Podcast Episodes available on IPFS
Neglected Tropical Diseases and Pandemic Prevention With Peter Hotez
Meet the Microbiologist - November 01, 2021 20:07 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsPeter Hotez talks about the global impact and historical context of neglected tropical diseases. He also highlights important developments in mass drug administration and vaccine research and shares why he chose to publish the third edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases during the COVI...
252: Electrifying microbial fuel cells
This Week in Microbiology - October 08, 2021 19:33 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsOn this episode of TWiM, using colicins to ferry DNA into cells through an iron transporter, and construction of highly efficient microbial fuel cells that produce more electrical current than previously observed. Links for this episode: Colicins used to ferry DNA into cells (mBio) Highly ...
251: Biofilms, Coronaviruses, and a Shigella Vaccine
This Week in Microbiology - October 02, 2021 21:38 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM explores the role of biofilms in infection by coronaviruses, and development of a Shigella vaccine using outer membrane vesicles derived from Salmonella Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Biofilms and coronaviruses (Appl Envir Micro) Outer membrane vesicle vaccine (Appl ...
250: E-scaffolds and paper stickers
This Week in Microbiology - September 10, 2021 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsOn this episode, an electrochemical scaffold that delivers safe doses of hypochlorous acid to treat wound infections in humans, and a method for sampling and monitoring bacteria and viruses on surfaces using plain paper stickers. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmid...
249: Phage-pathogen and toxin-antitoxin conflicts
This Week in Microbiology - August 27, 2021 06:42 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM reveals how temporal shifts in antibiotic resistance elements govern phage-pathogen conflicts, and the intracellular localization of toxin-antitoxin proteins in E. coli. Become a Patron of TWiM! Links for this episode: Phage-pathogen conflicts (Science) A ‘Trap-Door’ Strategy for M...
248: Borgs Are Real
This Week in Microbiology - August 13, 2021 19:55 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsMark Martin returns to TWiM to discuss ways to increase diversity in our field, and the discovery of Borgs, giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt Guest: Mark O. Mart...
247: Therapy With Paleofeces and Phages
This Week in Microbiology - July 30, 2021 20:13 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM explores whether ‘rewilding’ is a way to get back our missing gut microbes, and failure of bacteriophage therapy due to the production of neutralizing antibodies. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Gut microbiota through an evolutionary lens (Science) You’re missing mic...
246: Intracellular niche and passage
This Week in Microbiology - July 19, 2021 23:48 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsThe TWiM folk explore disruption of a Burkholderia intracellular niche by a cell death program, and an increase in Brucella infectiousness after intracellular passage. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Disrupting intracellular niche (mBio) Intracellular passage increases i...
245: Bacteria that protect bees from fungi
This Week in Microbiology - July 03, 2021 20:52 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsIn this episode, how polysaccharides keep cyanobacteria afloat in the oceans so that they can carry out photosynthesis, and a symbiotic bacterium that protects honey bees from fungal infections. Become a Patron of TWiM! Links for this episode: Bacterial blooms and polysaccharides (eLife) ...
133: Vibrio cholerae with Rita Colwell
Meet the Microbiologist - June 10, 2021 22:53 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRita Colwell has made major advances in basic and applied microbiology, largely focused on Vibrio cholerae. She describes several lines of evidence for the environmental niche of the bacterium, as well as her work to predict and prepare for cholera outbreaks. Colwell closes with her thoughts on ...
243: Beef and bacillus
This Week in Microbiology - June 04, 2021 23:40 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM continues its food arc with an examination of the effect of peroxyacetic acid spray on the microbiome and sensory properties of beef, and explores asymmetry of the cell division machinery during sporulation. Links for this episode: Effect of peroxyacetic acid on beef (Appl Envir Micro) ...
242: Sourdough Starter Microbiomes
This Week in Microbiology - May 20, 2021 22:22 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM reveals the microbiome of sourdough starter cultures, and discovery of a novel family of prokaryotic nanocompartments involved in the metabolism of sulfur. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Sourdough starter microbiomes (eLife) Prokaryotic nanocompartments (eLife) TWi...
241: What Does Flu Do to Your Poo?
This Week in Microbiology - May 07, 2021 20:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM explains how Vibrio biofilms are dispersed by polyamine signals, and the induction of inappetence by respiratory virus infection which causes alteration of the gut microbiome. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email. Become a p...
240: Aspirin, colorectal cancer, and Fusobacterium
This Week in Microbiology - April 26, 2021 03:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM reviews aspirin modulation of Fusobacterium nucleatum, a microbe that has been associated with colorectal cancer, and Elio tells us ‘What are vaccines’, a talk he recently gave to members of his community. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Elio’s What are Vaccines? (pdf)...
239: The Phoenix of Bacteria
This Week in Microbiology - April 09, 2021 21:12 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsThe TWiM team reviews how variants of P. aeruginosa survive antimicrobial treatment, and a decrease in the antimicrobial resistance of the gut microbiome in the presence of the fungus C. albicans. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Phoenix colony variants of P. aeruginosa (AAC...
