The telomerase RNA terc-1 (red) is produced in the germline nuclei (blue) of C. elegans by "hitchhiking" on a gene that is ...

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans continues to serve as an essential model for understanding germline stem cell biology. Central to this field is the precise regulation of the balance between stem ...

RIKEN researchers solved a decades-old mystery of how roundworms maintain telomeres without a telomerase RNA gene. They ...

When an organism encounters a threat in its environment, it is to the species’ advantage to warn others of the peril. The microscopic roundworm C. elegans regularly encounters dangers in its ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

Researchers describe a new manner of detecting microbial infection that intercepts pathogen-derived signals of growth to assess the relative threat of virulent bacteria. A nuclear hormone receptor in ...

This study highlights a novel mechanism of gut-to-brain communication crucial for lipid metabolism. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers identify an endogenous insulin ...

A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist. A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.