TWiM presents a protocol for evolving caffeine-tolerant yeast by high school students in the home, and how predator-prey dynamics change when multiple bacteria grow together in biofilms.

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Links for this episode * Caffeine-tolerant yeast selected at home (microPub Biology) * yEvo Lab * Vision and change in undergraduate biology (NAS) * CURE in a box (JMBE) * EvolvingStem * EvolvingStem: Evolution-in-action curriculum (BMC) * Spatial ecology of predation (PNAS) * Predatory bacteria: From curiosity to curative (Trends Micro) * Combating antimicrobial resistance with predatory Bdellovibrio (YouTube) * Bdellovibrio attacking E.coli (YouTube) * From one, many (YouTube) * Take the TWiM Listener survey!

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