Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Graham Hatfull
On episode #87 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich hear from Professor Graham Hatfull how students in the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) program learn about scientific inquiry by doing research on bacteriophages.
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Links for this episode:
- Bacteriophage Research: Gateway to learning science
- Mycobacterium smegmatis at NCBI
- Prof. Steve Cresawn
- Scientist infected with computer virus (thanks, Jason!)
- The Invisible ABCs
- Letters read on TWiV 87
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Vincent – March of the Microbes by John L. Ingraham
Graham – Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas by Forest Rohwer
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