257: I have one word for you: plastics
On this episode of TWiM, how phages prevent other phages from invading their hosts without blocking their own reproduction, and plastic-degrading potential of microbes across the Earth. Become a patro...
7 Jan 20221h 1min
256: An mRNA Vaccine Against Ticks
TWiM discusses antigenic variation within dengue virus serotypes, and an mRNA vaccine that induces antibodies against tick proteins and prevents transmission of the Lyme disease agent. Hosts: Vincent ...
16 Des 202141min
255: Fleaing The Plague
TWiM reveals a study showing that positive interactions among bacteria are far more common than previously thought, and how acquisition of a single gene enabled Yersinia pestis to expand the range of ...
21 Nov 202152min
254: Episymbionts Are Good For You
Mark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of the observation that Gram's stain does not cross the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, and suppression of gingival inflammation and bone loss through host...
6 Nov 20211h 10min
253: Cell growth and cell size with Petra Levin
Petra Levin joins TWiM to tell three stories from her laboratory: how starvation induces shrinkage of the bacterial cytoplasm; plasticity of E. coli cell wall and how it influences antibiotic resistan...
28 Okt 20211h 3min
252: Electrifying microbial fuel cells
On 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 previou...
8 Okt 202157min
251: Biofilms, Coronaviruses, and a Shigella Vaccine
TWiM 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 ep...
2 Okt 202157min
250: E-scaffolds and paper stickers
On 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 surface...
10 Sep 20211h 5min
