Dear Ciliate Researchers, To help accommodate a wider variety of gene names, TGD Wiki has increased by one (from three to four) the number of letters allowed to form a Gene Name prefix. Names were previously limited to the format "ABC123". Names with the format "ABCD123" will now be accepted by the database. Please note that the additional letter must be included before the numerals; letters after the numerals (e.g. "ABC123D") are currently not accepted. We hope this modification to the published gene naming guidelines helps with the push to name as many genes as possible by the end of the month. Thank you to all of the concerned parties who weighed in on this decision, and to the Tetrahymena Research Advisory Board (TetRA; http://ciliate.org/index.php/home/tetra) for mediating the discussion. Cheers, Nick Stover --- Nicholas A. Stover, PhD Associate Professor, Biology Bradley University Peoria, Illinois 61625 [log in to unmask] www.ciliate.org