EPISODE · Jul 6, 2021 · 30 MIN
333 | Happy Lives of Yeast and Flies
from GradCast · host Ariel Frame, Yimin Chen, Gavin Tolometti, Nikol Posnov, Laura Muñoz, Yousuf Hasan, Rhys Paterson, Liam Clifford, Elizabeth Mohler, Francesco Colosimo, Katie Gaskin, Hira Nadeem, Rosemary Giles, Danica Facca
Remember those fruit flies that annoy you by incessantly buzzing around? They are an essential part of PhD in Biology candidate Yanira Jimenez Padilla's work. In her time at Western, she has worked with her winged friends by introducing yeast during their growth cycle to observe any anatomical changes that take place. Why, you ask? Well as hosts Liam Clifford and Elizabeth Mohler learn, it's because these changes can help us understand how microbes (or the lack thereof) can impact the development in a living thing. As a result, the conversation that ensues seeks to familiarize listeners with all sorts of super cool bugs that influence our daily lives. Full video available on YouTube Recorded on June 29, 2021 Produced by Ariel Frame Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
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Remember those fruit flies that annoy you by incessantly buzzing around? They are an essential part of PhD in Biology candidate Yanira Jimenez Padilla's work. In her time at Western, she has worked with her winged friends by introducing yeast during their growth cycle to observe any anatomical changes that take place. Why, you ask? Well as hosts Liam Clifford and Elizabeth Mohler learn, it's because these changes can help us understand how microbes (or the lack thereof) can impact the development in a living thing. As a result, the conversation that ensues seeks to familiarize listeners with all sorts of super cool bugs that influence our daily lives. Full video available on YouTube Recorded on June 29, 2021 Produced by Ariel Frame Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
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