Today, Dr. Nkrumah Grant, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joins the Quality Quorum today to discuss aspects of his work in bacterial evolution, the challenges of setting up a new research laboratory, and his quite inspiring journey in academia.

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Nkrumah Grant

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Links for this episode

• The long term evolution LTEE program by Rich Lenski and his colleagues,  studying  bacterial evolution in E. coli.
• Rich Lenski’s website.
• An enjoyable video about this program.
• A wonderful explainer of the LTEE program for beginning Micronauts.
• Cholera as a disease.
• Vibrio cholera the bacterium.
• Mechanisms of the cholera toxin.
• An article about Vibrio cholera, chitin,  and natural transformation.
• Rita Colwell, and her research showing how filtering through sari cloth could reduce  the incidence of cholera.  Here is an overview for new Micronauts.
• Chris Waters’ laboratory website at Michigan State University.
• An overview from the American Society for Microbiology, suggesting that many food items are in fact antimicrobial.
• A review article on the topic of antimicrobial components of food.
• A preprint of Dr. Grant’s research that was discussed during the podcast.
• An inspirational video of Dr. Grant’s path through science.
• Another video about Dr. Grant’s life.
• An article about Dr. Grant’s story.
• An article by Dr. Grant’s institution, welcoming him to Urbana, Illinois.
• Dr. Grant’s faculty page at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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