Today, Dr. Nkrumah Grant, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joins the Quality Quorum today to discuss aspects of his work in bacterial evolution, the challenges of setting up a new research laboratory, and his quite inspiring journey in academia.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Nkrumah Grant
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Links for this episode
- The long term evolution LTEE program by Rich Lenski and his colleagues, studying bacterial evolution in E. coli.
- Rich Lenski’s website.
- An enjoyable video about this program.
- A wonderful explainer of the LTEE program for beginning Micronauts.
- Cholera as a disease.
- Vibrio cholera the bacterium.
- Mechanisms of the cholera toxin.
- An article about Vibrio cholera, chitin, and natural transformation.
- Rita Colwell, and her research showing how filtering through sari cloth could reduce the incidence of cholera. Here is an overview for new Micronauts.
- Chris Waters’ laboratory website at Michigan State University.
- An overview from the American Society for Microbiology, suggesting that many food items are in fact antimicrobial.
- A review article on the topic of antimicrobial components of food.
- A preprint of Dr. Grant’s research that was discussed during the podcast.
- An inspirational video of Dr. Grant’s path through science.
- Another video about Dr. Grant’s life.
- An article about Dr. Grant’s story.
- An article by Dr. Grant’s institution, welcoming him to Urbana, Illinois.
- Dr. Grant’s faculty page at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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