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This Week in Microbiology

Vincent Racaniello•www.asm.org
Science
Life Sciences
Natural Sciences
This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
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Episodes

TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good bacteria from the bad

On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology , Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are regulated by an inflammasome, and amelioration of intestinal inflammation in mice by delivery of a probiotic-derived soluble protein to the colon.

Aug 10, 2011•58 min

TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replacement in E. coli.

Jul 27, 2011•1 hr 15 min

TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma.

Jul 13, 2011•1 hr 13 min

TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device

On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology , Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium Vibrio fischeri.

Jun 29, 2011•1 hr 8 min

TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4

Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4.

Jun 15, 2011•1 hr 17 min

TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA

Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefit from disease, symbioses between chemosynthetic bacteria and marine invertebrates, and repetitive sequences in bacteria.

Jun 01, 2011•1 hr 26 min

TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark

Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria.

May 18, 2011•1 hr 4 min

TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry

Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.

Mar 23, 2011•1 hr

TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up

On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology , Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact.

Feb 23, 2011•1 hr 3 min
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