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    • TWiV 577: Virologie structurale with Félix Rey

      TWiV 577: Virologie structurale with Félix Rey

      This Week in Virology - December 8, 2019
      • Vincent speaks with Félix Rey about his career and his work on solving structures of a variety of viruses and the insights learned about viral membrane fusion and antibody-mediated neutralization. post
    • TWiM 210: The Waze of microbes

      TWiM 210: The Waze of microbes

      This Week in Microbiology - December 5, 2019
      • The Microbial Comrades present the oldest osteosynthesis in history, and how a small molecule produced by stressed bacteria is a warning signal that repels healthy populations to promote their survival. post
    • TWiP 178: The shadowlands of medicine

      TWiP 178: The shadowlands of medicine

      This Week in Parasitism - December 4, 2019
      • The Knights of the TWiP solve the case of the Man Who Lost Weight, and discuss a Plasmodium protein kinase that is a malarial drug target. post
    • TWiV 576: Big data in virology and public health

      TWiV 576: Big data in virology and public health

      This Week in Virology - December 1, 2019
      • From the 22nd meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology in Copenhagen, Vincent speaks with Thea, Heli, Kim, Caroline and Irma about big data and its increasing use in virology diagnostics, epidemiology, and public health. post
    • TWiEVO 49: A giant podcast on giant viruses

      TWiEVO 49: A giant podcast on giant viruses

      This Week in Evolution - November 29, 2019
      • Rich joins Nels and Vincent for a debriefing on the 4th Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Tegernsee, Germany. post
    • Immune 26: Measles erases immune memory

      Immune 26: Measles erases immune memory

      Immune - November 28, 2019
      • Michael Mina joins the Immune team to explain his findings that measles diminishes pre-existing antibodies that protect against infection with other pathogens. post
    • TWiV 575: Endless giant virus forms most beautiful

      TWiV 575: Endless giant virus forms most beautiful

      This Week in Virology - November 24, 2019
      • From the Fourth Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Germany, Vincent, Rich, and Nels speak with Assaf, Stephen, and Alexandra about their careers and their work on giant viruses that infect ocean hosts: Emiliana huxleyi, Aureococcus anophagefferans, and a choanoflagellate. post
    • TWiV 574: How economics shapes science

      TWiV 574: How economics shapes science

      This Week in Virology - November 17, 2019
      • From Georgia State, Vincent speaks with economics professor Paula Stephan about the ways science is supported in the US, how universities offload risks, the absence of risk-taking, and much more. post
    • TWiM 209: Resuscitating persisters and flagellotrophic phage

      TWiM 209: Resuscitating persisters and flagellotrophic phage

      This Week in Microbiology - November 14, 2019
      • The TWiM team reveals how ribosome modification resuscitates bacterial persister cells, and explain how a phage tail fiber protein exploits rotation of flagella to move towards the cell membrane. post
    • TWiP 177: A scabrous education

      TWiP 177: A scabrous education

      This Week in Parasitism - November 6, 2019
      • The TWiPsters solve the case of the Rashy Schoolteacher, and reveal a drug from rotifers that live on the snail intermediate host which paralyzes schistosome cercariae and prevents infection of mice. post
    • TWiN 2: Cells that fire together wire together

      TWiN 2: Cells that fire together wire together

      This Week in Neuroscience - November 5, 2019
      • The TWiN team explain the basic principles of synaptic transmission, and review a classic paper demonstrating that recycling endosomes are important for modifying synaptic strength, which is involved in information storage and processing. post
    • Immune 25: Remembrance of antigen encounters past

      Immune 25: Remembrance of antigen encounters past

      Immune - November 1, 2019
      • The Immune team explains that short chain fatty acids produced by microbial fermentation of fiber rewire metabolism to enable the production of memory T cells. post
    • TWiM 208: Georgia Tech microbial

      TWiM 208: Georgia Tech microbial

      This Week in Microbiology - October 31, 2019
      • At Georgia Tech, members and trainees of the Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection discuss the identification of pathogen essential genes during coinfections, and how coral management can improve coral defenses against pathogens. post
    • TWiEVO 48: Flipping out with choanos on caffeine

      TWiEVO 48: Flipping out with choanos on caffeine

      This Week in Evolution - October 30, 2019
      • Nels and Vincent reveal a new choanoflagellate that forms multicellular cup shaped colonies that respond to light to alternate between feeding and swimming behavior. post
    • TWiN 1: The ultimate challenge

