EPISODE 54: Sleep, Fat and Memory: One Neuron Does It All
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱💤Today we are looking at a single sleep-active neuron that connects far more than sleep.In C. elegans, the RIS neuron helps regulate:• sleep• lipid s...
12 Aug 20min
EPISODE 53: Worms on Pause
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱⏸️Today, we are talking about worms that appear to stop living—without dying.Researchers have identified a new, reversible state of suspended animatio...
5 Aug 26min
EPISODE 52: Worms in Space: Microbiomes in a Capsule
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱🚀Today, we are looking at NemaCapsules: a new microfluidic system designed to study how host genetics and the gut microbiome influence C. elegans hea...
29 Juli 21min
EPISODE 51: The Worm Behind the Wild
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re looking at a review with a bold idea.Can a tiny nematode help us protect fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects from an increasingly chall...
22 Juli 16min
EPISODE 50: Fed by Mum, Built by Ribosomes
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re talking about inheritance.Not DNA.Not small RNAs.Not epigenetics.But ribosomes.⸻🧬 The central ideaWhen mother worms experience dietary re...
15 Juli 20min
EPISODE 49: Glowing up the Worm Proteome
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re looking at a paper that doesn’t answer a biological question.Instead, it builds the tools to answer thousands of biological questions in t...
8 Juli 21min
EPISODE 48: Murder Mode: How a Worm Evolved the Urge to Kill
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we're talking about a worm with teeth.And a nervous system that has been rewired — by evolution — to become aggressive.⸻🧬 The central ideaPrist...
6 Maj 14min
EPISODE 47: When Bacteria Fight Back: Bioplastic Kills the Worm
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re talking about something unexpected.A bioplastic — something we usually think of as sustainable, useful, even beneficial —can kill a worm.⸻...
29 Apr 21min
