248: Borgs Are Real

<p dir="ltr">Mark Martin returns to TWiM to discuss ways to increase diversity in our field, and the discovery of Borgs, giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation.<br /> <br /> Hosts: <a href="http://www.virology.ws/">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/">Elio Schaechter</a>, <a href= "https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/microbiology-immunology/michele-swanson-phd"> Michele Swanson</a>, and <a title= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" href= "https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/microbiology/research-program/schmidt-lab"> Michael Schmidt</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Guest: <a href= "https://twitter.com/markowenmartin">Mark O. Martin</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Subscribe to TWiM (free) on <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846&ls=1https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?mt=2&ls=1">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL3R3aW0%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-with-vincent-racaniello">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/">Android</a>, <a href="http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/">RSS</a>, or by <a href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9">email.</a> </p> <p dir="ltr">Become a <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/microbetv">Patron of TWiM</a>!</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unacknowledged</span> <a href= "https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E21-01-0024?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">privilege</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Mol Biol Cell)</span></li> <li><a href="https://blackinmicrobiology.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black Microbiologists Association</span></a></li> <li><a href= "https://asm.org/Articl