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TWiM 7 – Cycles of life and death, light and dark

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Cliff Mintz, Elio Schaecter, and Michael Schmidt. On episode #7 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM007.mp3″] Click the arrow …

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TWiM #2 – The plague, microbial virulence, and the gut microbiome

On episode #2 of This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM002.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiM #2 (52 MB .mp3, 75 minutes). Subscribe to TWiM (free) at iTunes, …

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TWiV 99: ICAAC Boston 2010

Host: Vincent Racaniello Vincent tours the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Boston, speaking with exhibitors and visitors, including Professors Derek Smith, Michael Schmidt, Frederick Hayden, and Myra McClure. Many thanks to Chris Condayan and Ray Ortega of the American Society for Microbiology for recording and editing this episode. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV099.mp3″] Click …

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