TWiM #82: Betrayal and compromise
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. Vincent, Michael, Elio and Michele discuss how an endosymbiont betrays its aphid host to alert plant defenses, and a ne...
10 Juli 20141h 11min
TWiM #81: Cold iron is the master of them all
Vincent, Michael, and Michele discuss how iron might disperse bacterial biofilms in carotid arterial plaques, and controlling Salmonella by modulating host iron homeostasis.
28 Juni 20141h 11min
TWiM #80: Hurling fleas and designer chromosomes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson. Vincent, Elio, and Michele discuss how to synthesize a designer yeast chromosome, and deciphering the genetic changes path that allowe...
11 Juni 201454min
TWiM #79: A community of microbiologists
Vincent, Michael, and Michele review highlights of the 2014 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, MA.
29 Maj 20141h 11min
TWiM #78: A bacterium grows in Brooklyn
Vincent, Elio, and Michael consider a fungal pathogen of insects that acquired a gene from its host that facilitates infection, and presence of gram-negative nosocomial pathogens on community surfaces...
15 Maj 20141h 3min
TWiM #77: Zombie plants and no pain, no gain
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle review how a pathogen promotes plant attractiveness to insect vectors, and activation of sensory neurons that modulate pain and inflammation by bacterial infection...
1 Maj 20141h 8min
TWiM #76: Genetic biopixels and a pathogenic sweet tooth
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle discuss the use of bacteria to build a genetic sensor for heavy metals, and how host sugars help enteric pathogens to expand after antibiotic treatment.
11 Apr 20141h 7min
TWiM #75: Pellicles on pickle jars
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle discuss a symbiosis between a bacterium and fungus that increases the virulence of oral biofilms, and the assembly of amyloid fibers, which are needed for biofilm ...
27 Mars 20141h 21min
