TWiM 88: A century of excellence in microbiology

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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TWiM 87: Avogadro, archaeal fossils, and ICAAC

Archaea membraneHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.

Vincent, Elio, and Michael explore the fossilization of archaeal lipids, and highlight the recent ICAAC in Washington, D.C.

 

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TWiM 86: Blurring the line between organelle and endosymbiont

Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphid-PLoSHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.

Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele consider whether our eating behavior is manipulated by gastrointestinal microbiota, and an aphid gene of bacterial origin whose gene product encodes a protein that is transported to an obligate endosymbiont.

 

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TWiM 85: Oscillation in the ocean and a Verona integron

2.drifting esp cropHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson

Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the diel transcriptional rhythms of bacterioplankton communities in the ocean, and extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas in Ohio.

 

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TWiM 84: Microbiology Down Under

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Special guests: David McMillan, Melanie Thomson, and Adam Polkinghorn

In Melbourne, Australia Vincent speaks with David, Melanie, and Adam about their work on group A Streptococcus, Helicobacter pylori, and infections of Koalas with Chlamydia.



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TWiM 83: Illuminating tuberculosis and cryptococcosis

F4.largeHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.

Vincent, Michael, Elio and Michele review a new fluorogenic diagnostic test for tuberculosis bacteria, and the role of a metalloprotease in helping a fungus invade the central nervous system.

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TWiM 82: Betrayal and compromise

Macrosiphum euphorbiaeHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson

Vincent, Michael, Elio and Michele discuss how an endosymbiont betrays its aphid host to alert plant defenses, and a new immunosuppressive cell that allows infection of neonates.

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TWiM 81: Cold iron is the master of them all

Atheromatous PlaqueHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

Vincent, Michael, and Michele discuss how iron might disperse bacterial biofilms in carotid arterial plaques, and controlling Salmonella by modulating host iron homeostasis.

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TWiM 80: Hurling fleas and designer chromosomes

Xenopsylla cheopisHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson

Vincent, Elio, and Michele discuss how to synthesize a designer yeast chromosome, and deciphering the genetic changes path that allowed Yersinia pestis to be transmitted by fleas.

  

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About the Hosts of TWiM

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D. (@profvrr) is Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Medical Center. He has been studying viruses for over 40 years. He teaches virology to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as medical, dental, and nursing students. His lectures are available online at iTunes University, YouTube, and Coursera.


Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. (TWiM) is the Professor and Vice Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of the Office of Special Programs at the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Schmidt is leading a team of infectious disease specialists from three health sciences centers and engineers from industry.

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