TWiM #161: Eros, a bacterial aphrodisiac
From the TWiM team, a discussion of Hurricane Harvey microbiology, and a bacterial enzyme that induces eukaryotic mating. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaecht...
21 Sep 201755min
TWiM #160: On the road to virus
The TWiM team provides an update on Zika virus, and reveals a plasmid on the road to becoming a virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iPh...
8 Sep 20171h 7min
TWiM #159: Immunophage synergy
The TWiM team pays a tribute to Chris Condayan, and investigates the synergy between virus and the innate immune system for clearing bacterial pneumonia by phage therapy.
31 Aug 20171h
TWiM #158: The bottom line
The TWiM team considers a report on prokaryotic viral DNA in mammalian brain, and how diarrhea is beneficial, by clearing enteric pathogens. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanso...
10 Aug 20171h 5min
TWiM #157: Back to the ancestor
The TWiMbionts explore the role of bacteria in the genesis of moonmilk, and how ancient host proteins can be used to engineer resistance to virus infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson...
27 Jul 201756min
TWiM #156: Gifted microbes and defensive symbiosis
The TWiM team explains the use of microbial genome mining to identify new drugs, and how a bacterial symbiont protects flies against parasitoid wasps. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Mich...
13 Jul 201757min
TWiM #155: Living in the stomach of a cell
Michele updates the TWiMers on Legionella in the Flint water supply, and Elio informs us about how horizontally acquired biosynthesis genes boost the physiology of Coxiella burnetii. Hosts: Vincent R...
29 Jun 201757min
TWiM #154: Rigor, lotteries, and moonshots
At Microbe 2017 in New Orleans, the TWiM team speaks with Arturo Casadevall about his thoughts on the pathogenic potential of a microbe, rigorous science, funding by lottery, and moonshot science. Hos...
14 Jun 20171h 14min
