Table of Contents

Starting a C. elegans Research Laboratory: Practical Advice.- The Basics of Setting Up Successful Teaching Labs and Short-Term Projects with C. elegans.- Cryopreservation of C. elegans and Other Nematodes with Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Trehalose.- Genetic Methods for Cellular Manipulation in C. elegans.- Observing and Quantifying Fluorescent Reporters.- Microbial Rhodopsin Optogenetic Tools: Application for Analyses of Synaptic Transmission and of Neuronal Network Activity in Behavior.- Optogenetic Perturbation of Individual C. elegans Pharyngeal Neurons while Monitoring Feeding Behavior.- Antibody Staining for Nematodes with Heat-Induced Antigen Retrieval (HIAR).- ExCel: Super-Resolution Imaging of C. elegans with Expansion Microscopy.- A Fusion-PCR Method for Expressing Genetic Tools in C. elegans.- Approaches for CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in C. elegans.- Targeted and Random Transposon-Assisted Single-Copy Transgene Insertionin C. elegans.- Mutation Mapping and Identification by Whole-Genome Sequencing.- Lipid Extraction and Analysis.- Isolating Caenorhabditis elegans from the Natural Habitat.- Microfluidic Devices for Behavioral Analysis, Microscopy, and Neuronal Imaging in Caenorhabditis elegans.- Neuronal Microsurgery with an Yb-Doped Fiber Femtosecond Laser.- An Imaging System for Monitoring C. elegans Behavior and Aging.- Methods for Modulating and Measuring Neuromuscular Exertion in C. elegans.- Recording and Quantifying C. elegans Behavior.- Primer on Mathematical Modeling in C. elegans.