A recent sleep study published in Science revealed the impressive way nesting chinstrap penguins defend their eggs vigilantly despite sleeping upwards of 11 hours a day through “microsleeps.” Curious as to what this unique mechanism is? Check out WISTEM’s newest blog article!

Got guts? Check out WISTEM’s newest blog article! It’s about the gut microbiome’s influence on cancer immunotherapy. Go find out how your gut flora can orchestrate a better immune response to cancer.

Tetrafluorobornylphthalimide (TFBP) is a lesson in not judging a drug by its predecessors and may be the future star of traumatic brain injury treatment. Though it’s from the same drug class as thalidomide, this novel compound is remarkably different and research has revealed just how effective it can be against neuroinflammation in TBIs. Come learn more in the new blog post!

Have you heard of the newly discovered phylum Mirusviricota, a plankton-infecting relative of herpesviruses? They are one of the most abundant eukaryotic viruses in the ocean, and may hold the answers to numerous long-unanswered questions about the evolution of ancient eukaryotes. Want to learn more? Check out the new blog post!