Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with NASA's Johnson Space microbiologist Dr. Sarah Castro Wallace. Dr. Wallace evaluates the performance of the MinION DNA sequencer in-flight on the International Space Station (ISS). She and her team are in charge of the environmental monitoring of the ISS. Dr. Wallace's passion for her work is evident in this interview. She makes microbiology and DNA sequencing in space sound more fun than a spacewalk!

Check out these links:
Dr. Wallace's work: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/dna-sequencing/
Dr. Sarah Castro Wallace: Women in History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1yJwXAFAMU
Genes in Space: https://www.genesinspace.org/

Join Cosmic Radio for an interview with Cal Poly Humboldt's beloved Biology Professor Terry Henkel.
Mycology is a mainstay of the Humboldt Botany Program with courses in mycology, forest pathology and mushroom identification.
"My research investigates macrofungal biodiversity and ecological relationships in the remote tropical rainforests of South America's Guiana Shield and the Guineo-Congolian region of Central Africa. My lab also examines the overlooked but important roles that native forest pathogenic fungi have in shaping forest communities in Northern California".
Terry has an amazing and relaxed style of proficiently teaching us more about the Fungi Kingdom both here in the United States and abroad. This is my final Fungal Kingdom episode ( for now) after a powerhouse of mycologist guests including David Hibbett, Joseph Heitman and Robert Douglas-check them all out!!

Check out the following links about Dr. Henkel's research:

https://www.humboldt.edu/biological-sciences/terry-henkel-phd -Dr. Henkel Cal Poly Humboldt web page
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Terry-Henkel -Dr. Henkel's published research papers
https://www.hbmycologicalsociety.org/ -Humboldt Bay Mycological Society
https://amazonteam.org/maps/guiana-shield/ -Guiana Shield
https://tropicalfungi.org/guineo-congo/ -Magrofungi of Northern Gondwana

Join me as we walk and talk through Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County with Robert Douglas. Robert is a mycologist, biologist and Environmental Specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. As we walk and discover this magical forest, camping site and destination location for fungi foragers, you can hear the Noyo River, song birds and Robert belting out owl calls!!!!
Keep in mind this podcast was not recorded in the studio, so you will hear all the sounds of the forest, me breathing hard on the hike and me tripping a few times!
Enjoy!!

To learn more, check out these web sites!!

Jackson Demonstration State Forest: https://www.visitmendocino.com/listing/jackson-demonstration-state-forest/
CalFire JDSF: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIREJDSF/
CalFire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/
Mendocino Mushroom Club: https://www.mendocinocoastmushroomclub.org/
Mendocino Foragers: https://www.foragemendocino.com/