Associate Prof, MDIBL | C. elegans germ granules | Hiding in the woods of Maine
Dustin Updike
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For those who've yet to hear her speak, Liz Marnik is giving a virtual science cafe on 'the science of storytelling' March 9th. One can register here: mdibl.org/event/the-sc...
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Part of the puzzle unlocked. Excellent work from the Phillips and Montgomery labs.
C. elegans, ba ba ba. #Worm25
Two cancelled flights, ten delays, and a 36-hour odyssey past Polyphemous, Scylla, Charybdis, and the Laestrygonians—but we finally made it to #Worm25!
Ah, the joys of traveling anywhere from downeast Maine - our flight out of Bangor to #Worm25 was cancelled. Delayed, but not deterred - we'll see all you worm folk tomorrow.
Dustin Updike
So proud to see this guest essay in the NYTimes from @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social on growing up unvaccinated and what it taught her about science and trust. Liz was a postdoc with us ('16-'20) and is an exceptional science communicator. Also, her old desk is empty - open postdoc position (pls share).
The first C. elegans paper from lab! We find that, similar to mammals, tRNA-fragments (or the new name in the field tDRs) accumulate in worm sperm and can transmit non-genetically inherited phenotypes to offspring. We also find an RNase that regulates their processing, showing that length matters
Schematics of our increasing knowledge of in vivo human primordial germ cell development, and a summary of the exciting hPGCLC maturation protocols:
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🧪#Celegans - I am very excited to announce the publication of our latest finding in transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (TEI) of learned pathogen avoidance - • C. elegans transgenerational avoidance of P. fluorescens is mediated by the Pfs1 sRNA and vab-1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
