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TWiM #14: Vomocytosis and microbial transistors
On episode #14 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Margaret, Michael and Elio review how the fungus Cryptococcus escapes from macropha…
14 years, 7 months ago
TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good bacteria from the bad
On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are…
14 years, 8 months ago
TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation …
14 years, 8 months ago
TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial eff…
14 years, 8 months ago
TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device
On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobt…
14 years, 9 months ago
TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherich…
14 years, 9 months ago
TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and…
14 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark
Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for p…
14 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?
Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacter…
14 years, 11 months ago
TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles
Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.
14 years, 11 months ago