Today, Dr. Ana Maria Porras of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about her work studying gut microbes and the gut, IBDs, representation, and even how fiber arts can inspire microbial wonder!
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Ana Maria Porras
Download MM#34 (50 MB .mp3, 69 min)
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Links for this episode
- The announcement of Dr. Porras’ prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation.
- A basic introduction to irritable bowel syndrome.
- An overview of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- An article about “remodeling” of the gut epithelia during IBS.
- The journal article from Dr. Porras’ research group discussed in today’s podcast.
- A video by Dr. Porras about her research.
- A video by Dr. Porras about her microbial outreach using fabric arts, as well as an article on that topic.
- Instructions from Dr. Porras describing how to crochet a microbe of your own!
- Dr. Porras’ faculty website.
- Dr. Porras’ laboratory website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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