Understanding the factors regulating host–microbiome interactions using Caenorhabditis elegans

A Singh, RJ Luallen - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Human Microbiome Project was a research programme that successfully identified
associations between microbial species and healthy or diseased individuals. However, a …

A high-throughput behavioral screening platform for measuring chemotaxis by C. elegans

E Fryer, S Guha, LE Rogel-Hernandez… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Throughout history, humans have relied on plants as a source of medication, flavoring, and
food. Plants synthesize large chemical libraries and release many of these compounds into …

Chemical basis of microbiome preference in the nematode C. elegans

VZ Chai, T Farajzadeh, Y Meng, SB Lo, TA Asaed… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Animals are exposed to many microbes in their environment, some of which have been
shown to colonize various tissues including the intestine. The composition of the intestinal …

C. elegans foraging as a model for understanding the neuronal basis of decision-making

JA Haley, SH Chalasani - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Animals have evolved to seek, select, and exploit food sources in their environment.
Collectively termed foraging, these ubiquitous behaviors are necessary for animal survival …

A neuronal substrate for translating nutrient state and resource density estimations into foraging decisions

D Goldschmidt, I Tastekin, D Münch, JY Park… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Foraging animals must balance the costs of exploring their surroundings with the potential
benefits of finding nutritional resources. Each time an animal encounters a food source it …

An efficient behavioral screening platform classifies natural products and other chemical cues according to their chemosensory valence in C. elegans

E Fryer, S Guha, LE Rogel-Hernandez… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Throughout history, humans have relied on plants as a source of medication, flavoring, and
food. Plants synthesize large chemical libraries and release many of these compounds into …

Long-Term Plant Community Removal Alters Soil Nematode Communities Mainly Through the Trophic Cascading Effects of Fungal Channel

H Song, X Hou, H Cui, S **ao, Z Liu, J Chen… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2023 - Springer
Soil nematodes are ideal indicators for soil food webs, ecosystem conditions, and soil
health. However, current research focuses on how plant removal affects soil nematodes …

[HTML][HTML] Platforms for the Search for New Antimicrobial Agents Using In Vivo C. elegans Models

AI Kalganova, IE Eliseev, IV Smirnov… - Acta …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the achievements brought about by high-throughput screening technologies, there
is still a lack of effective platforms to be used to search for new antimicrobial drugs. The …

[HTML][HTML] The Sentient Cell: Implications for Osteopathic Medicine

B Bordoni, AR Escher, F Castellini, J Vale - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Foundation of Osteopathic Research and Clinical Endorsement (FORCE) is an
organization that includes various figures involved in clinical and non-profit research and …

C. elegans interprets dietary quality through context-dependent serotonergic modulation

L Feng, J Marquina-Solis, L Yue, A Harnagel… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Animals sense their metabolic needs to guide foraging decisions using neuronal pathways
that are only partly understood. Here, we systematically investigate how foraging in the …