Today, Dr. Jo Handelsman of the University of Wisconsin Madison and Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work she and her research collaborators do on interactive microbial communities, using THOR (the hitchhikers of the rhizosphere) as a model system. She will also remind us how vital soil is to our lives.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Jo Handlesman
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Links for this episode
- An article on the story of “uranium glass,” that fluoresces under ultraviolet light. Here is another interesting article on the topic.
- The website for Hartiful, who makes custom enamel pins (including some that glow in the dark, as all cool things should).
- Giant Microbes makes small and large plush toys of microbes and other biology related items.
- An overview of ice nucleation proteins. Here is a more technical article on the topic.
- The story of SNOWMAX.
- Ice nucleation proteins and snowflakes.
- One of my favorite videos from my microbiology class in 2008, demonstrating ice nucleation by Pseudomonas syringae.
- The website for the Tiny Earth antibiotic crowdsourcing CURE.
- The website for Dr. Handelsman’s book, “A World Without Soil.”
- An explainer of THOR, for new micronauts.
- A technical publication from Dr. Handelsman’s research group on THOR.
- An explainer of microbial “zorbs,” for new micronauts.
- A technical publication from Dr. Handelsman’s research group on “zorbs.”
- Dr. Handelsman’s page on Wikipedia.
- Dr. Handelsman’s faculty page.
- Dr. Handelsman’s research website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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