TWiM 248: Borgs Are Real

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Mark Mar­tin re­turns to TWiM to dis­cuss ways to in­crease di­ver­sity in our field, and the dis­cov­ery of Borgs, gi­ant ex­tra­chro­mo­so­mal el­e­ments with the po­ten­tial to aug­ment methane ox­i­da­tion.

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

Guest: Mark O. Mar­tin

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Links for this episode

• Un­ac­knowl­edged priv­i­lege (Mol Biol Cell)
• Black Mi­cro­bi­ol­o­gists As­so­ci­a­tion
• Beginner's Guide to Mi­nor­ity Pro­fes­sor Hires (ASM)
• Aca­d­e­mic Ca­reer Readi­ness As­sess­ment (UCSF)
• An­nual Bio­med Res Con­fer­ence for Mi­nor­ity Stu­dents
• Lessons from Plants by Beronda Mont­gomery
• Gi­ant ex­tra­chro­mo­so­mal BORGS (bioRxiv)
• TWiM Lis­tener sur­vey

  

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