Keywords and topics that are found in this program: microbes, cyanobacteria,
sun screens, extremophiles, basic & applied research.
| Topic |
Time |
| Introduction - May I borrow a cup of soil? |
00:00 |
| What is the difference between a cup of dirt and a cup of soil? |
01:49 |
| How many microorganisms can be found in a gram and a cup
of soil? |
02:35 |
| What kinds of soils are there? |
03:08 |
| How do microbes fit into the food web? |
05:49 |
| Gases, respiration, and the nitrogen cycle. |
07:33 |
| The soil food web. |
09:46 |
| What would happen if we removed bacteria from the soil food web. |
11:20 |
| What would life on Earth be like without microbes - could life exist
without microbes? |
12:03 |
| What got you interested in cyanobacteria? |
13:04 |
| Inventors of photosynthesis. |
13:30 |
| Dominant in extreme environments. |
13:58 |
| Cyanobacteria and sun screens. |
14:50 |
| Basic science and research. |
18:09 |
| Salt and extreme organisms - extremeophiles |
21:20 |
| Astrobiology - life on other planets. |
24:10 |
| When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist or a scientist? |
26:04 |
| What would you be if you were not a biologist or a scientist? |
26:54 |
| What advice do you have for someone wanting to be a biologist? |
28:26 |
