TWiM #96: A lean, mean sequencing machine

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello.

Special guest: Rob Knight

Vincent meets up with Rob Knight to talk about the technology that has fueled his drive to sequence the Earth and its inhabitants.

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• Microbes en masse (Nature)
• Obesity alters gut microbial ecology (PNAS)
• Sharing microbiome with dogs (eLife)
• Earth microbiome project (BMC Biology)
• Stability of gut micobiota (Science)
• Gut microbes and the brain (J Neurosci)

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