219: Commensal for a healthy skin

The TWiM discusses eradicating racism in academia and STEM, and a peptide from commensal bacteria that protects skin from damage caused by MRSA

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Links for this episode:

• Responsibility in academic research
• Improving equity in faculty hiring (MBoC)
• #ShutDownSTEM
• Peptide protects skin from microbial damage (AAC)
• Agr phase variants in S. aureus (mBio)
• S. aureus quorum sensing system (BMC Res Notes)
• COVID-19 joins pandemic legion (mBio)

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