This Week in Microbiology
Vincent Racaniello
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TWiM #128: A moonlighting phage protein
This Week in Microbiology
05/21/16 • 77 min
A eukaryote without a mitochondrion, and using a phage enzyme to eliminate intracellular bacteria are two topics discussed by the TWiMers on this episode.
Image (right): An entry in the ASM Agar Art Contest which bears an uncanny resemblance to one of the TWiM hosts.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt.
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Links for this episode- Copper and Michael Schmidt in the news (The Scientist)
- Fair Pay for Postdocs (Huff Post)
- National Microbiome Initiative (White House)
- The shrinking mitochondrion (The Scientist)
- Eukaryote without a mitochondrion (Curr Biol)
- Why have organelles retained genomes? (Cell Sys)
- Bugs as drugs (Amer Acad Micro)
- Phage encoded lysin eliminates intracellular bacteria (eLife)
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186: Crypto-metamorphosis
This Week in Microbiology
10/05/18 • 73 min
The TWiM team describe the involvement of a microbiome in snail metamorphosis, and using Listeria to kill tumors.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode
- Infectious diseases after Florence (Med Inf Dis)
- Cryptic niche switching in gastropod (Proc Roy Soc B)
- Metamorphosis then no eating (NY Times)
- Listeria promotes tumor rejection (PNAS)
- Image credit
- LADD pathway (jpg)
- LADD (Aduro Biotech)
- Crawling cells and comet tails (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiM 168
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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304: A New blue cheese-making fungus
This Week in Microbiology
02/17/24 • 57 min
TWiM reveals a new population in the blue cheese-making fungus Penicillium roqueforti and identification of a quorum-sensing autoinducer and siderophore in uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
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Links for this episode- New blue cheese-making fungus (Evol Appl)
- Threat to Camenbert cheese (Guardian)
- French Cheese Under Threat (CNRS News)
- Fungadapt project (YouTube)
- Microbes Make the Cheese (ASM)
- Yersiniabactin in uropathogenic Escherichia coli (mBio)
- Public goods and cheating in microbes (Curr Biol)
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TWiM #106: Lawn mower disease
This Week in Microbiology
06/24/15 • 76 min
Vincent and Michael speak with Katy Bosio about her research on pathogenesis, immunity, and vaccines against Franciscella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
TWiM #137: The battle for oxygen
This Week in Microbiology
10/20/16 • 68 min
Highlights of the Recent Advances in Microbial Control meeting in San Diego, and expansion of a gut pathogen by virulence factors that stimulate aerobic respiration.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Fred Neidhardt obituary
- Recent Advances in Microbial Control
- Science hero Bill Fenical
- Virulence factors and aerobic respiration (Science)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiM 137
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TWiM #79: A community of microbiologists
This Week in Microbiology
05/29/14 • 71 min
Vincent, Michael, and Michele review highlights of the 2014 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, MA.
TWiM 140: Small town, big science
This Week in Microbiology
12/01/16 • 80 min
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Marie Antonioli, Bryan Hansen, Forrest Jessop, Kyle Shifflet and Jim Striebel
At the Hamilton, Montana Performing Arts Center, Vincent speaks with three local high school graduates and two high school teachers about how Rocky Mountain Laboratories influenced school science programs and opened up career opportunities.
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Links for this episode- Poster of this event (jpg)
- Rocky Mountain Laboratories
- Hamilton, MT high school
- Video of this episode on YouTube
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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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TWiM #139: Frackibacter and sticky fingers
This Week in Microbiology
11/18/16 • 71 min
The TWiM team discusses microbial DNA found on ATM machines in New York City, and how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, alters microbial ecosystems deep in the Earth.
Hosts:
Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Microbial DNA on ATM machines in NYC (mSphere)
- NYC OpenData
- Altering deep microbial ecosystems by fracking (Nat Micro)
- Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory
- Chemicals used for fracking (FracFocus)
- Marcellus and Utica shale formation map
- Consequences of fracking (GasBuddy)
- Image credit
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TWiM #138: Learning to love uranium and the A-baum
This Week in Microbiology
11/03/16 • 62 min
The TWiM team brings you a bacterium from a Colorado field site that grows on uranium, and copper resistance in the emerging pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.
Hosts:
Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge
- Uranium-respiring bacterium from a field site (PLoS One)
- Acid mine drainage (Wikipedia)
- Copper resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii
- ASM Grant Writing Online Course
- TWiM #132: Bacteria learn long division
- Image credit
This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE.
This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
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How many episodes does This Week in Microbiology have?
This Week in Microbiology currently has 324 episodes available.
What topics does This Week in Microbiology cover?
The podcast is about Life Sciences, Society, Microbiology, Natural Sciences, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on This Week in Microbiology?
The episode title '219: Commensal for a healthy skin' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on This Week in Microbiology?
The average episode length on This Week in Microbiology is 64 minutes.
How often are episodes of This Week in Microbiology released?
Episodes of This Week in Microbiology are typically released every 14 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of This Week in Microbiology?
The first episode of This Week in Microbiology was released on Feb 23, 2011.
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