Media Appearances
Media coverage and interviews featuring Elizabeth A. Ronan.
Tiny worms hear without an eardrum, surprising scientists
National Geographic · Rebecca Dzombak · October 2021
Coverage of research showing how C. elegans sense airborne sound with their bodies.
Read ArticleA sense of sound
UM Life Sciences Institute · August 2023
Researchers from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute discovered how millimeter-long roundworms sense sound waves without ears, revealing similarities in sound-sensing mechanisms found across species — from worms to mammals.
Read ArticleA Frosty Reception
Rackham Graduate School · University of Michigan
There's no mistaking when it's cold outside, but how our bodies know that has been an open question. Molecular and integrative physiology Ph.D. student Elizabeth Ronan is working to understand where that chilly feeling comes from.
Read ArticleOn Capitol Hill with the American Physiological Society
Ford School of Public Policy · University of Michigan · 2019
Feature on science policy advocacy and participation in the APS Capitol Hill Day.
Read ArticleLet's Talk SciComm
UM Life Sciences Institute Magazine · 2019
Feature on science communication and policy advocacy, including Capitol Hill visits with the American Physiological Society to discuss the importance of model organisms in research.
View PDFWorms sense sound pressure gradients
Current Biology · Vol. 33, Issue 18 · August 2023
Video abstract showing how C. elegans senses sound pressure gradients rather than absolute sound pressure to drive phonotaxis behavior — a mechanism shared with the human cochlea and some insect ears.
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