Check out this amazing drawing of C. elegans by Wenzhe Li @dustybutkindofnice on Instagram! It’s a model organism used in research to study mitosis, meiosis, and can survive extreme cold. 🧬❄️ #SciComm #ModelOrganism #Celegans #SciArt #Mitosis #Meiosis #Cryo #Biology #Worms #Research

Sunday Sketch: Nematode

Caenorhabditis elegans is a nematode. It can survive extreme cold weather at -80°C by entering a state of suspended metabolism called cryptobiosis. A similar mechanism to survive extreme cold weath…

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To merely exist without daily fear and anxiety would be an awfully big adventure

Someone missed me while I was away at #worm25 but I was off gathering new ideas and fostering new connections. Thank you to the organizers and @genetics-gsa.bsky.social overall a really good conference despite some of the challenges ☺️

Such a great plenary by Junho Lee. Combining behavior, natural variation, connectomics to explain the mind of a dauer. And full of fun history and anecdotes. #worm25

My labmate and I had time to kill between the conference and our flight tonight and went to the Crocker art museum in Sacramento. 10/10 experience. The art there is amazing. So many beautiful and provocative pieces, and I have a high bar for art having grown up near the Art Institute of Chicago

Worm comedy show #worm25 this year was amazing, it made my 4th worm meeting very special, thank you!!

The worm art show this year was phenomenal, so much creativity!! #worm25 loved the multimedia section in particular, the song? I want that on Spotify now

Amazing talk about personal scientific journey of perseverance @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and way forward for advocating for science. #worm25

I’m feeling hopeful and inspired at Pamela Padilla’s #worm25 talk. We have work to do. We should be kind while doing it.

“Approach difficult conversations with empathy.” Important words from Crystal Rogers at #worm25

Pack of like 6 turkeys outside the Mondavi center at #worm25 !

Amazing talk (and videos) in plenary 2 from Xiangyi Ding ( @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social ) about biophys constraints in cytoplasm. #Celegans cytoplasm is more like jelly than honey (human cells), plus found gene that constrains this mess particle diffusion. #worm25 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Giant KASH proteins and ribosomes synergistically establish cytoplasmic biophysical properties in vivo

Understanding how cells control their biophysical properties during development remains a fundamental challenge. While cytoplasmic macromolecular crowding affects multiple cellular processes in single...

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#worm25 super cool talk in plenary 2 about cytoplasmic constraints, that video made my stomach turn but this stuff is insanely cool from the Starr-Luxton lab

For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow: C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG ==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added! cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n

Couldn’t agree more. @nematodehunters.bsky.social is awesome. Also come check out the poster at #worm25 of own C. elegans CURE @oglethorpeuniv.bsky.social

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❤️ that a worm education presentation, about a CURE, is in the first plenary! #worm25

I am excited (as usual) about attending #Worm25. But I am also sad that so many friends and colleagues can't be there. Because you know....insane policies and war and such. Hoping the science will provide at least a temporary distraction from the unending chaos.