Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA magnetotactic consortium under the sea
Episode 203
The TWiM team reveals thousands of small novel genes in the human microbiome, and a mutualistic symbiosis between marine protists covered with magnet…
6 years, 7 months ago
This frass doesn't stink
Episode 202
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt
Guest: Julie Wolf
Julie joins the TWiM team to reveal how microbiom…
6 years, 8 months ago
Microbiology papers for first year students
Episode 201
Mark Martin joins Vincent and Michael to present compelling papers suitable for teaching microbiology to undergraduate students.
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6 years, 8 months ago
In the company of Elio
Episode 200
Vincent, Michele, and Michael travel to San Diego to reminisce with Elio about his career, his work in microbiology, and his love for microbes and mu…
6 years, 8 months ago
PhD Balance
Episode 199
From ASM Microbe 2019, the Microbials meet up with Susanna L. Harris and Alex Politis to talk about mental health in graduate school and NIH peer rev…
6 years, 9 months ago
Unexpectedly pathogenic bacteriophages
Episode 198
The TWiM team presents an extracellular bacterium associated with Paramecium, and induction of antiviral immunity by a bacteriophage that prevents ba…
6 years, 10 months ago
Intercellular microbial trade
Episode 197
The Microbials reveal how a chemosynthetic symbiont stores energy for its marine flatworm host, and extraction of nutrients from host cells by E. col…
6 years, 11 months ago
I hear you
Episode 196
The Microbials discuss how ambrosia beetles utilize ethanol to farm fungi, and how cleaved cochlin protein sequesters bacteria in the inner ear to pr…
7 years ago
Gingipain in the Alzheimer brain
Episode 195
Michael and Vincent discuss the finding of immunity to Cas9 protein in humans, and a potential role for an oral bacterium in Alzheimer's disease.
Sub…
7 years, 1 month ago
Standard imperial procedure
Episode 194
Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaechter
How a bacterium helps dengue virus replicate in the mosquito gut, and minice…
7 years, 1 month ago