TWiM #106: Lawn mower disease
Vincent and Michael speak with Katy Bosio about her research on pathogenesis, immunity, and vaccines against Franciscella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
24 Juni 20151h 16min
TWiM #105: Real bugs with legs
The TWiM team reviews the microbiological safety of herbs in the United Kingdom, and how a peptide from the milkweek bug binds the ribosome and inhibits bacterial protein synthesis. Links for this e...
5 Juni 201557min
TWiM #104: Feed me polyamines, biofilm
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. The TWiM team discusses how measles vaccination protects against other infectious diseases, and links between bacteri...
21 Maj 20151h 3min
TWiM #103: The battle for iron
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. The TWiM team is amazed by the ocelloid, and an evolutionary battle for iron between mammalian transferrin and bacteri...
8 Maj 20151h 5min
TWiM #102: Happiness is the spore-formers in your gut
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. The TWiM team discusses evidence that serotonin synthesis is regulated by spore-forming members of the gut microbiota....
24 Apr 201557min
TWiM #101: The MRSA in your home
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. The TWiMers discuss how aroma helps disperse yeast cells on insect vectors, and evidence that MRSA is transmitted with...
1 Apr 20151h 14min
TWiM #100: Omnis cellula e cellula
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Jo Handelsman. The TWiM team celebrates 100 episodes with a Talmudic question, and discussion of how a single mutation alters bacteria...
18 Mars 201550min
TWiM #99: Careers in Biodefense
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Maria Julia Marinissen, Edward H. You, and David R. Howell Vincent meets up with Maria, Edward, and David at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Infections Research meeti...
4 Mars 20151h 1min
