282: At-home evolution with yeast

Mar 10, 2023 · 54 min · Episode 282 · 39.4 MB

0:00-54:03

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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.

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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)
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