by Vincent Racaniello
This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
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April 11, 2025
Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin, and Michele Swanson discuss bacterial adhesion mechanisms in dental plaque and recoding E. coli to use a single stop codon
March 17, 2025
<p dir="ltr">TWiM explains Pasteur’s relentless hunt for microbes in the air, and how bacteria hunt for prey by ixotrophy - using grappling hooks!</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a> and <a href= "https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/2682/michele-s-swanson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michele Swanson</a>.</p> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM.</p> <p>Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission.</p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Pasteur’s hunt for <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/science/airborne-louis-pasteur-germs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">microbes in the air</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp0614" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacterial predation by ixotrophy</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href= "https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/02/enter-the-pirates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enter the pirates</a> (STC)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a><a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">y!</a></li> </ul> <p>Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>
February 28, 2025
<p>TWiM describes Shigella infection is facilitated by interaction of human enteric α-defensin 5 with a colonic epithelial receptor, and an amino acid change in RNA polymerase that leads to resistance to β-lactams by preventing dysregulation of amino acid and nucleotide metabolism</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a> and <a href= "https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/2682/michele-s-swanson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michele Swanson</a>.</p> <p>Subscribe to TWiM (free) on <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846&ls=1https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?mt=2&ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a title= "TWiM on Google Podcasts" href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6IFqZ6DJQ9lo4HcAOI4CeI" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, <a title= "TWiM on Android" href= "http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, <a title= "Subscribe to TWiM" href= "http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">RSS</a>, or by <a title= "Subscribe to TWiM via email" href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email.</a></p> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM.</p> <p>Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission.</p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>National Black <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/director-letters/national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2024.html#:~:text=February%207%20is%20National%20Black,people)%20in%20the%20United%20States." target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIV/AIDS awareness day</a> (CDC)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01901-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shigella infection and human enteric alpha-defensin 5</a> (Nature Microbio)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00039-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RNA polymerase amino acid change and resistance to beta-lactams</a> (Cell Rep)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a><a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">y!</a></li> </ul> <p>Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>
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