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 Heinä 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 Heinä 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 Heinä 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 Heinä 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 Touko 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 Huhti 21min
EPISODE 46: Turning in Time: Neural Sequences in the Worm Brain
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re looking at something deceptively simple: a turn.But not just that a worm turns —how the brain decides to do it.⸻🧬 The central ideaTurning...
22 Huhti 19min
EPISODE 45: Worms Shape Their World: The Hidden Power of the Microbiome
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we flip the usual perspective.We often think about how the environment shapes the worm.But what if the worm is shaping the environment?⸻🧬 The c...
15 Huhti 19min
