This Week in Microbiology
The podcast about unseen life on Earth
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TWiM #52: Clinical microbiology with Ellen Jo Baron
Vincent and Michael meet up with Ellen Jo Baron to ...
Vincent and Michael meet up with Ellen Jo Baron to talk about working in a clinical microbiology laboratory.
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TWiM #51: Cave science with Hazel Barton
Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Hazel Barton to ...
Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Hazel Barton to talk about cave microbiology.
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TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley review the scientific career of Carl ...
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley review the scientific career of Carl Woese.
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TWiM #49: Grape-like Clusters
Vincent, Michael, and Elio discuss the HIV co-receptor CCR5 as ...
Vincent, Michael, and Elio discuss the HIV co-receptor CCR5 as a receptor for S. aureus leukotoxin ED, and the vineyard yeast microbiome.
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TWiM #48: It’s all about direction
Vincent, Michael, and Jo discuss how subtle gender bias of ...
Vincent, Michael, and Jo discuss how subtle gender bias of science faculty favors male students, and the relationship of invasive infection and antibody orientation at bacterial surfaces.
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TWiM #47: Resistance on the surface
Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes on metal surfaces, and ...
Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes on metal surfaces, and using bacteriophage to reverse antibiotic resistance.
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TWiM #46: Spore!
Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Jonathan Dworkin to ...
Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Jonathan Dworkin to discuss how bacteria form spores and how they return to vegetative growth.
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TWiM #45: Secreted nucleic acids RIG a STING
Vincent, Michael, Elio review innate immune sensing of Listeria secreted ...
Vincent, Michael, Elio review innate immune sensing of Listeria secreted bacterial nucleic acids, and how Wolbachia enhances egg production in Drosophila.
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TWiM #44: Phage interruptus
Vincent, Michael, Elio discuss the role of prophage excision in ...
Vincent, Michael, Elio discuss the role of prophage excision in exit of Listeria from the phagosome, and analysis of bacterial communities in saliva.
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TWiM #43: Bacterial caveolae and zapping acne with phages
Vincent, Michael, Elio review formation of caveolae in a bacterium, ...
Vincent, Michael, Elio review formation of caveolae in a bacterium, and the limited genetic diversity and broad killing activity of P. acnes bacteriophages.