Today Dr. Ruth Isenberg, postdoctoral scholar (and former #DocMartian!) in the Willett Lab at the University of Minnesota, will tell us about her first generation path in science, the squid-Vibrio symbiosis work she did for her PhD, and her current career path.

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Ruth Isenberg

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Links for this episode

• The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fall.
• An article on Kenyan Sand Boas.
• An article on African Fire Skinks.
• A video reminder about ice nucleation bacteria.  
• An article relating snowflakes to ice nucleation bacteria
• A reminder of the nature of bacterial colonies.
• The laboratory website of Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan.
• The laboratory website of Dr. Mark Mandel.
• The laboratory website of Dr. Julia Willett. 
• A great place to begin thinking about the squid-Vibrio symbiosis, as well as the microbiome in general.  
• An excellent review article on the squid-Vibrio symbiosis.
• A fun and accessible video from the famed science journalist Ed Yong about the squid-Vibrio symbiosis.
• An article written by Ruth about her work on this symbiosis
• Ruth’s excellent claymation video made for my microbiology class about quorum sensing and the squid-Vibrio symbiosis.  Student creativity matters!
• Another #Micronaut’s claymation video about Type VI secretory systems.  Student creativity matters!

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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