Today, Dr. Jolene Ramsey, of the Biology Department of Texas A&M University and Affiliate of the Center for Phage Technology, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteriophages release themselves from host cells, her efforts to teach students to work with the primary literature, and her own path to the microbial sciences.

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Jolene Ramsey

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Links for this episode

• A truly wonderful reminder video about bacteriophages.
• A link with a 3D printer design of capsid model pieces (personally, I am really interested in making one of these!).
• A video demonstrating how the capsid model pieces self assemble—something like real viruses can?
• An essential book about bacteriophage authored by my late friend Merry Youle.
• A fine book describing how bacteriophages can be used to fight bacterial diseases.
• This “first person” book by #MattersMicrobial podcast guest Steffanie Strathdee about how she was able to use bacteriophages to save her husband’s life is a must read.
• A link to the Citizen’s Phage Library.
• A link to the truly fabulous (yes, I am jealous I am not part of this program) CURE program SEA-PHAGES and SEA-GENES for undergraduate students.
• A remarkable illustration of T4 bacteriophage bursting from host cells by the scientist-artist David Goodsell.
• The organization that designed Dr. Ramsey’s laboratory logo.
• A link to the Clinical Genome Curation for Human Genes.  
• A link to the CACAO website for biocuration competition.
• A recent Ramsey lab mini-review on phage classification.
• A link to the Center for Phage Technology.
• The Ramsey lab Instagram page.
• The Ramsey lab YouTube channel.
• Dr. Ramsey’s laboratory website.
• Dr. Ramsey’s faculty website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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