      TWiN 1: The ultimate challenge

      This Week in Neuroscience - October 26, 2019
      • The synaptics launch the first episode of TWiN by revealing their training, research interests, and goals for the podcast. post
    • TWiM 207: Partnerships to advance public health

      TWiM 207: Partnerships to advance public health

      This Week in Microbiology - October 17, 2019
      • From ASM Microbe 2019 in San Francisco, Vincent speaks with Victoria McGovern, Carl Nathan, and Dan Portnoy about advancing human health through innovative collaborations. post
    • TWiP 176: Blood schmear

      TWiP 176: Blood schmear

      This Week in Parasitism - October 9, 2019
      • The TWiPpers of the bite fantastic solve the case of the Indian Man Who Hiked, and discuss the effects of schistosome soluble egg antigen on infection of lymphocytes with HIV-1. post
    • TWiEVO 47: On the origin of beer species

      TWiEVO 47: On the origin of beer species

      This Week in Evolution - September 19, 2019
      • Nels and Vincent trace the origins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used to make beer, and find that ales and lagers are made with yeasts that were derived from those used to make European grape wine and Asian rice wine. post
    • Immune 24: Unlucky IL-13

      Immune 24: Unlucky IL-13

      Immune - September 19, 2019
      • The Immune team reveals a new type of T helper cell that drives the production of IgE, leading to allergic responses. post
    • TWiP 175: None alone pathognomonic

      TWiP 175: None alone pathognomonic

      This Week in Parasitism - September 4, 2019
      • The TWiP'ers solve the case of the Sudanese Boy With Fever, and reveal antibodies that slow invasion of red blood cells potentiate other malaria-blocking antibodies post
    • TWiEVO 46: Can an old tumor teach us new tricks?

      TWiEVO 46: Can an old tumor teach us new tricks?

      This Week in Evolution - August 31, 2019
      • Nels and Vincent analyze the genomes of canine transmissible tumors to provide insight into the worldwide spread of the disease from its origin in a single dog 4000-8500 years ago, and its diversity, mutation, and evolution. post
    • Immune 23: How to tell a mouse from a mouse

      Immune 23: How to tell a mouse from a mouse

      Immune - August 14, 2019
      • The immunosomes explain that widely used inbred laboratory mice are not identical, and how to tell them apart. post
    • Urban Agriculture 29: Gotham Greens

      Urban Agriculture 29: Gotham Greens

      Urban Agriculture - March 13, 2018
      • Dickson travels to indoor farm Gotham Greens in Brooklyn, New York to speak with Co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri. post
    • Buckyball viruses

      Buckyball viruses

      Virus Watch - March 12, 2018
      • How to build several types of virus particles using the small, powerful magnets called Buckyballs. post
    • Urban Agriculture 28: The Vertical Farm Institute

      Urban Agriculture 28: The Vertical Farm Institute

      Urban Agriculture - December 23, 2017
      • Daniel joins Dickson and Vincent to talk about the Vertical Farm Institute, which provides advice and planning on the design and construction of indoor farms.  post
    • Urban Agriculture 27: The Next Big Things

      Urban Agriculture 27: The Next Big Things

      Urban Agriculture - November 10, 2017
      • Dickson provides an updates on progress towards establishing long-term, sustainable, local, safe food systems based on indoor farming. post
    • Zika in the guys

      Zika in the guys

      Virus Watch - November 7, 2016
      • In this episode of Virus Watch, we explore the finding that Zika virus infects the testis of mice, causing damage to the organ, reduced sperm production, and less fertility. The important question: does the same happen in humans? post
    • Urban Agriculture 26: Green Sense Farms

      Urban Agriculture 26: Green Sense Farms

      Urban Agriculture - October 18, 2016
      • Dickson and Vincent speak with Robert Colangelo, founding farmer and CEO of Green Sense Farms, the world's largest commercial indoor vertical farm. post
    • Cancer Killing Viruses

      Cancer Killing Viruses

      Virus Watch - October 14, 2016
      • Guest host Lynda Coughlan reviews how oncolytic viruses, which specifically kill tumor cells, are designed and how they work. post
    • Polio in Nigeria

      Polio in Nigeria

      Virus Watch - August 16, 2016
      • Polio returns to Nigeria after two years - but it turns out it had never gone away. post

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