EPISODE 20: Tiny RNAs, Huge Impact – How Worms Revealed microRNAs
In this episode, we travel back to one of the great origin stories in gene regulation: the discovery of lin-4, the first-ever microRNA. In Caenorhabditis elegans, scientists found that tiny non-coding...
2 Heinä 202523min
EPISODE 19: Scent for Survival – How Parasite Worms Track Us by CO₂
In this episode, we track how Strongyloides stercoralis — a human-infective nematode — uses carbon dioxide sensing to navigate both outside and inside its host. This tiny parasite shifts its response ...
25 Kesä 202515min
EPISODE 18: Pumped Up – How Worms Mimic Heart Rhythms to Test Nanotech
In this episode, we ask: can a heartless worm model arrhythmia? Turns out — yes. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a stand-in for cardiac muscle, researchers tested the effects of polypyrrole nanopartic...
17 Kesä 202518min
EPISODE 17: Oxygen High – Worms Breathe, Signal, and Adapt with cGMP Precision
In this episode, we explore how Caenorhabditis elegans senses and responds to oxygen — not just by breathing, but by activating a finely tuned cGMP signalling network in real time.Using genetically en...
11 Kesä 202518min
EPISODE 16: Cut, Paste, Attack – How Nematodes Remix Their Genetic Arsenal
In this episode, we dive into a genetic mystery: how can a single gene in plant-parasitic nematodes have thousands of alleles? This study unravels the bizarre behaviour of HYP effectors — genes that h...
4 Kesä 202524min
EPISODE 15: Silent but Deadly – How RNAi Changed Worms (and Science)
In this episode, we rewind to one of biology’s biggest plot twists: RNA interference (RNAi). Scientists found that injecting double-stranded RNA into Caenorhabditis elegans could silence genes powerfu...
28 Touko 202516min
EPISODE 14: Love at First Touch – Worms Feel Their Way to Romance
In this episode, we uncover how Caenorhabditis elegans males pick the right mate — by literally feeling for it!Researchers discovered that body stiffness, controlled by special furrow collagens, acts ...
21 Touko 202513min
EPISODE 13: Hit and Run – How C. elegans Escapes Danger with Tyramine Power
How does a tiny worm coordinate complex escape behaviour? In this episode, we dive into how the neurotransmitter tyramine triggers rapid, coordinated escape in Caenorhabditis elegans. Researchers unco...
14 Touko 202517min
