Structure of TeixobactinHosts: Vincent RacanielloMichael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.

The TWiM team reveal how bacteria in a shipworm’s gills help digest wood in the gut, and an approach that identifies a new antibiotic from the soil.

 

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Biotech Lab.CC190Host: Vincent Racaniello

Special guest: Rob Knight

Vincent meets up with Rob Knight to talk about the technology that has fueled his drive to sequence the Earth and its inhabitants.

 

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello.

Special guest: Stanley Maloy

Vincent meets up with Stan Maloy on the campus of San Diego State University to talk about his career in microbiology and his work as Dean of Sciences.



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Hosts: Vincent RacanielloMichael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.

Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss a symbiosis between a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium and a single-celled eukaryotic alga.

 

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800px-Caenorhabditis elegansHosts: Vincent RacanielloMichael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter

Vincent, Elio, and Michael reveal that a soil-dwelling nematode can recognize and respond to a bacterial quorum sensing molecule through a sensory neuron.

 

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LocustHosts: Vincent RacanielloMichael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. 

Vincent, Elio, Michael and Michele discuss the possible eradication of wild poliovirus type 3, and how microsporidian parasites prevent locust swarming behavior.

 

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NYC subway ratHosts: Vincent RacanielloElio SchaechterMichele Swanson

Vincent, Elio, and Michele review a study of the viruses and bacteria in commensal rats in New York City.

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello.

Special guests: Laurene Mascola and David Persing

Vincent meets up with Laurene and David at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, where they discuss how the Los Angeles County Department of Health is preparing for an outbreak of Ebola virus infection, and Cepheid’s game-changing, modular PCR system for the diagnosis of infectious diseases.

https://youtu.be/6Ye5DDBK1k0

 

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UWMilestonesTWIMHost: Michele Swanson

Guests: Thomas Brock,  Timothy Donohue, Katrina Forest, and Richard Gourse

Michele speaks with members of the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, on the occasion of its designation as a Milestones in Microbiology site, where they discuss how the department has advanced the science and
teaching of microbiology.

 

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