Stories of microbes, plants and the people who study them. Microgreens is the official podcast of the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI), published by The American Phytopathological Society (APS). MPMI is a member journal of APS and the International Society of Plant-Microbe Interactions.
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The Microbe Moment is science stories and news for the microbe enthused hosted by microbe lover, Tess Deyett, Ph.D. and pharmaceutical microbiologist Jon Mitchell. In this microbiology focused podcast, we will give you exciting stories, horrid histories, and the most up-to-date news all through a microbial lens. We will even interview our friends and heroes, diving into their own microbial journey. Tess, Ph.D. was changed forever with her first glimpse into the unseen world. At her first mic ...
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Building a career in Academia - Dr. David Thoms
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How do you build a career in Academia? In this episode, you will be hearing from Dr. David Thoms on his experience with diversity in academia as a Junior Professor, the importance of mentorship and peer support, and the ongoing journey in overcoming self-doubt. Special thanks to Dr. David Thoms for sharing his journey with us. Music adapted from Bl…
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Practicing inclusion: The importance of mentorship and disability justice in science
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What does it mean to be practicing inclusion in science? In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Amie Fornah Sankoh, who shared stories about her journey in becoming the first deaf, Black woman to receive a doctorate in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) discipline in the United States. A full transcript to the audio recording of the in…
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Bonus Episode: The US Anthrax Bioterrorism Attack During the Turn of the Century
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In this Bonus episode, we talk about the Anthrax mailing attacks happening between September 18 2001 and October 12, 2001. Learn about who was affected by this attack, the new technology used to find the culprit, and who was suspected to be the culprit in the attack. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, includ…
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Bioterrorism in the Modern Era: Soviet Russia’s Massive Bioweapon Program and the Public Unearthing of Contaminated Land
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In this episode, Tess talks about the Soviet Russian bioweapons program and their director Ken Aliback. She also talks about operation Dark harvest and how people shipped contaminated soil to officials in protest to the conditions of an island off Scottland. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog …
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Modern Era Bioterrorism: Soviet Russian Biological Weapons and a Japanese Cult Terrorizes the Countries Subway
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In this episode, Tess talks about how Soviet Russia's biological warfare program has a major accident. Also, Julie talks about the Serin gas attach in Japan and how it was tied to a doomsday cult. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for micr…
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Bioterrorism in the Modern Era, Salad Bar Poisonings and an International Cult
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In this episode, Jon talks about an outbreak of Salmonella in Oregon. What seemed like an unprecedented food poisoning outbreak eventually led to the doors of a local cult... Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for microbigals or on Twitter …
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Bioterrorism in the WWII Era: The United States and England Facilities That Experimented With These Agents
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In this weeks episode, we finish Bioterrorism in the WWII era. Tess talks about the US and the UK and their facilities, Fort Detrick and Porton Down, that were geared toward biological testing. Julie also goes back to Unit 731 to talk about some additional microbes that were used in the experiments. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we reg…
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Interviewing the Company Nerdcore Medical: Exploring Microbiology Board Games With DnD-Inspired Compendium
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In this special episode Jon talks with Arun Mathews and Brandon Patton of Nerdcore Medical. Their company has developed the tabletop game Healing Blade: Defenders of Soma which pits bacteria against Antibiotics. But they have many other science themed games available along with study aids, posters, and clothing, just to name a few. Arun and Brandon…
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Unit 731, One of the Most Alarming, Notorious, and Secret Human Testing Facility in History
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In this episode, we enter the World War II era. Jon tells the tale of Unit 731, one of the most horrendous horror stories of the war. Listen as Jon tells how people were used for bioterrorism and human endurance testing. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagr…
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Advancements in co-culturing research; an interview with Julia Swavola of Cerillo
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In this episode, Jon talks to Dr. Julia Swavola, the head of Product at the company Cerillo. Julia talks with us about her experiences her career. She also talks about Cerillo, the mission, what products the company makes and their applications, collaborations, and what's on the horizon with the company. We wanted to thank both Julia and Cerillo fo…
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History of Bioterrorism: Looking at the Past From the Napoleonic Era to WWI, Part 2
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In this episode of the microbe moment, we continue our dive into the history of bioterrorism. Tess also talks how a Southern Physician, by the name of Luke Blackburn, sent contaminated linen to infect Union troops. Julie also tells us how German spies may have infected horses with glanders before being sent overseas to aid in WWI Visit our website …
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History of Bioterrorism: Looking at the Past From the Napoleonic Era to WWI, Part 1
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In this episode of the microbe moment, we continue our dive into the history of bioterrorism. Jon talks about the Walcheren fever during the Napoleonic era, halting Britain's attempt to defend on the encroaching army. Tess also talks about Anthrax and its importance in the development of germ theory. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we re…
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The History of Penicillin: A World-Changing Story Starting in a Small Laboratory and Ending in Global Distribution
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We are back at it! We revisit the Story of Penicillin and bring you even more in more information, Starting from its initial discovery and traveling through the improbable journey of pain, sweat, and tears to mass produce this drug to save millions of lives. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog …
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Peeking through the doors of MPMI: How a paper is born - an interview with Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith
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Did you ever wonder what happens to your manuscript after you submit it to a journal? Or do you want to hear some tips and tricks about publishing? We do! In this episode we get a sneak peek behind the scenes of MPMI with associate editor-in-chief Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith. Enjoy! Music is adapted from Blue Dot Sessions. A podcast by Dr. Dominique Holt…
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History of Bioterrorism; From an Ancient Civilization to the Black Plague? Part 2
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In this weeks episode, we continue our history in bioterrorism. Julie talks about launching plague victims using catapults, and Tess talks about the culprit, Yersinia pestis. Tess also talks about spiking wine with mycobacterium leprae (leprosy). Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You c…
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History of Bioterrorism; From an Ancient Civilization to the Black Plague? Part 1
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In this weeks episode, we start our season on bioterrorism!. We start in the past with Jon talks about the Hittite plague affecting the middle east and Tess talks about the use of Bacillus anthracis. This is part one of a two part episode, so stay tuned. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog post…
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How do plants recognize friend from foe? An interview with Cara Haney and David Thoms
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Do you ever wonder how plants recognize friend for foe? In this episode, we explore together with Prof. Cara Haney and Prof. David Thoms the different strategies plants have to make this distinction! You can find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-20-0318-FIBy Raka Mitra, PhD, Tess Deyett PhD
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Interview with Sarah Bordenstein: a career path less traveled, research, and educating the next generation with the Wolbachia Project
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In this episode Jon talks with Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor at Pennsylvania State University as a co lead of the Bordenstein lab. She is also She is also the director of the Wolbachia project. We talk about her journey in becoming a research professor, what her lab researches, and how the Wolbachia project is teaching students ab…
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Exploring the Hidden World: Dr. Jake Robinson Talks About his Upcoming Book Invisible Friends
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In this episode Jon Talks with Dr. Jake Robinson, an Ecologist and researcher, about his upcoming book Invisible Friends. We talk about how he got into microbiology, why drove him from writing the book, diving into some of the topics he wrote about, and much more. If you are interested in getting a copy, you can find it on Amazon, Pleagic Publishin…
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Science Writing: The World of Medical Writing and all the other science communication related careers
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Medical writing, a term you may have herd of, but what is this career? In this episode we break down this career. What does it encompass, where can you work, what are the career tracts, does it just involve writing, and what are the skills required? These questions and more are answered too so please take a listen. We would like to thank: Kristina …
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Revolutionizing the World of Lab Coats: Talking With Dr. Derek Miller of Genius Lab Gear
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In this episode, we talk with Derek Miller, the creator of the website Genius lab Gear that sells a plethora of scientific items including pocket tools, magnets, stickers, and other equipment for the lab. Derek talks about the better lab project, a passion project of his where he surveyed over 1400 people to learn about what they don't like about t…
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Becoming a Scientist: Advice From Seven Research Scientists in Microbiology
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Becoming a Scientist! A dream of so many but do you actually know what this means? There are so many different kinds of scientists even within the world of microbiology. In this episode, we talk about just a few of the main scientists within microbiology including how to become a bioinformatics scientist, how to become a research scientist in micro…
