This episode features an interview with Dr. Garcia- Ojeda from the University of California Merced. One of the results of the pandemic was that educators had to adapt to remote teaching. How do they remotely teach students those hands-on skills that are so important in Microbiology? Dr. Garcia Ojeda talks about what he did with his Microbiology laboratory. What was the outcome? How did the students perform? Tune in to find out. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00328-21If you have any questions please email Dr. Garcia Ojeda at: mgarcia-ojeda@ucmerced.edu