History of Bioterrorism; From an Ancient Civilization to the Black Plague? Part 1
06/13/23 • 50 min
In this weeks episode, we start our season on bioterrorism!. We start in the past with Jon talks about the Hittite plague affecting the middle east and Tess talks about the use of Bacillus anthracis. This is part one of a two part episode, so stay tuned.
Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for microbigals or on Twitter @MicrobiGals.
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In this weeks episode, we start our season on bioterrorism!. We start in the past with Jon talks about the Hittite plague affecting the middle east and Tess talks about the use of Bacillus anthracis. This is part one of a two part episode, so stay tuned.
Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for microbigals or on Twitter @MicrobiGals.
Also, if you want to donate to our show, we have started a kofi page. you can donate on our website or visit https://ko-fi.com/microbigals.
Previous Episode
Interview with Sarah Bordenstein: a career path less traveled, research, and educating the next generation with the Wolbachia Project
In this episode Jon talks with Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor at Pennsylvania State University as a co lead of the Bordenstein lab. She is also She is also the director of the Wolbachia project. We talk about her journey in becoming a research professor, what her lab researches, and how the Wolbachia project is teaching students about the microbe, how it affects insects, how to run molecular testing and contributing to the research of this field.
To learn more about the Wolbachia project click the link here. you can also follow them on social media by searching @WolbachiaProj on twitter or on Instagram by searching The Wolbachia Project.
If you are interested in Sarah's research, you can check out the labs website here.
Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for microbigals or on Twitter @MicrobiGals.
Also, if you want to donate to our show, we have started a kofi page. you can donate on our website or visit https://ko-fi.com/microbigals.
Next Episode
History of Bioterrorism; From an Ancient Civilization to the Black Plague? Part 2
In this weeks episode, we continue our history in bioterrorism. Julie talks about launching plague victims using catapults, and Tess talks about the culprit, Yersinia pestis. Tess also talks about spiking wine with mycobacterium leprae (leprosy).
Visit our website at microbigals.com where we regularly update new content, including blog posts. You can also find us on Instagram by searching for microbigals or on Twitter @MicrobiGals.
Also, if you want to donate to our show, we have started a kofi page. you can donate on our website or visit https://ko-fi.com/microbigals.
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