Benthopelagic Nematology (DEEP SEA WORMS) with Dr. Holly Bik
Weird little mouths! Hairy skin tubes! Demon nematodes! Antarctic explorer and Nematologist Dr. Holly Bik charms us into loving deep sea (benthopelagic) worms in a way you never thought possible. We also cover tiny worm brains, the smell of Antarctic mud, first-generation Ph.Ds, the research workhorse C. Elegans, deep sea mining machines, moisturizers, submersibles and more with a worm lady who has literally traveled to the ends of the Earth to ask: what’s in that mud? We love her.
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A donation went to Earthjustice
Links to things we discussed:
Nematodes ultrastructure: complex systems and processes
Antarctic nematodes and climate change
Mud volcanoes in the Mediterranean Sea are hot spots of exclusive meiobenthic species
What is the Driest Place on Earth?
Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys
Seal Mummies Reveal Surprising Rapid Antarctic Changes
Look how gorgeous diatoms are though
Wikipedia: Pleistocene (Ice Age)
Dirofilaria immitis (dog heartworm)
Man's best friend: How humans can develop Dirofilaria immitis infections
Keep the Worms Out of Your Pet’s Heart! The Facts about Heartworm Disease
WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology
A little History via C. elegans II. 2nd edition.
The natural history of Caenorhabditis elegans
History of research on C. elegans and other free-living nematodes as model organisms*
E. Maupas first paper on C. elegans c. 1900 in French
History of the Alvin submersible
A multi-scale brain map derived from whole-brain volumetric reconstructions
Holly’s Antarctica-proof moisturizer choice
Marine biologist and the director of SpeSeas, Diva Amon
Senior Research Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory, Beth Orcutt
Would You Still Love Me? From shutyourhell
Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Worm?
Newly Discovered Microscopic Worm Thrives in Gold Mines a Kilometer Underground
Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa
Demon worm: Halicephalobus mephisto
Murphy Lab scientists discover a mechanism for memory transfer between individuals in C. elegans
The role of the Cer1 transposon in horizontal transfer of transgenerational memory
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mark David Christenson
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn