Ep. 329 - A Closer Look at Algae
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
It's important to give credit to the small but important things in life, like algae! In this episode we dive under the microscope lens with Julia Van Etten to talk about the microscopic world of algae and how they relate to plants. Julia is a PhD student researching extremophile algae and also runs a wonderful and fascinating science communication outlet called Couch Microscopy. Join us as we take a dive into the microscopic world of algae and learn about their connection to plants. This episode was produced in part by Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:39.0 | What's up? |
| 0:39.3 | This is your host, Matt. |
| 0:40.1 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:41.1 | How's everyone doing this week? |
| 0:43.1 | Now, many of you have probably heard the idea that land plants evolved from algal |
| 0:48.1 | ancestors. |
| 0:49.6 | Well, today we're going to be exploring that idea in a little bit more detail with a heavy |
| 0:53.5 | focus on algae. |
| 0:55.3 | Joining us to talk about this is PhD student Julia Van Etten. You may know her from her amazing |
| 1:00.3 | science communication work under the name of couch microscopy. Using relatively inexpensive setups, |
| 1:07.3 | Julia is hard at work bringing the microscopic world to reality and introducing people |
| 1:12.3 | to an unseen diversity of organisms that contribute in a really big way to ecosystem function. |
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