TWiM #36: Domesticating a pathogen
Vincent, Michael, and Elio explore the origin of Mycoplasma pathogens of ruminants, and share their thoughts on the recent ASM General Meeting.
4 Jul 20121h 20min
TWiM #35: Ohne hauch
Vincent, Michael, and Elio review necrotizing fasciitis, and a link between surface remodeling in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
21 Jun 20121h 9min
TWiM #34: Doing the DISCO with Emiliania
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter Vincent, Michael, and Elio discuss changing populations of Emiliania huxleyi and their viruses in the North and Black Seas. Right click ...
4 Jun 20121h 8min
TWiM #33: Tuning the immune organ
Vincent, Michael, and Ivo review the requirement for segmented, filamentous bacteria for the induction of a specific type of helper T cell in the gut. Links for this episode: Induction of Th17 cell...
16 Mai 20121h 8min
TWiM #32: Not the shadow biosphere
Rosie Redfield talks about her evidence that a bacterium cannot grow on arsenic instead of phosphorus.
2 Mai 20121h 6min
TWiM 31: Screen door on a submarine
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jo Handelsman, and Michael Schmidt Vincent, Jo, and Michael discuss an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes, and evidence that gut microbial ente...
18 Apr 20121h 15min
TWiM #30: Unraveling melioidosis and insulin resistance
On episode #30 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how a toxin from Burkholderia pseudomallei inhibits protein synthesis, and the role of the gut microbiome in modulating insulin resista...
4 Apr 20121h 10min
TWiM #29: Death and an iron-loaded spike
On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review how a phage pierces the cell membrane with an iron-loaded spike, and two programmed cell death systems in E. coli.
21 Mar 20121h 2min
