Today, Dr. Will Ratcliff of the Georgia Institute of Technology joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the fascinating work his group has done exploring the evolution of multicellularity, and the wonderful example of “snowflake yeast.”
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: William Ratcliff
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Links for this episode
- A video of a #LuxArt workshop that Dr. Jennifer Quinn and I organized at an ASMCUE conference a few years ago. Such creativity!
- Here is a nice editorial overview of the issue of the evolution of multicellular versus unicellular life and how the latter could lead to the former.
- Here is a review essay on the topic of the evolution of multicellularity from Dr. Ratcliff’s laboratory group.
- A very recent and interesting review article exploring the possible “black swan” event leading to multicellularity in evolution.
- A foundational journal article on snowflake yeast from Dr. Ratcliff and research colleagues.
- A nice video of the snowflake yeast described by Dr. Ratcliff.
- A wonderful ‘must read” essay on the topic of snowflake yeast from Quanta magazine.
- A wonderful ‘must read” essay on the topic evolving multicellularity from Quanta magazine.
- A wonderful ‘must read” essay about the possibility of multicellular prokaryotes from Quanta magazine.
- A really engaging video about the evolution of snowflake yeast from Dr. Ratcliff.
- Dr. Ratcliff’s faculty website.
- Dr. Ratcliff’s quite fascinating laboratory website. A must read!
- Dr. Ratcliff’s outreach website. Another must read!
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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