Forest and Maria-Isabel join TWiV to discuss their their project to engage thousands of citizens to swab inanimate surfaces in the San Diego area, then send the samples to the Rohwer Lab for nucleic acid analysis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

Forest on TWiV 391
Swabbing surfaces in San Diego (10News)
Nido21 meeting
Molnupiravir in phase 2a (Fierce Biotech)
Letters read on TWiV 732
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV 732: Citizen science with Forest Rohwer and Maria-Isabel Rojas