Jason F. Cooper

This study shows that bacterial metabolites affect insulin signaling in C. elegans by altering acid sphingomyelinase expression.

The paper identifies a role for oocyte mitochondrial electron transport chain remodeling in linking maternal environment to offspring metabolism and survival.

The paper investigates the fate of exophers in C. elegans, showing they are engulfed and degraded by hypodermal cells through a phagocytic process involving specific molecular factors.