Science at UM [S01-ep08]: From Zebrafish Regeneration to the Year-End Highlights

[Podcast] - Published on January 3, 2022 in Science and Society

This week, Farida Djouad, a research director atInserm, talks to us about the amazing abilities of the zebrafish. In the second half of the program, we’ll present a compilation of our best reports.

There are clowns, cats, moons, pilots, reds, and mandarins, but the one we’re interested in is a funny zebra. Always impeccably dressed in his striped suit, his fin always perfectly groomed, he is what scientists call a model organism.

Highly prized in research due to a number of unique characteristics—which we’ll take a moment to explore—the zebrafish has now revealed a new superpower: the ability to regenerate itself after the amputation of one of its limbs. Danio, as it’s affectionately known, is sure to be the hero of the next DC Comics movie.

To wrap up the show and bid farewell to 2021, we’ve put together a short medley of our various reports: the quarantine insect platform, patient robots, the anatomy museum, and the Restinclières seismograph.

At UM Science, you’ve got the program—let’s get started!

Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Aline Périault / Lucie Lecherbonnier
Production: Anna Demeulandre

Tune in to the show “A l’UM la science” on Divergence FM 93.9

Keywords: Science at UM, Research, Science