Aug 4, 2023
Dr. John Coates, a professor at the University of California
Berkeley specializes in environmental microbiology and how microbes
can be utilized to resolve problems in industry.
microTalk caught up with Dr. Coates at the ASMicrobe conference in
Houston and discussed his research in applied and environmental
microbiology.
Dr. Coates discusses an unexpected discovery of how microbes drive
the iodine cycle on earth, how sequencing microbes in the oceans
has been beneficial for identifying novel biochemical activities,
how climate change has stimulated his research into the
“bioeconomy”, why he’s optimistic that science can mitigate the
effects of climate change, and how Berkeley is a remarkable place
to do science.
This episode was supported by miniScope, the portable keychain
microscope.
Participants:
- Karl Klose, Ph.D. (UTSA)
- John Coates, Ph.D. (UCSD)
- Janakiram Seshu, Ph.D. (UTSA)
- Jesus Romo, Ph.D. (UTSA)