TWiM #130: Interkingdom interactions at ASM Microbe
Filmed live in Boston, MA at Microbe 2016, David S. Schneider and Vanessa Sperandio talk about their work on regulation of bacterial virulence in the gut by bacterial adrenergic sensors, and the physi...
23 Juni 20161h 17min
TWiM #129: Dried and wrinkled, smooth and mucoid
The arrival in the US of plasmid-mediated resistance to colistin antibiotics, a last line of defense against many gram-negative bacilli, and a quorum sensing system in a eukaryote are topics of this e...
7 Juni 20161h 10min
TWiM #128: A moonlighting phage protein
A eukaryote without a mitochondrion, and using a phage enzyme to eliminate intracellular bacteria are two topics discussed by the TWiMers on this episode. Image (right): An entry in the ASM Agar Art C...
21 Maj 20161h 17min
TWiM #127: Subway Snowblowers and Men in Black
The TWiM team explores microbes in snowblower vents on the ocean floor, and cleavage of antibody molecules by a Mycoplasma protease. Image (right): Photograph of the 'Subway' snowblower vent on the se...
5 Maj 201654min
TWiM #126: I'm not scared of zebrafish and mice and bears (oh my!)
The microbiome of hibernating bears, and zebrafish as a model for bacterial sepsis feature in this animal-centric episode of TWiM hosted by Vincent, Michael, and Michele. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Mi...
22 Apr 20161h 7min
TWiM #125: A minimal cell operating system
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt. A deep sequencing study of commercially available probiotics, and design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome are the topics tac...
7 Apr 201657min
TWiM #124: Fungal pirates
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt. Vincent, Michael, and Michele reveal how a fungal protease blunts the innate immune response and promotes pathogenicity. Subscribe to T...
24 Mars 20161h 3min
TWiM #123: A microbial MAGE
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter. Guest: Harris Wang Harris joins Vincent, Elio, and Michael to describe multiplex automated genome engineering, a method for targeting m...
9 Mars 20161h 15min
