Selma Weerdenburg
- Feb 26
- 8 min
Animal models: Deciphering the puzzle of ASD piece by piece
Picture trying to solve a puzzle depicting a mesmerizing scene... Without a guide or reference. That is the challenge that scientists face.
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Selma Weerdenburg
- Feb 19
- 8 min
Microbiota Mayhem: Exploring the links between antibiotics, gut health and autism
In the past, researchers thought ASD was all in your DNA. But we've learned a lot more about the gut-brain connection since then...
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Selma Weerdenburg
- Feb 12
- 8 min
The wonders of the collaboration between your microbiota and your brain
There are three main routes that bacteria living in the city of your gut can use to send messages to the brain: (1) via the blood, (2) via t
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Alex Cloherty
- May 1, 2023
- 6 min
How to understand the universe: A story about the scientific method
These days I’m at the very end of my PhD, and I’ve been struggling to maintain my once seemingly-unshakable love for science. So, I...
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Alex Cloherty
- Mar 13, 2023
- 5 min
Sinking our teeth into Cordyceps
I get pretty easily hooked by a good television series, and for me, HBO's 'The Last of Us' was no different. But what was special about...
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