54 3'UTR]. Pick BFP+ animals to maintain transgene. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons for whole brain imaging. BFP expression from rig-3 promoter allows identification of AVAL/R neurons. Reference: Hallinen KM, et al. eLife. 2021 Jul 29;10:e66135. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66135.

Derived by out-crossing parental strain OH15262 an additional six times to N2. Out-crossed strain AML318 seems healthier than parental strain when maintaining long-term under normal conditions (AML observed an increase in male and sterile progeny in parental strain in successive generations.) otIs669 [UPN::NLS::TagRFP-T + acr-5::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-1::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-6::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-18::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-19::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-26::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + gcy-18::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + ggr-3::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + lim-4::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + pdfr-1::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + srab-20::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + unc-25::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + cho-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + flp-13::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + flp-20::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + gcy-36::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + gpa-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + nlp-12::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + nmr-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + ocr-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + osm-9::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + srh-79::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + sri-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + srsx-3::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + unc-8::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + acr-2::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + ceh-2::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + dat-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + dhc-3::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + eat-4::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + flp-3::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + gcy-35::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + glr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + gcy-21::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + klp-6::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + lim-6::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + mbr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + mec-3::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + odr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + srab-20::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B] V. UPN (Ultra Pan-Neuronal) promoter contains four short pan-neuronal promoters fused together (unc-11::rgef-1::ehs-1::ric-19). NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene used to resolve unique neural identities in whole-brain images. Reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642.

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons. Derived from AML14 by integration of wtfEx4. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 May 18;13(5):e1005517.

wtfIs145 [rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3' UTR + pBX]. GCaMP6s transgene allows for imaging whole-brain calcium activity with neuronal identification using NeuroPAL system. See description of strain OH15262 for full description of otIs669 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). Derived by out-crossing parental strain OH15262 an additional six times before incorporating wtfIs145. References: Yu X, et al. Elife. 2021 Jul 14;10:e66410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66410. PMID: 34259623. Randi F, et al. Nature 2023 Nov;623(7986):406-414. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06683-4. PMID: 37914938. Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.

juSi164 [mex-5p::HIS-72::miniSOG + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. wtfIs263 [rab-3p::AI::ChR2(H134R)::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::AI::Voltron::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::his-24::tagBFP::unc-54 3'UTR]. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. Pan-neuronal expression of ChR2 (H134R) along with Voltron volatage indicator and nuclear-localized tagBFP. Reporter construct contains an artificial intron (AI). Reference: Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.

juSi164 [mex-5p::HIS-72::miniSOG + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. wtfEx296 [rab-3p::AI::gur-3G::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::AI::prdx-2G::SL2::his-24::tagRFP::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3'UTR]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. Worms expressing a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system: pan-neuronal expression of GUR-3 and PRDX-2 with nuclear-localized tagRFP and GCaMP6s. Reporter construct contains an artificial intron (AI). Reference: Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.

juSi164 [mex-5p::HIS-72::miniSOG + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. wtfEx315 [5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10P::AI::gur-3G::unc-54 3'UTR + 5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10P::AI::prdx-2G::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::AI::QF+hGR::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ coelomocytes to maintain. Worms expressing a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system: pan-neuronal expression of GUR-3 and PRDX-2. Reporter construct contains an artificial intron (AI). Reference: Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.

juSi164 [mex-5p::HIS-72::miniSOG + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. wtfIs335 [5xQUAS+(delta)pes-10p::AI::eTsChR::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::AI::QF+hGR::SL2::tagBFP::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::his-24::tagRFP::unc-54 3'UTR + rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3'UTR]. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. Pan-neuronal eTsChR on activation using dex treatment via QF+hGR. Worms also express calcium sensing fluorescence protein- GCaMP6s in nuclei of each neurons. Reporter construct contains an artificial intron (AI). Reference: Sharma AK, et al. Genetics 2024 May 11:iyae077. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae077 PMID: 38733622.