Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAerosol phage therapy, alpha-gal aptamers for MRSA
Episode 293
TWiM explains personalized aerosilized phage therapy for a chronic lung infection, and using the combination of antibiotic and a DNA molecule that bi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Breast Milk Bioactives
Episode 292
TWiM reveals that breast milk bioactives are essential for development of the infant microbiome and immunity, and how capsule mutants of Klebsiella p…
2 years, 7 months ago
Biogeography of Tectonics and Teeth
Episode 291
TWiM explains how photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics over 2500 million years ago, and how two bacteria work together to cause child…
2 years, 8 months ago
Houston, We Have Mimi Goldschmidt
Episode 290
From ASM Microbe 2023 in Houston, TWiM speaks with Mimi Goldschmidt about her remarkable career in microbiology which included training astronauts to…
2 years, 8 months ago
Viral Defense and Counter-Defense
Episode 289
TWiM highlights viral defense and counter-defense: cGAS mediated ubiquitination to counter infection, and viral sponges that sequester nucleotide sig…
2 years, 9 months ago
Cancer and E. coli
Episode 288
TWiM describes a potential connection between a bacterial protein that damages DNA, and human cancers, and how to synthesize antimicrobial natural pr…
2 years, 10 months ago
When Replicas Do Not Replicate
Episode 287
TWiM investigates the high variability in the rate and amount of current production from microbial fuel cells, and how bacteria link their growth rat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Integrons and invasion
Episode 286
TWiM reveals environmental integrons, bacterial genetic elements notorious for their role in spreading antibiotic resistance, and how Salmonella inva…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Plague Got Deadly
Episode 285
TWiM reveals a new type of satellite virus that requires only phage tails for producing infectious virus particles, and that highly virulent plague b…
2 years, 11 months ago
Flies, Pigs, and Squid
Episode 284
TWiM reveals housefly dispersal of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, and a reproductive organ in squid linked to symbiotic bacteria.
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3 years ago