TWiM Special: Q fever with Robert Heinzen
Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Robert Heinzen At the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, Vincent speaks with Robert Heinzen about the work of his laboratory on Q fever and its causative m...
16 Feb 20171h 4min
TWiM #145: Anything but academic
Vincent meets up with Catharine Bosio, Michael Merchlinsky, and Shilpa Gadwal at the ASM Biothreats meeting to talk about careers for scientists outside of the ivory tower. Become a patron of TWiM. Li...
9 Feb 20171h 2min
TWiM #144: Did eukaryotes invent anything?
The TWiMers discuss how changes in domestic laundering affect the removal of microorganisms, and assembly of a nucleus-like structure during viral replication in bacteria. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, ...
26 Jan 20171h 6min
TWiM #143: E-scaffolds and receptor transfer
Vincent, Michael, and Michele explain the use of an electrochemical gradient to eliminate bacterial biofilms, and how phage susceptibility can be transferred by exchange of receptor proteins. Hosts: ...
12 Jan 20171h 5min
TWiM #142: A membrane-thickness caliper
Vincent, Elio and Michele wind up a year of microbial podcasts with a story about the lack of resistance to a crop antifungal compound, and how a bacterium uses a molecular caliper to measure membrane...
29 Dec 201658min
TWiM #141: Nutritional immunity and polymicrobial infections
Jennifer joins Vincent, Elio, and Michael to talk about the work of her laboratory on how a respiratory virus enhances bacterial growth by dysregulating nutritional immunity. Hosts: Vincent Racaniell...
15 Dec 20161h 5min
TWiM 140: Small town, big science
Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Marie Antonioli, Bryan Hansen, Forrest Jessop, Kyle Shifflet and Jim Striebel At the Hamilton, Montana Performing Arts Center, Vincent speaks with three local high sch...
1 Dec 20161h 20min
TWiM #139: Frackibacter and sticky fingers
The TWiM team discusses microbial DNA found on ATM machines in New York City, and how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, alters microbial ecosystems deep in the Earth. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Mich...
18 Nov 20161h 11min