238: Parkinson’s disease gut microbiome
This Week in Microbiology - March 28, 2021 06:40 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsElio reveals his thoughts on the big themes of modern microbiology, followed by an analysis of the gut microbiome in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Parkinson’s disease gut microbiome (NPJ Parkinsons) Sequencing data as compositions (Bi...
237: Ten years of TWiM, a quality quorum
This Week in Microbiology - March 11, 2021 18:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTo celebrate ten years, TWiM asks former hosts and guests to provide their thoughts on how microbiology has contributed to our understanding of the microbial world. Links for this episode: Neisseria LINES up: TWiM #1 Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used wit...
236: Gossamer wings and symbionts on the sea bottom
This Week in Microbiology - February 20, 2021 06:53 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsIn this episode, hiring and training expectations for future biomedical life sciences faculty, and the roles of bacterial symbionts in deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworms. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Expectations for life sciences faculty (Life Sci Edu) Academic car...
235: Green algae and fatty acids
This Week in Microbiology - February 05, 2021 06:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsIn this episode, how DNA of giant viruses has contributed extensively to the genome of green algae, and inhibition of E. coli virulence by a metabolic product of arachidonic acid in the intestinal epithelium. Links for this episode: Giant viral DNA shapes genomes of green algae (Nature) Ja...
234: Corkscrewing through snot
This Week in Microbiology - January 21, 2021 22:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsThe TWiM team reviews Salmonella colonization of three-dimensional miniature intestinal organs, and identification of a circadian clock in a non-photosynthetic prokaryote. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Salmonella colonization of enteroids (mBio) Circadian clock in nonph...
233: Antivirals made by bacteria
This Week in Microbiology - January 08, 2021 21:16 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsThe TWiM team reviews the movie Jezebel, played against the background of the yellow fever epidemic of 1853 in New Orleans, and prokaryotic viperins, ancestors of the eukaryotic enzymes that synthesize antiviral molecules. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android...
232: Microbial nanowires
This Week in Microbiology - December 24, 2020 22:54 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM explores the use of a bacterial protein to make highly conductive microbial nanowires, and how modulin proteins seed the formation of amyloid, a key component of S. aureus biofilms. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email. Become a patro...
231: It’s a microbe-eat-microbe world
This Week in Microbiology - December 10, 2020 23:10 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsMark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of a predatory bacterium appropriately named Vampirococcus lugosii, and Elio reveals how bacteria can be used on the International Space Station to efficiently extract rare earth elements in microgravity. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this ep...
230: Ancient bacterial DNA
This Week in Microbiology - November 27, 2020 06:04 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsIn this episode of TWiM, control of Campylobacter in raw chicken by zinc oxide nanoparticles in packaging material, and Salmonella enterica genomes from a16th century epidemic in Mexico. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Zinc oxide nanoparticles in raw meat packing (Appl Env ...
Life Science and Earth Science and Biogeomicrobiology with Denise Akob
Meet the Microbiologist - November 12, 2020 18:53 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsDenise Akob discusses her studies of microbial communities of contaminated and pristine environments using life science and earth science techniques. She discusses how to figure out “who’s there,” how to optimize select natural microbial activities, and her career path into government research. ...
132: Life Science and Earth Science and Biogeomicrobiology with Denise Akob
Meet the Microbiologist - November 12, 2020 18:53 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsDenise Akob discusses her studies of microbial communities of contaminated and pristine environments using life science and earth science techniques. She discusses how to figure out “who’s there,” how to optimize select natural microbial activities, and her career path into government research. ...
229: Dirt is not simple
This Week in Microbiology - November 05, 2020 23:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsIn this episode of TWiM, the hidden biochemical diversity in soil-dwelling Actinobacteria that could lead to a second Golden Era of antibiotic discovery, and structures of glideosome components reveals the mechanism of gliding in apicomplexan parasites. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for thi...
228: Black in Microbiology with Ninecia Scott and Chelsey Spriggs
This Week in Microbiology - October 23, 2020 17:12 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsNinecia and Chelsey, two of the founders of Black in Microbiology, join TWiM to discuss the goals of the organization, then we reveal survival of Deinococcus bacteria for 3 years in space, an experiment that addresses the panspermia hypothesis for interplanetary transfer of life. Guests: Nin...
227: The light and dark sides of the fungal world
This Week in Microbiology - October 13, 2020 06:14 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 492 ratingsTWiM presents an episode for mycophiles: how bacteria disarm mushroom pathogens, and the role of the CARD9 protein in protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson Become a patron of TWiM. Links for th...
131: Powassan virus and tick biology with Marshall Bloom
Meet the Microbiologist - July 31, 2020 22:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHow does tick biology influence their ability to transmit disease? Marshall Bloom explains the role of the tick salivary glands in Powassan virus transmission and the experiments that led to this discovery. He also provides a historical background for the Rocky Mountain Labs in Hamilton, Montana...
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