Michael Shapira

The paper introduces a method using environmental microbial extracts to study gut microbiome dynamics in C. elegans over time, showing stable composition and age-related changes in Enterobacteriaceae abundance.

This study identifies isoamyl alcohol as a bacterial volatile that influences C. elegans preference for beneficial gut bacteria through sensory neuron signaling and enhances host infection resistance.

The paper shows that temperature perception in C. elegans can drive transgenerational epigenetic inheritance through RNAi factors and small RNAs.

The paper investigates the structure and function of the aestivation cocoon in West African lungfish, finding no antimicrobial activity in the cocoon tissue.

This study identifies mir-71 as a mediator of age-dependent antagonistic effects of KGB-1 in C. elegans, showing it regulates DAF-16 and influences both early-life stress resistance and late-life survival.