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We are always on the lookout for fellow scientists who are actively involved in nematode collection. If you are engaged in this exciting endeavor and would like to collaborate or exchange knowledge, we would love to hear from you.
Please feel free to reach out to us via email to discuss potential collaborations, share insights, or explore common research interests.
Email: jsowa@wcupa.edu
We believe that collaboration among scientists is vital for advancing our understanding of nematodes and their diverse ecosystems. Let's work together!
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Are you Collecting Nematodes?
See our Latest Results
See our Latest Results
New Results!
Calling all Nematode Hunters, we have a positive result!
December 1, 2021
As you know, our team has been looking for a new nematode virus, but we needed your help to find sick worms. We mixed the nematodes you collected with our special lab nematodes that glow when they’re sick. You guys did a great job because after 5 days of hanging out with each other, the lab worms GLOWED! Our next step is to test if the worms are sick with the known Orsay virus, or if they’re sick with something else, something unknown. We couldn’t have done this without you and your great worm picking skills! Keep checking for updates to see how the hunt for a new virus is going!
Calling all Nematode Hunters, we have a positive result!
New Results!
We have observed IPR reporter fluorescence in reporter C. elegans co-cultured with the wild isolate JNS_10! JNS_10 was isolated from a mutsu apple found at Highland Orchards in West Chester, PA.
November 19, 2020
The reporter appears to be expressed in intestine on the side closest to the head. The next step will be to test whether this infection can be transmitted through a filtrate!
We have observed IPR reporter fluorescence in reporter C. elegans co-cultured with the wild isolate JNS_10! JNS_10 was isolated from a mutsu apple found at Highland Orchards in West Chester, PA.
November 2, 2020
Our first successful co-culturing experiment! Wild worms mixed with our infection-GFP and infection-mCherry reporters resulted in glowing worms, indicating that the wild worms passed an infection to our C. elegans!