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Our Thoughts on Academia, Industry, Misconceptions, and the Key to Career Happiness
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Welcome back to another episode of The Microbe Moment! You voted on our next series and the results are in: we are focusing on different careers in microbiology! To start off, we decided to compare academia vs industry, our experiences, thoughts, and we address some myths and misconceptions that are out there. Let us know is there are any myths tha…
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It's a new year and we wanted to start it off with finishing up our section on Astro microbiology by bringing you DaBOM. In this episode Julie covers microbes that lived in outer space for 3 years outside the International Space Station, Tess talks about finding microbes by looking for sings of movement, and Jon round the episode up by looking at J…
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Fascinating Microbes in Sci-Fi: episode 2
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We are back with more sci-fi microbe related material! We dive into star trek, talking about silicone based life forms, grape vines, and Borgs, but not the ones you may think, as well as a new book out called project Hail Mary from the author who wrote the Martian. Thanks for all of your support and we hope everyone listening has a good holiday sea…
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How do scientists collaborate when writing? In this episode, Ralph Panstruga and Matthew Moscou discuss how they wrote a review paper together while residing in two different countries, working at two different institutions, and living through a pandemic. The editorial, titled "What is the Molecular Basis of Nonhost Resistance?" can be found here: …
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Fascinating Microbes in Sci-Fi: episode 1
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In this episode, we dive into the world of sci-fi and the microbes we find in them. In part one we dive into such works as the universe of Star Wars and Midichlorians, H. G. Wells and the war of the worlds, The science of growing potatoes in The Martian, and space tardigrades and the mycelial network in Star Trek Discovery. Thanks to our sponsor Zy…
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The Search for Life; From Robots in Lava Tubes to Mars with Dr. Blank
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This weeks episode, we are back with astromicrobiology! We talk with Dr. Blank who talks about her experience being part of the science team with the curiosity rover on Mars, what signs of life we could use to investigate other planets, and using robots in volcanic tubes and caves. If you are interested in learning about NASAs BRAILLE (Biologic and…
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Astromicrobiology: an exciting science blasting into the final frontier
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In this weeks episode we go to space, well the microbes do at least. We talk about the exciting field of astromicrobiology. Tess and Jon discuss what is astromicrobiology, how can we find life on other planets, and maybe where else we may find life in this solar system. Thanks to our sponsor Zymo Research. you can find out more about the company an…
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The Spooky Microbe Moment of Halloween
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In this weeks episode we revisit some monstrous microbes in the world. Jon talks about tuberculosis and the New England vampires, Julie tells us about the horrors of zombie ants, and Tess recounts the tribulations of the Salem Witch trials and egotism. Thanks to our sponsor Zymo Research. you can find out more about the company and their products h…
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Microbigals are finishing up our series of the microbiome by bringing you a gut microbiome DaBOM. Tess, Julie, and Jon bring you articles on how the gut microbiome affect the bodies response to cancerous cells, how certain diet and feeding patterns affect the gut microbiome composition, and how administering a bacteria in mice positively affects ob…
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The Microbe Moment of Dr. Devlin; The Gut Microbiome, Their Metabolites, and How to Affect Them
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In this weeks episode of the microbe moment, Jon talks to Dr. Devlin, an associate professor at Harvard medical school. We talk about how her lab researches the gut microbiome, the particular chemicals, including steroids and sterols that the gut bacteria metabolize and how they affect the body, the actions of bile salt hydrolase on bile acids, and…
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The Microbe moment of Dr. Travis Gibson; gut microbiome, machine learning and experimental design
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In this episode Tess interviews Dr. Travis Gibson, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Associate Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Travis is one of the leading researchers in machine learning for host-microbiome interactions. and a guru in time-series “omics” from DNA to RNA t…
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Using Zoe to test microbiome composition and blood sugar/fat tolerance
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In this weeks episode, Tess, Julie, and Jon continue their journey learning about their personal microbiome by talking about their experiences with the company Zoe. In their experiences they talk about a 2 week blood sugar and fat study, which people can sign up for through Zoe. In addition they talk how Zoe uses these results along with age, sex, …
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What’s does the company Viome tell us about our gut microbiome?
