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282: At-home evolution with yeast

282: At-home evolution with yeast

FromThis Week in Microbiology


282: At-home evolution with yeast

FromThis Week in Microbiology

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

TWiM presents a protocol for evolving caffeine-tolerant yeast by high school students in the home, and how predator-prey dynamics change when multiple bacteria grow together in biofilms. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, Petra Levin. Guest: Mark O. Martin Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Caffeine-tolerant yeast selected at home (microPub Biology) yEvo Lab Vision and change in undergraduate biology (NAS) CURE in a box (JMBE) EvolvingStem EvolvingStem: Evolution-in-action curriculum (BMC) Spatial ecology of predation (PNAS) Predatory bacteria: From curiosity to curative (Trends Micro) Combating antimicrobial resistance with predatory Bdellovibrio (YouTube) Bdellovibrio attacking E.coli (YouTube) From one, many (YouTube) Take the TWiM Listener survey! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.