Drawing of the three kinds of glycosylated cell surface biomolecules: glycoproteins, glycolipids, and now, glycoRNAs

Newly Discovered Glycosylated RNA Is All Over Cells: Study

Prior to a 2019 preprint, “glycoRNAs” weren’t known to exist. Now, the researchers who found them say they’re on lots of cells and may play a role in immune signaling.

Newly Discovered Glycosylated RNA Is All Over Cells: Study

Prior to a 2019 preprint, “glycoRNAs” weren’t known to exist. Now, the researchers who found them say they’re on lots of cells and may play a role in immune signaling.

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How Worms Avoid Eating Bad Bacteria and Warn Their Offspring Too

Jef Akst | Dec 12, 2019 | 3 min read

A small RNA in Pseudomonas triggers an avoidance response in C. elegans that can be passed on to the next generation, according to research presented at this week’s meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology.

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Worm Parents Pass on Behaviors Epigenetically to Offspring

Katarina Zimmer | Jun 7, 2019 | 7 min read

Two research groups demonstrate that in Caenorhabditis elegans, behavioral traits can be passed down through the germline to future generations, even though they aren’t hard-wired.