Now at the close of the week, let me lure you into a different dimension of the media: podcasting.

The American Society of Microbiology has asked me to take over a biweekly podcast of theirs called “Meet the Scientist.” In each episode I’ll be talking with one of the many scientists who explore biology’s vast invisible world.  For my first podcast, I spoke to Michael Cunliffe, one of the scientists I wrote about recently who studies the ocean’s skin of jelly.

I’m still getting my bearings in the podcast universe, so feel free to dispense free advice. I’m looking forward to talking to many more scientists who study infectious diseases, synthetic biology, microbial evolution, and much more.

And now, off to New