Ep. 435 - Chara Revisited

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In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

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🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chara represent the earliest stages of true plant evolution. They are also model organisms for a wide variety of research questions. Join me as we revisit an intriguing discussion with Dr. Mary Bisson from the University at Buffalo. This episode was produced in part by Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, 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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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.0	Inefincentaplants.com.
0:05.3	What's up?
0:05.7	This is your host, Matt.
0:06.5	Welcome to the show.
0:07.4	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.3	I am doing great.
0:10.4	We are going way back, way, way back into the history of this podcast to bring to light
0:15.5	an episode that happened in 2015.
0:17.5	It was the eighth ever episode of this podcast, but the topic is as relevant today
0:23.4	as it was back then. And it holds a special place in my heart because Dr. Mary Bisson,
0:28.5	who I interviewed for this subject, was the first professor I ever took a true botany class
0:33.6	from. So she really helped set the stage for my love of plants. And of course, that led to
0:39.0	indefensive plants. So thank you to Dr. Bisson. And let's learn what she has to say, because she
0:43.6	studies a unique photosynthetic organism called Kara. I think technically it is considered an algae,
0:49.4	but when scientists looked at it genetically, it is more closely related to plants than it is algae. And it's
0:55.4	fascinating. And Dr. Bisson's career has been looking at this plant as sort of a model organism.
1:00.7	I'm going to let her describe why that is and what is so special about this wonderful genus.
1:06.2	Before I get to that, I just want to say, this podcast would never have been possible without
1:10.0	people to support it. And there's a lot of great ways of doing that. One of the best ways is to become a patron over at Patreon.com slash In Defensive Plants, where you can get kickpacks for a little financial contribution each month. I couldn't be doing this without my patron. So a big thank you goes out to them. But that is entirely enough for me. I don't want to keep you from this episode any longer. Let's jump back into the wonderful world of Kara and learn why it is being used
1:32.4	as a model organism. So without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Mary Bisson. I hope you
1:37.6	enjoy. Every Saturday we had an eight-hour lab, and it was in the field.
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