TWiM 154: Rigor, Lotteries, and Moonshots

At Microbe 2017 in New Orleans, the TWiM team speaks with Arturo Casadevall about his thoughts on the pathogenic potential of a microbe, rigorous science, funding by lottery, and moonshot science.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

Guest: Arturo Casadevall

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TWiM 153: Covert pathogenesis

exfoliationThe TWiM team ventures into preprint space with an analysis of type VI secretion across human gut microbiomes, and provide insight into urinary tract infection: how bladder exposure to a member of the vaginal microbiota triggers E. coli egress from latent reservoirs.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

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TWiM 152: Wooden steps

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michael Schmidt

The TWiMmers get cozy with symbionts: bacteria that allow a giant shipworm to oxidize sulfur, and algae that live within salamander cells.

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TWiM 151: Bat and moth antimicrobials

wine, beer, waterHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

The TWiMsters discuss potential new sources of antimicrobial compounds from unusual places: the skin of bats and the intestines of moths.

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TWiM 150: Microbiology is where it’s at

Robin PatelHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

Guest: Robin Patel

In recognition of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, Robin Patel speaks with the TWiM team about directing a clinical bacteriology laboratory, and how an observation made by a laboratory technologist lead to the finding that Ureaplasma species can cause a system metabolic disturbance, hyperammonemia.

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TWiM 149: You’re going to learn R

Pat SchlossHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

Guest: Pat Schloss

The TWiM team speaks with Pat Schloss about assigning sequence data to operational taxonomic units, and his experience with mSphere Direct, a new way of submitting papers for publication.

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TWiM 148: Neanderthal dentistry

Homo_neanderthalensis_face_(University_of_Zurich)Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michael Schmidt

Vincent, Elio, and Michael reveal what Neanderthals ate from analysis of DNA in their teeth, and new CRISPR-Cas systems found in the genomes of uncultured microbes.

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TWiM 147: The public goods dilemma

ncomms14371-f1Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and  Michele Swanson

The TWiM hosts reveal why phosphorus is essential for fungal brain disease, and how bacteria kill local competitors to favor the evolution of public goods cooperation.

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TWiM 146: Viral arbitrium

lysis or lysogenyHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michael Schmidt

Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the finding of a prion in bacteria, and how communication between bacteria guides the decision between lysis and lysogeny.

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TWiM Special: Q fever with Robert Heinzen

Robert HeinzenHost: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Robert Heinzen

At the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, Vincent speaks with Robert Heinzen about the work of his laboratory on Q fever and its causative microbe, Coxiella burneti.

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The Hosts of TWiM

Petra Levin, Ph.D.


Michele Swanson, Ph.D.


Michael G. Schmidt, Ph.D.


Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.


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