Table 1. Chemotaxis Assay Results C.elegans 9/5/2001
Current Experimental Data
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Names of Group Members
C. elegans Strain
Total # of Worms
# Worms at Odorant
# Worms at Control
Chemotactic
Index
Comments
Daniel Carter D 22 2.5 0 .11
Jon Dalgleish D 17 0 0 0
Alison Mynsberge D 38 4 1 .08
Nancy Luong W 117.5 67.5 .5 .57
Liz Seifert O 18 8 0 0.44
Neil Tomson O 83 41 1 .4819
lisa oswald W 88 63.5 24.5 .4432
Heather Mohamed O 67 24 6 .269
Rachel Sandler O 62.5 19 10 .144 Large discrepancy in number of worms on each plate
Mike Satzer O 41 14.5 2 .31
Mike Satzer O 41 14.5 2 .31
Katie Simmons D 121 7.5 1 .06
Katie Simmons D 121 7.5 1 .06
Leah Blasiak D 13.5 2 0 .14
Ellen O'Brien D 133 0 0 0 my worms were still alive after 80+ minutes, and they hadn't moved much beyond the periphery of the original drop
Qi Zheng W 232 125 8.5 0.50
Haris Iqbal O 21 6 3 0.14
Haris Iqbal O 21 6 3 0.14
Derrick Verona W 76 39.5 2.5 .51
Aaron Lisberg W 320 108 12 .295
Shelly Mills W 107 57 2.5 .509
Dan Carter W 9.5 2 1 .106 This is for a 1:10 dilution of propanol
dan carter W 12 5.5 0 .450 this is for undiluted propanol
Derrick Verona Assay #1 W 42.5 35 .5 .81 essay#1: 1:100 isoamyl alchohal/EtOH
Derrick Verona Assay #2 W 71.5 58 1.5 .79 essay#2: 1:1000 isoamyl alchohal/EtOH
Heather Mohamed W 31.5 0 2.5 -.0961
Heather Mohamed W 28.5 0 2.5 --.0877 I entered it wrong the first time, this is the correct data for undiluted hexanol
Alison Mynsberge W 5 0 0 0 this is for butanol diluted to .0004
Alison Mynsberge W 38 8 5 .079 butanol diluted to .0006
Aaron Lisberg W 35 2 0 .0585 1:100 Dilution of Propanol
Aaron Lisberg W 33 2 0 .061 1:1000 Dilution of Propanol
Nancy Luong W 129.5 73.5 9.5 .49 butanol diluted to .0002
Nancy Luong W 129.5 73.5 9.5 .49 butanol diluted to .0002
Jon Dalgleish W 10 1 4 -.25 2-pentanol 1:100 dilution
Jon Dalgleish W 2.5 .5 .5 0 2-pentanol 1:100 I
Neil Tomson W 61.5 26.5 1 .6 isoamyl alcohol diluted to 10^-3
Shelly Mills W 45 24 4 .444 1:1000 hexanol
Haris Iqbal W 28 1 7 0.21 These are average results from the two plates.
Shelly Mills W 27 15 2 .481 1:1000 hexanol
Haris Iqbal W 1;10,000. Diluted Pentanol solution.
Mike Satzer W 42.5 22.5 0.5 0.52 1:100 concentration of 1-pentanol
Mike Satzer W 21 14 0 .67 1:1000 concentration of 1-pentanol
Leah Blasiak W 5 2.5 .5 .42 1:100 hexanol worms may have been lost in blotting w/ chem-wipe
Terry Begly W 33 3.5 1 .07
Terry Begley W 100 4 0 1 My worms tasted TERRIBLE after being dropped in butanol solution. MUCH bettering tasting using undeluted hexinol.

* Data represents the averages of two replicate plates.