Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our 8th episode, our hosts Priyanka Chatterjee and Dr. Alex Phillips discuss archaeal viruses, the even littler guys that infect our friendly archaeal cells! In the second part of the episode, Theopi Rados interviews Prof. Rachel Whitaker, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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