Podcast Episodes

Fugitive emissions

Episode 213

Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the stability of human coronaviruses on surfaces and in aerosols, and peptidoglycan production by a mosaic consisti…

6 years ago

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A coronavirus outbreak and IRF4 deficiency in Whipple's disease

Episode 212

The TWiM team reviews the coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, and the finding that an IRF deficiency underlies Whipple's disease. 

2019…

6 years, 2 months ago

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Bacteria, colon cancer and fire blight

Episode 211

The Fellowship of the TWiM reveal that colorectal cancer-associated microbiota are associated with higher numbers of methylated genes in colonic muco…

6 years, 3 months ago

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The Waze of microbes

Episode 210

The Microbial Comrades present the oldest osteosynthesis in history, and how a small molecule produced by stressed bacteria is a warning signal that …

6 years, 4 months ago

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Resuscitating persisters and flagellotrophic phage

Episode 209

The TWiM team reveals how ribosome modification resuscitates bacterial persister cells, and explain how a phage tail fiber protein exploits rotation …

6 years, 4 months ago

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Georgia Tech microbial

Episode 208

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt

Guests: Deanna Beatty, Mark Hay, Gina Lewin, Frank Stewart, and Marvin Whiteley

At G…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Partnerships to Advance Public Health

Episode 207

From ASM Microbe 2019 in San Francisco, Vincent speaks with Victoria McGovern, Carl Nathan, and Dan Portnoy about advancing human health through inno…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Bacteria send nucleotide signals

Episode 206

The TWiM holobionts pay tribute to Stuart Levy, and reveal the remarkably diverse array of cyclic nucleotides synthesized by bacteria that likely med…

6 years, 6 months ago

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Asgards meet the Tardigrades

Episode 205

The tetracoccal TWiM team visits Tardigrades on the Moon, and the twelve year quest to isolate an archaeon that provides insights into the emergence …

6 years, 6 months ago

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Programmable bacteria for antitumor immunity

Episode 204

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Nicholas Arpaia and Tal Danino

Vincent meets up with Nick and Tal to explain how they engineered E. coli to lyse wit…

6 years, 7 months ago

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