338: Rewriting the Code of Life
Aug 16, 2025•53 min•Ep. 338
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Episode description
TWiM discusses outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Harlem NY, an automated whole genome sequencing platform for bacterial strain typing in clinical microbiology laboratories, building E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code.
Links for this episode
- Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in NY (NY Health)
- Automated whole genome sequencing for clinical labs (J Clin Micro)
- Sequencing workflow for outbreaks (J Clin Micro)
- Rewriting code of life (NYTimes)
- E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code (Science)
- E. coli with one stop codon (TWiM 330)
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