EPISODE 60: Why Worms Switch Their Immune System Off
Welcome to the next episode of The Worm Podcast 🧠Today we are looking at a surprising idea in host defence:sometimes an animal is not trying to activate immunity.It is trying to hold it back.This pap...
23 Sep 22min
EPISODE 59: Food or Sex? The Worm Has to Choose
Welcome to the next episode of The Worm Podcast 🧠Today we are talking about a problem every animal faces:where should I spend my energy?For C. elegans, the answer depends partly on sex.Hermaphrodites...
16 Sep 19min
EPISODE 58: The Diet That Gave a Worm Its Copper Back
Welcome to the next episode of The Worm Podcast 🧠Today we are looking at copper, bacteria and a surprising dietary rescue.Copper is an essential micronutrient. Cells need it for mitochondrial energy ...
9 Sep 19min
EPISODE 57: AI Watches Worms Eat
Welcome to the next episode of The Worm Podcast 🤖Today we are talking about feeding.More specifically, how do you measure a worm eating when the worm refuses to stay still?The answer might be PumpKin...
2 Sep 22min
EPISODE 56: A Little Heat Makes a Stronger Worm
Welcome to the next episode of The Worm Podcast 🔥Can a little bit of stress actually make you stronger?In C. elegans, the answer appears to be yes.This episode explores heat hormesis — the idea that ...
26 Aug 20min
EPISODE 55: The Worm’s Stress Network
Welcome to the next episode of the WOrM Podcast 🪱⚡Today we are looking at how one stress-response protein helps a worm adapt to changing conditions.At the centre of the story is PMK-1, the C. elegans...
19 Aug 23min
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
