<p>My guest this week is Dr. Seemay Chou, my colleague at UCSF who uses ticks as a model system for host-microbial interactions. She talks about her remarkable discovery of bacteria genes that have transferred into ticks and how they serve to protect ticks from microbes found on human skin.</p>

My guest this week is Dr. Seemay Chou, my colleague at UCSF who uses ticks as a model system for host-microbial interactions. She talks about her remarkable discovery of bacteria genes that have transferred into ticks and how they serve to protect ticks from microbes found on human skin.

<p>My guest this week is Dr.&nbsp;Seemay Chou, my colleague at UCSF who uses ticks as a model system for host-microbial interactions. She talks about her remarkable discovery of bacteria genes that have transferred into ticks and how they serve to protect ticks from microbes found on human skin.</p>

Can ticks teach us how to make better hand sanitizer?

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Can ticks teach us how to make better hand sanitizer?

Can ticks teach us how to make better hand sanitizer?