{"id":482,"date":"2025-02-25T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:11:05","slug":"microchats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/en\/teaching-resources\/microchats\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroChats"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"482\" class=\"elementor elementor-482\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7770a57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7770a57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477cc6f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"477cc6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MicroChats<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb95084 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb95084\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b91500 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b91500\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0323e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b0323e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d08e43b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d08e43b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c573a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34c573a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b40b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b40b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chief: Ken Timmis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1cb513 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1cb513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by Andrea Piacquadio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/man-in-blue-long-sleeves-beside-woman-holding-a-book-3776978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/man-in-blue-long-sleeves-beside-woman-holding-a-book-3776978\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa34832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa34832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/microchats-imili-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-334\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/microchats-imili-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/microchats-imili-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/microchats-imili-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.eez.csic.es\/imili\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/microchats-imili.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-868aa60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"868aa60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A powerful way of conveying knowledge is storytelling. The MicroChat Gallery reports on topics of general importance in microbiology through stories told in dialogues (or, less frequently, through monologues), in which the relevance of the topics discussed is illustrated with everyday examples. 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