EPISODE 44: Fat Talks: How Worms Decide Not to Eat
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re talking about something fundamental — feeding behaviour — but through a lens you might not expect.Not calories.Not food availability.But f...
8 Huhti 20min
EPISODE 43: Drunk Worms: Dopamine, Serotonin, and Behaviour
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re looking at something surprisingly familiar in worm biology: alcohol.But not just exposure — we’re talking about behaviour, tolerance, with...
1 Huhti 20min
EPISODE 42: Sand, Soil, and Screen: The Rise of the Giant Worm
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱🎬Today we’re stepping slightly outside the lab… but not too far.We’re asking a serious question with absolutely no serious consequences:If there were...
11 Maalis 14min
EPISODE 41: Stress, Signal, Survive: Rethinking Longevity Pathways in C. elegans
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we return to a core question in worm biology: when stress extends lifespan, what is really doing the work?Is it damage repair?Is it signalling r...
4 Maalis 11min
EPISODE 40: Lipids on a Leash: Cordycepin and Worm Ageing
Today we’re talking about a molecule that keeps popping up in “healthy ageing” conversations: cordycepin (3′-deoxyadenosine) 🍄But instead of vague claims, we’re going to ground this in C. elegans dat...
25 Helmi 17min
EPISODE 39: Perfect Timing: Why Worm Synchronisation Matters
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱Today we’re doing something a little different. If you already know C. elegans — and I know you do — then you’ll know that timing is everything ⏱️ Dev...
11 Helmi 15min
EPISODE 38: When Mitochondria Whisper, Immunity Listens
What if living longer isn’t just about fixing broken mitochondria—but about how the organism responds to that stress?In this episode, we dig into a 2025 Nature Communications paper that reframes a cla...
4 Helmi 16min
EPISODE 37: Octopus "Ouch" Genes - Teaching Worms to Feel Pain!
How do you hunt for pain-sensing genes in an octopus — and then test what they do in a nematode? In this episode, we explore a cross-species strategy that mines the Octopus vulgaris transcriptome for ...
28 Tammi 16min
