TWiM focuses on recent foodborne outbreaks of bacterial infections, and how nanopore sequencing technology can be used to identify pathogenic microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes in food products.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin
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Links for this episode:
- Foodborne outbreaks (CDC)
- Race to nourish a warming world (Gates Foundation)
- Nanopore sequencing of foods (Food Microbiol)
- How is Oxford Nanopore used? (YouTube)
- Methods for detecting foodborne pathogens (Appl Micro Biotech)
Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees.
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