Buck S. Samuel

This study shows that neuronal AHR-1 in C. elegans regulates gut microbiome composition by modulating intestinal redox tone through a neuroendocrine cascade.

The paper identifies and characterizes a skin microbiome on C. elegans, showing that environmental microbes protect the cuticle in harsh conditions.

The paper uses metabolic modeling to predict precision prebiotics that specifically enhance the abundance of a beneficial microbiome species in C. elegans.

This study shows that Caenorhabditis elegans uses hydrogen peroxide sensing to avoid harmful bacteria and find food-rich niches with lower H2O2 levels.

This paper develops a population-scale electroporation method for delivering nucleic acids to C. elegans, enabling efficient RNAi and CRISPR-based genetic targeting.