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
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Fun-guys: The Problem With Mycotoxins in Malted Grains
Fungi in a nutshell (or grain husk) Dear brew enthusiasts, In this weeks episode, we will step into the world of plant pathology. We will look at a paper by the groups of Robert Brueggeman and Paul Schwarz, who have devised a new method to visualize pathogenic fungi in grains. Their work is important since …
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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 …