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In this episode, Tess, Julie, and Jon decided to try out the company Viome to tell them about their microbiome. This company does many things including different tests and supplements, but the microbigal team used the at home kit to tell them what microbes are in their gut, health incites and food recommendations. Listen to them go through their re…
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History of the Microbiome: Important Scientists That Led to This Field
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In this episode, Tess and Jon continue to bring talk about the microbiome. They go back in time, speaking about some of the important science that contributed to what is now the field of microbiome research and bioinformatics. From Robert Hook to Kary Mullis, take a listen now. Visit our website at microbigals.com where we are updating with new con…
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The Microbiome: Tess and Jon Talk About the Microbiome Data Congress Part 2
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On this episode, Tess and Jon continue talking about the Microbiome Data Congress, recalling some of the new research that is coming out in the microbiome field. In part two, they talk about precision medicine and translational microbiome, understanding host genetics and microbiome interplay, and dark matter and the virome. if you are interested in…
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The Microbiome: Tess and Jon Talk About the Microbiome Data Congress Part 1
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On this episode, Tess and Jon talk about the Microbiome Data Congress, where they recall some of the new research that is coming out in the microbiome field. In part one, they talk about new techniques and tools to overcome current challenges, machine learning and modeling, tools for -omic analysis, and integrating metabolomics in studying the micr…
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The Microbe Moment of Natasha Haskey and Kristina Campbell
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In this week's episode, we have some special guests: returning to The Microbe Moment is Scientific writer Kristina Campbell (@bykriscampbell ), and new to the show is Registered Dietitian Natasha Haskey (@nhaskeyrd). Both are co-hosts of "The Gut Microbiota Practice Tips" Podcast as well as co-authors of the textbook Gut Microbiota: Interactive Eff…
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It's time for another DaBOM! Tess, Jon, and Julie bring you 5 news headlines in microbiology including: Extremophiles in Yellowstone national park, new sequencing technologies coming to market, the current monkeypox outbreak, uncovering more details on the outbreak of the black plague, and genetically modifying wasps to potentially use their toxins…
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Hello Microbe Friends! It's Tess and Jon from the podcast the microbe moment. We're a wicked nerdy duo with 5 degrees in microbiology between us and in our show we discuss things like murder, superheroes, and aliens; well of the microbial world that is such as pathogens, symbionts, microbiologists, and extremophiles. So if you'd like to get culture…
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Bonus episode: Pathogen Wars; How Gut Bacteria Protect Against Cholera
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In this weeks episode, we share an episode from the great podcast; In Plain English! Join Jamie Moffa, Nicolas Scrutton Alvarado and Raymond Uymatiao to as Jonathan Mitchell presents a paper he co-authored about the beneficial bacteria in your gut that can help protect against diseases like cholera. You can download the paper on Jamie's website at …
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COVID-19 Medical Director of LA County Dr. Bolaris
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In this weeks Episode, Jon interviews Dr. Michael Bolaris, COVID-19 medical director, Chief of Pediatrics, Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA, and many more titles. They talk about everything: what made him want to get into microbiology, what's it like being a clinical professor, and his experiences being part of LA's COVID-19 response. Want more…
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This week we talk about one of our favorite shows, Bob's Burgers. It is funny, wholesome, and has plenty of microbe moments. So many, in fact, that it was a little hard to figure out which ones to talk about it. But after much binge watching and in preparation of the movie coming out later this month, we picked our favorites and Tess, Jon and Julie…
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The Microbe Moment of Star Wars Fermented Drinks
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In this weeks episode, Tess, Jon, and Julie talk about drinks in the Star wars universe and how they relate to drinks we have here on earth. Tess talks about the Alderaanian wine, Toniray wine, and wine found hear. Jon talks about several drinks from star wars like Jawa Juice and how there is beer that is actually made with meat tossed into it. Fin…
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In this weeks episode, we talk with Luis Plaza, the host of the podcast Let's Talk Micro which aims to explain clinical microbiology in simple terms. It is a great show to listen to especially for those that are interested in getting into clinical microbiology or those that are in the field, but would like to expand their knowledge. But that's not …
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How Microbes Can Have a Sustainable Impact
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In this weeks episode, we talk about microbes that can benefit sustainability. Fellow microbigal editor and contributor Julie Grubaugh talks about how the mycelial network and fungi can be used to make everything from leather to chairs; Jon talks about how microbes can be used to power batteries; and Tess tells us how microbes can make calcium carb…
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In this weeks episode, we talk to Geoffrey Hannigan of who works at Merck. Geoffrey talks about his experience in industry as well as bioinformatics. We also go into his blog prophage which is quoted as "The blog for bacteria, phages, computers and science." visit our website at microbigals.com where we are updating with new content, including blog…
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In this weeks episode we bring you the first DaBom of 2022 and we are joined again by Disha Tandon from the website MicroBites. In this episode we talk abut the discovery of a giant visible bacteria, characterizing different yeasts in making wine, how fires change the aerobiome, bacteria evading the hosts immune system, and using bacteria to clean …
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The plant immune system and nonhost resistance. An interview with Ralph Panstruga and Matthew Moscou
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One of the top 10 unanswered questions in molecular plant-microbe interactions asks "What is the molecular basis of nonhost resistance?" But answering this question may be impossible. Ralph Panstruga and Matthew Moscou consider how to re-frame it. The editorial, titled "What is the Molecular Basis of Nonhost Resistance?" can be found here: https://…
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