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Home - OMRF News - Archives for C. elegans

C. elegans

OMRF launches initiative in Functional and Chemical Genomics

December 29, 2015

New program will focus on genetic and epigenetic studies of disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: adult stem cells, C. elegans, chemical biology, chemical mechanisms, computational analyses, cross-disciplinary, David, David Jones, drosophila, epigenetics, flow cytometry, fruit flies, functional and chemical genomics, genetics, genomics, imaging, Jones, mice, model systems biology, mouse, new program, next-generation DNA sequencing, roundworm, scientist-news, stem cells, therapeutic intervention, yeast, zebrafish

Research reveals new depths of complexity in nerve cells

March 20, 2014

Using mutant worms, researchers discovered a new function in neurons.

Filed Under: Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: C. elegans, dense core vesicle, ken miller, kenneth miller, Michael Sesma, neuropeptide, NIGMS, OMRF

Oklahoma researcher discovers “gatekeeper” gene

April 30, 2013

A new finding could show how brain cells develop and respond to injury.

Filed Under: Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: axon, brain cells, C. elegans, forward genetics, ken miller, kenneth miller, nerve cells, neurons, organelles, unc-16

OMRF researchers uncover genetic clues about nerve cell signaling

September 21, 2009

Findings pinpoint gene linked to depression, schizophrenia

Filed Under: News Tagged With: C. elegans, depression, edwards, Miller, schizophrenia, sleep disorders

For OMRF autism researcher, work is personal

September 16, 2008

Rand knows–and lives–both research and real world of autism

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autism, C. elegans, neuroligin, Rand

Memory, depression, insomnia—and worms?

August 5, 2008

Microscopic organisms help researchers make important discoveries

Filed Under: News Tagged With: C. elegans, depression, insomnia, memory, Miller, schizophrenia

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