The Sweet Taste of Malt and Revealing its Pathogen’s secret
A Flame-Side chat about how international travel, collaboration and interaction led to new insights in pathogen biology inside (malted) grains
Nobody At The Vault But Yeast
A Flame-Side chat with Dr Anna Fijarczyk about her research on old yeast strains.
Smashing It on the Bench By Going Micro
A flame-side chat with Ben Schulz, leading author of a paper entitled: “Benchtop micro-mashing: high-throughput, robust, experimental beer brewing”.
Barking Up the Yeast Tree
A Flame-Side Chat with Prof Matt Bochman about sours, wild yeasts, adoption and commercialisation.
No Ifs or Bots. How Alcohol, 48,000 plates, and Stressed Forks Served Up Increased Mutation Rates
A Flame-Side Chat, with Dr Karin Voordeckers Recently, I described an article published by the group of Prof Kevin Verstrepen. Their work sought to investigate the molecular events that lead to enhanced mutation rates in the presence of Alcohol. I am pleased to report on a Flame-Side Chat with Karin Voordeckers, one of the team members who led …
Repeated Yeast Domestication Ups Beer Brewing Another Level
A Flame-Side Chat, with Dr Francisco Cubillos Riffo Last week, I wrote about an article by Dr Francisco Cubillos Riffo. Francisco is an Associate Researcher at The Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio). You can learn more about his research here by visiting the Molecular Genetics Lab Website. In short, his group investigates the diversity and genetics of yeasts in brewing. His …
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Explore and Experiment With Yeast Diversity; The Result Could be Amazing!
A Flame-Side Chat, with Prof. Dr Diego Bonatto Previously, I described an article by Prof. Dr Diego Bonatto. In this post, I will share some discussion Diego and I had behind the scenes. I like to call it a Flame-side chat. I hope you will appreciate his insight and find his advice useful. I certainly did! Subscribe …
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