Today, Dr. Ana Maria Porras of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about her work studying gut microbes and the gut, IBDs, representation, and even how fiber arts can inspire microbial wonder!

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Ana Maria Porras

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Links for this episode

• The announcement of Dr. Porras’ prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation.
• A basic introduction to irritable bowel syndrome.
• An overview of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
• An article about “remodeling” of the gut epithelia during IBS.
• The journal article from Dr. Porras’ research group discussed in today’s podcast.
• A video by Dr. Porras about her research.
• A video by Dr. Porras about her microbial outreach using fabric arts, as well as an article on that topic.
• Instructions from Dr. Porras describing how to crochet a microbe of your own!
• Dr. Porras’ faculty website.
• Dr. Porras’ laboratory website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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