TWiM 219: Com­men­sal for a healthy skin

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The TWiM dis­cusses erad­i­cat­ing racism in acad­e­mia and STEM, and a pep­tide from com­men­sal bac­te­ria that pro­tects skin from dam­age caused by MRSA.

Hosts: Vin­cent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swan­son and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Re­spon­si­bil­ity in aca­d­e­mic re­search
• Im­prov­ing eq­uity in fac­ulty hir­ing (MBoC)
• #Shut­Down­STEM
• Pep­tide pro­tects skin from mi­cro­bial dam­age (AAC)
• Agr phase vari­ants in S. au­reus (mBio)
• S. au­reus quo­rum sens­ing sys­tem (BMC Res Notes)
• COVID-19 joins pan­demic le­gion (mBio)
• Im­age credit
• TWiM Lis­tener sur­vey

 

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