C. elegans – Trailblazers in Science, and in the Classroom

The model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) are trailblazers. These tiny, transparent roundworms have played an outsized role in our study and understanding of life. Here are five scientific firsts that make these worms legendary: 1. First multicellular organism to…

What’s in a Name? C. elegans Edition

The famed model organism Caenorhabditis elegans has quite a few feathers in its cap. It was the first multicellular organism to have its genome sequenced and the only organism to have its entire neuron wiring (connectome) mapped. Moreover, C. elegans research has…