Today, Dr. Manu Ramalho of West Chester University in Pennsylvania joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the wonderful world of ants, their microbiomes, and what their intersection can teach us about our place in the natural world.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Manu Ramalho
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Links for this episode
- I wear some microbial themed ties made by Michele Banks of Artologica. Both Michele and Vexed Muddler understand #MicrobialArt.
- One of the #LuxArt sessions that I conducted at an ASMCUE session a few years ago. Dr. Quinn and I would love to do more sessions!
- Pi Day is an important mathematical holiday.
- Dr. Jennifer Quinn at the University of Washington – Tacoma, proud member of the Mathematics Association of America, and on Wikipedia!
- Albert Einstein’s birthday.
- The quite amusing 1950s movie about “giant ants,” titled “Them!”
- A review of Paul Buchner’s encyclopedic work on endosymbiosis. Some day, I will own a copy of this book!
- A wonderful book describing microbial symbionts of insects, titled “Influential Passengers.”
- A review of insects and endosymbionts.
- Nutritional endosymbiosis in insects.
- A review of Wolbachia.
- When Wolbachia creates plant hormones to provide food for its insect hosts.
- The website for “Discover the Microbes Within” which is a CURE based student sourced investigation of Wolbachia in arthropods. It was designed by Seth Bordenstein and Sarah Bordenstein.
- An introduction to leaf cutter ants. Video.
- An overview of the leaf cutter ant microbiome.
- A very relevant article coauthored by Dr. Ramalho describing the relationship between turtle ants and their microbiome.
- An interesting video interview with Dr. Ramalho.
- Dr. Ramalho’s faculty website.
- Dr. Ramalho’s laboratory website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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