S1 E1, Part 1 - Introducing Will: From brain to gut

In Part 1 of our first podcast episode, "Introducing Will: From Brain to Gut," I ask Will to tell me how he went from studying the brain as a Bates College student where we met as freshman to studying the gut as postdoc after a bout with bubonic plague. While I’ve heard this story before, I picked up a few new tidbits that I wasn’t aware of before recording this episode. For those who decided to view this 'cast on our YouTube channel, please note that as a scientist Will speaks for a living and I do not. People have told me that I make a lot of facial expressions but, wow, I had no idea. For those listening, you are spared and for those watching, it is rough, and I’ll do my best to contain myself going forward.

Important numbers:

1995 - the year Will and I met in college
1 - the number of plague needle sticks Will has had
3 - the number of weeks Will had to self-isolate after the plague needle stick

If you want to see a photo of young Will and myself, check out it on our Gut Questions? podcast website and go to “Show Notes" → www.yourgutquestions.com/shownotes

If you've gut a question(s) you would like Will to answer in an upcoming episode, email me, Parker, at aparker@medicine.washington.edu or submit a questions on the podcast website, www.yourgutquestions.com/contact

A bunch of our websites and social media platforms:

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Gut Questions? podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutquestions
Gut Questions? website: https://www.yourgutquestions.com
Gut Questions? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gutquestions/

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DePaolo Lab website: https://www.depaololab.com
DePaolo Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/depaololab/
DePaolo Lab Twitter: https://twitter.com/depaololab

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CMiST, Center for Microbiome Sciences & Therapeutics: https://www.cmistuw.org

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Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdepaolo/

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