In this episode, hiring and training expectations for future biomedical life sciences faculty, and the roles of bacterial symbionts in deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworms.

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Links for this episode:

• Expectations for life sciences faculty (Life Sci Edu)
• Academic career readiness assessment (UCSF)
• Tubeworm bacterial symbionts (eLife)
• Traveling on the Alvin (Dark Life II)
• Image credit

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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