Blue Genes and Boots
The Texas A&M Genetics Program has a podcast! Blue Genes & Boots is a podcast series where faculty and students talk about the fun science going on right here at Texas A&M University. Graduate students also share insights on how to pursue a PhD and jump-start a career in science.
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Blue Genes and Boots
Summer of '22 Special Series: Evolution, Scientifically and Socially with Dr. Rachel J. Whitaker
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots!
In this episode, Josh and Aaron interview Dr. Rachel Whitaker, a microbiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who works primarily on archaea.
Dr. Whitaker has been a faculty member at UIUC since 2006 and has worked as both a researcher and lecturer. She is widely recognized for her teaching excellence and is active outside of research with several outreach programs, namely Project Microbe and the Cena y Ciencias program. She also co-directs the Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woodshole, MA. She frequently advocates for increasing visibility for women in science and was a contributing author to the compilation book titled “Women in Microbiology.”
If you want to know more about the Genetics program at Texas A&M or the research discussed in this episode, please visit the following websites:
Whitaker Lab: https://publish.illinois.edu/whitakerlab/
Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu
Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu
Project Microbe: https://publish.illinois.edu/projectmicrobe/
Cena y Ciencias: https://publish.illinois.edu/cenayciencias/
Microbial Diversity: https://www.mbl.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159778979