The circadian regulator BMAL1 programmes responses to parasitic worm infection via a dendritic cell clock by Hopwood, TW, Hall, S, Begley, N, Forman, R, Brown, S, Vonslow, R, Saer, B, Little, MC, Murphy, EA, Hurst, RJ, Ray, DW, Macdonald, AS, Brass, A, Bechtold, DA, Gibbs, JE, Loudon, AS, Else, KJ

Buddenbrockia is a cnidarian worm. by Jiménez-Guri, E, Philippe, H, Okamura, B, Holland, P

“…Buddenbrockia plumatellae is an active, muscular, parasitic worm that belongs to the phylum Myxozoa, a group of morphologically simplified microscopic endoparasites that has proved difficult to place phylogenetically. …”

A post-assembly genome-improvement toolkit (PAGIT) to obtain annotated genomes from contigs. by Swain, M, Tsai, I, Assefa, SA, Newbold, C, Berriman, M, Otto, T

“…The protocol is most accessible for bacterial and small eukaryotic genomes (up to 300 Mb), such as pathogenic bacteria, malaria and parasitic worms. Applying PAGIT to an E. coli assembly takes ∼24 h: it doubles the average contig size and annotates over 4,300 gene models.…”

An automated high-throughput system for phenotypic screening of chemical libraries on C. elegans and parasitic nematodes. by Partridge, F, Brown, A, Buckingham, S, Willis, N, Wynne, G, Forman, R, Else, K, Morrison, A, Matthews, J, Russell, A, Lomas, D, Sattelle, D

“…We have developed an INVertebrate Automated Phenotyping Platform (INVAPP) for high-throughput, plate-based chemical screening, and an algorithm (Paragon) which allows screening for compounds that have an effect on motility and development of parasitic worms. We have validated its utility by determining the efficacy of a panel of known anthelmintics against model and parasitic nematodes: Caenorhabditis elegans, Haemonchus contortus, Teladorsagia circumcincta, and Trichuris muris. …”

Gut buddies: multispecies studies and the microbiome by Lorimer, J

“…This paper explores some of the implications of these developments for multispecies studies through a focus on helminth therapy – the selective reintroduction of parasitic worms, as gut buddies, to tackle autoimmune disease. …”

Molecular archaeoparasitology identifies cultural changes in the Medieval Hanseatic trading centre of Lübeck by Flammer, P, Dellicour, S, Preston, S, Rieger, D, Warren, S, Tan, C, Nicholson, R, Prichystalova, R, Bleicher, N, Wahl, J, Faria, N, Pybus, O, Pollard, M, Smith, A

“…Throughout history, humans have been afflicted by parasitic worms, and eggs are readily detected in archaeological deposits. …”

Reconstructing the history of helminth prevalence in the UK by Ryan, H, Flammer, PG, Nicholson, R, Loe, L, Reeves, B, Allison, E, Guy, C, Doriga, IL, Waldron, T, Walker, D, Kirchhelle, C, Larson, G, Smith, AL

“…Intestinal helminth parasites (worms) have afflicted humans throughout history and their eggs are readily detected in archaeological deposits including at locations where intestinal parasites are no longer considered endemic (e.g. the UK). …”