Welcome to Episode 21 of Slightly Evolved! Our guest is Toby Hammer, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder.Toby tells us about his research on the microbiotic diversity (or lack thereof...) of Lepidoptera! We talk about the recent explosion of interest in this field and how you find out the composition of a caterpillars microbiome! We also discuss preprints and their pros and cons. As always you can contact us via email ([email protected]), Twitter (twitter.com/slightlyevolpod) or join on our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/664596143711550/). Remember you can also subscribe on iTunes (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sligh…d1197890502?mt=2), and we would really appreciate it if you could leave a rating/comment there!You can find Toby on Twitter (twitter.com/toby_hammer) and read more about his research here (http://www.tobinhammer.com/).