Have you ever felt like you鈥檙e living the same day over and over again? You may be experiencing Groundhog Day syndrome, a psychological phenomenon named for the classic romantic comedy starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Or you may be a specially mutated version of the C. elegans worm.
As 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) Professor Chris Hammell explains in the latest installment of our Cocktails & Chromosomes series, worms with a certain genetic mutation will 鈥渞epeat鈥� part of their developmental program 鈥渙ver and over again, very much like the newscaster in Groundhog Day.鈥� As a result, they never properly age. Meanwhile, worms with another kind of mutation will exhibit adult characteristics much earlier than normal. Picture a baby with a beard, and you鈥檒l get the idea.
Press play to see what C. Hammell鈥檚 favorite test subject, C. elegans, can tell us about aging and development. And join us for the next Cocktails & Chromosomes talk on September 25. CSHL Professor Alexei Koulakov will discuss his lab鈥檚 fascinating work using theoretical physics to better understand the brain.