Matters Microbial #79: How Amoebae Beat the Heat

February 20, 2025

Today, Dr. Angela Oliverio, Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Syracuse University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss what her research group has been learning about extremophilic single-celled eukaryotes!

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Angela Oliverio

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Links for this episode

• An overview of protists.  
• A wondrous video of the types of protists to be found seemingly everywhere.
• A video about amoebae and how YOU can find them.  
• A video about the testate amoebae mentioned in this podcast.
• An essay about the testate amoebae.
• A very old article on temperature limits to eukaryotic life.
• A more modern article on this topic.
• An article from Dr. Oliverio’s group on the temperature limits to eukaryotic life.
• The Mullin laboratory at UCSF does remarkable visualization.
• Genomics and the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
• How mycoplasma move, with remarkable videos.
• A member of Dr. Oliverio’s lab creates beautiful glass art at this Etsy shop.
• A wonderful local news report on Dr. Oliverio and coworker’s research.
• A nice overview of Dr. Oliverio’s research interest in extremophilic protists.
• An article from Dr. Oliverio’s group explaining why we should all care about extremophilic eukaryotes.
• Dr. Oliverio’s research website (and SO worth your time)
• Dr. Oliverio’s faculty website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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