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It's fact-meets-fiction in our latest episode! Tune in to learn how scientist Caroline Blassick faces off against alien bacteria invaders who avoid antibiotics. You won’t want to miss this battle of microbial life and death! 🦠 Learn more about “alien bacteria” in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! This episode is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number MCB: 2032357. 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Caroline Blassick is a PhD c

When diseases are on the loose, who will you call? The Molecular Detectives! 🕵️ This week we’ll hear from Mona Minkara, a detective who studies molecular clues to solve BIG mysteries inside our bodies. 🔎 Learn more about Mona and her research work in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode This episode is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number # 2148711 - Engaging Blind, Visually Impaired, and Sighted Students

It’s a cinematically horrifying Halloween 🎃 and there’s a movie-like monster lurking in your kitty litter! 🎬 This week you’ll hear the scary science behind toxoplasma gondii, a mind-controlling cat parasite! 🦠 Biologist Sebastian Lourido helps us tell the true tale of toxoplasma’s quest for cat domination, and what scientists are doing to stop the parasite in its banana-shaped tracks. 🐱 Learn more about Sebastian and his research in our bonus interview extra on Patreon !

If there’s too much gas in the atmosphere, who you gonna call? Gas Busters! Find out how a bacteria from a rabbit’s gut could help fight climate change, in our final episode of Life Lab. This episode features Dr. Ryan Tappel of LanzaTech, and a song collaboration with Basho Mosko, of Basho & Friends! Want to hear more from Ryan? Listen to our bonus interview episode on Patreon . Welcome to Life Lab! This is the final part of our five part series about how tiny life can change