This Week in Virology #87: A PHIREside chat with Professor Graham Hatfull

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Graham Hatfull

Vincent, Alan, and Rich hear from Professor Graham Hatfull how students in the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) program learn about scientific inquiry by doing research on bacteriophages.

Download TWiV #87 (62 MB .mp3, 86 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• Bacteriophage Research: Gateway to learning science


• Mycobacterium smegmatis at NCBI


• Prof. Steve Cresawn


• Scientist infected with computer virus (thanks, Jason!)


• The Invisible ABCs


• Letters read on TWiV 87

Weekly Science Picks

Rich - CDC Public Health Image Library
Alan - Great Microbiologists - A Lego Movie
Vincent - March of the Microbes by John L. Ingraham
Graham - Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas by Forest Rohwer


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