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This study shows that touch receptors in C. elegans detect surface traction, influencing proprioception and locomotion through MEC-4 channel activity and friction force.

The paper introduces improved bioluminescent calcium sensors and opsin variants for non-invasive imaging and synaptic transmission in C. elegans.

This study shows that age-related loss of proprioception in C. elegans is linked to spectrin cytoskeleton degradation due to mechanical stress and calcium-sensitive proteolysis, which can be mitigated by chaperone expression.

FLInt enables efficient and safe transgene integration in C. elegans using fluorescent marker loci and CRISPR/Cas9, allowing easy screening through fluorescence interference.

The paper develops a synthetic photon-assisted synaptic transmission system to restore communication in neurons and demonstrates its ability to rescue behavioral deficits in C. elegans.

The paper investigates proprioception in C. elegans, finding that proprioceptors respond to compressive stresses and encode body posture through mechanosensitive ion channels.

This study identifies a role for C. elegans I{kappa}B homologs in chromatin regulation, showing they bind histones, Polycomb proteins, and alter chromatin marks, suggesting ancestral I{kappa}B functions in development.