Many scientists who research C. elegans closely connect to Sydney Brenner, with whom almost all research in this field began in the 1970s; they have worked as either a postdoctoral or a postgraduate researcher in Brenner's lab or in the lab of someone who previously worked with Brenner.
Moitos científicos que investigan en C. elegans están estreitamente conectados con Sydney Brenner, co cal empezaron case todas as investigacións neste eido na década de 1970; traballaron como investigadores posdoutorais ou posgraduados no laboratorio de Brenner ou no laboratorio de alguén que previamente traballara con Brenner.