Podcast Episodes

Rockstars of USAMRIID

Episode 320

TWiM travels to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to learn how research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect b…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Dark Side of the Rumen

Episode 319

TWiM explains a project to engineer the cow microbiome to reduce emissions of methane, and the finding of antibiotic resistance genes in the genomes of giant viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Micha…

Published on 11 months ago

How To Pick a Winner

Episode 318

TWiM explains how bacterial community structure can be used to predict athletic performance in racehorses, and the idea that a tiny fraction of all species forms most of Nature.

Hosts: Vincent Racani…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bat White-nose Syndrome

Episode 317

TWiM explains unique modifications in the energy conservation pathways linked to methanogenesis in an Archaeon, and mechanisms of white nose fungal invasion of cells from the Little Brown Bat.

Hosts:…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Food Addiction and the Gut Microbiome

Episode 316

TWiM describes experiments to explore gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans, and how a phage tail-like protein suppresses competitors in populations of bacte…

Published on 1 year ago

How Pseudomonas Became A Global Pathogen

Episode 315

TWiM explores evolution and host adaptation of Pseudomonas infections of plants, and the impact of COVID-19 on ESBL-producing E. coli on urinary tract and blood infections.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Microbes Sculpt Our Planet and Manage Inflammation

Episode 314

TWiM explores the deep-dwelling microbes that sculpt our planet, and the use of microbes in bioelectronics to manage inflammation.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Could Fungal Pathogens Outsmart US?

Episode 313

From ASM Microbe in Atlanta, Georgia, Arturo joins TWiM to reveal the threats that fungi pose to human health, including the notorious Candida auris and many more and how committed experts are resear…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Cry Havoc!, and Let Slip the Phages of Healing

Episode 312

TWiM explains a new mechanism for preventing lysogeny through temperate phage-antibiotic synergy, and Salmonella expansion in the murine gut dependency on aspartate derived from reactive oxygen speci…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Bacteria, beware of siderophore-antibiotic hybrids

Episode 311

TWiM explores how climate change may be increasing our risks to infectious disease and then how the Odyssey literally comes alive in our microbial world but fear not, unlike the Trojans, the bacteri…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago