Today, Dr. Franny Gilman, Principal Scientist at the Kraft-Heinz Company (and another #DocMartian who worked in my undergraduate research lab), joins the #QualityQuorum to tell us about the path that took her from studying the cloacal microbiome of lizards to Greenland and eventually to food science!
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Franny Gilman
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Links for this episode
- The paper that first caught Dr. Gilman’s eye when I suggested she read it while in my laboratory: “The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria.”
- Another paper suggested by Dr. Gilman: “Boomerang academics: why we left academia for industry, but then came back.”
- Still another paper: “Academia or Industry: Where Would I Fit In?”
- A website for the Institute of Food Technologists, with wonderful links and information.
- A nonspecialist’s introduction to Aspergillus oryzae that makes koji.
- A review article about the koji mold, Aspergillus oryzae.
- A conference website devoted to the study of koji and A. oryzae.
- Dr. Gilman’s LinkedIn profile.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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