Podcast Episodes

TWiM #44: Phage interruptus

Vincent, Michael, Elio discuss the role of prophage excision in exit of Listeria from the phagosome, and analysis of bacterial communities in saliva.

13 years, 5 months ago

TWiM #43: Bacterial caveolae and zapping acne with phages

Vincent, Michael, Elio review formation of caveolae in a bacterium, and the limited genetic diversity and broad killing activity of P. acnes bacterio…

13 years, 6 months ago

TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen

Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Joe review highlights of the 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI) in Lyon,…

13 years, 6 months ago

TWiM #41: ICAAC live in San Francisco

Vincent and Michael travel to San Francisco for the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), where they meet wi…

13 years, 6 months ago

TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology

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13 years, 7 months ago

TWiM #39: What Darwin never knew

Vincent, Michael, and Elio reviews chapters from Microbes and Evolution, a collection of short, personal essays by microbiologists.

13 years, 7 months ago

TWiM #38: The sound of whooping cough

Vincent, Jo, Michael, and Elio review an outbreak of pertussis in Washington, and how culturing can reveal rare members of the soil biosphere.

13 years, 8 months ago

TWiM #37: Microbial Jekyll and Hyde

Vincent, Jo, Michael, and Elio discuss two examples of dynamic microbial symbioses that switch between mutualistic and pathogenic states.

13 years, 8 months ago

TWiM #36: Domesticating a pathogen

Vincent, Michael, and Elio explore the origin of Mycoplasma pathogens of ruminants, and share their thoughts on the recent ASM General Meeting.

13 years, 9 months ago

TWiM #35: Ohne hauch

Vincent, Michael, and Elio review necrotizing fasciitis, and a link between surface remodeling in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

13 years, 9 months ago