Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTWiM #153: Covert pathogenesis
The TWiM team ventures into preprint space with an analysis of type VI secretion across human gut microbiomes, and provide insight into urinary tract…
8 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #152: Wooden steps
The TWiMmers get cozy with symbionts: the bacteria that allow a giant shipworm to oxidize sulfur, and algae that live within salamander cells.
Hosts:…
8 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #151: Bat and moth antimicrobials
The TWiMsters discuss potential new sources of antimicrobial compounds from unusual places: the skin of bats and the intestines of moths.
Hosts:
Vin…
8 years, 11 months ago
TWiM #150: Microbiology is where it's at
In recognition of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, Robin Patel speaks with the TWiM team about directing a clinical bacteriology labor…
8 years, 11 months ago
TWiM #149: You're going to learn R
The TWiM team speaks with Pat Schloss about assigning sequence data to operational taxonomic units, and his experience with mSphere Direct, a new way…
9 years ago
TWiM #148: Neanderthal Dentistry
Vincent, Elio, and Michael reveal what Neanderthals ate from analysis of DNA in their teeth, and new CRISPR-Cas systems found in the genomes of uncul…
9 years ago
TWiM #147: The Public Goods Dilemma
The TWiM hosts reveal why phosphorus is essential for fungal brain disease, and how bacteria kill local competitors to favor the evolution of public …
9 years, 1 month ago
TWiM #146: Viral arbitrium
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the finding of a prion in bacteria, and how communication between bacteria guides the decision between lysis and ly…
9 years, 1 month ago
TWiM Special: Q fever with Robert Heinzen
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Robert Heinzen
At the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, Vincent speaks with Robert Heinzen about the wo…
9 years, 1 month ago
TWiM #145: Anything but academic
Vincent meets up with Catharine Bosio, Michael Merchlinsky, and Shilpa Gadwal at the ASM Biothreats meeting to talk about careers for scientists outs…
9 years, 2 months ago