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American Society for Microbiology
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- USA
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- Washington, DC
- Podcasts |
- 6
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Recent American Society for Microbiology Podcasts
- The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
- This Week in Virology is a netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.
- This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasit...
- Revealing more about microbiologists, the work they do, and what makes them tick. We ask them what they're up to now and what's next? How is the science moving forward to solve some of the intractable problems ...
- TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can preve...
- A podcast about the nervous system.
Recent American Society for Microbiology Episodes
- Publication Date | Jan 24, 2010Duration | 00:10:50Publication Date | Jan 24, 2010Duration | 00:10:50In this show, I report on four exciting stories: using slime molds to design networks, bacteria working together to reduce environmental damage, a stomach germ that helps prevent tuberculosis, and bacteri...
- Publication Date | Jan 20, 2010Duration | 00:23:03Publication Date | Jan 20, 2010Duration | 00:23:03In this episode I speak to Julian Davies, professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Davies is one of the world's experts on antibiotics. I talk...
- Publication Date | Jan 10, 2010Duration | 00:09:04Publication Date | Jan 10, 2010Duration | 00:09:04In this show, I report on four exciting stories: a new giant virus, bacteria that fight cancer, ancient microbial DNA, and using viruses to modify plants.Download Sections:IntroStory 1Story 2Story 3Story 4E...
- Publication Date | Jan 06, 2010Duration | 00:19:57Publication Date | Jan 06, 2010Duration | 00:19:57In this episode I speak to Sallie "Penny" Chisholm, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT. Dr. Chisholm studies photosynthesis—the way life harnesses the energy of the sun. P...
- Publication Date | Dec 27, 2009Duration | 01:03:58Publication Date | Dec 27, 2009Duration | 01:03:58Vincent and Dick distinguish among intracellular and extracellular parasites, then discuss the history and general characteristics of Trichinella spiralis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier...
- Publication Date | Dec 27, 2009Duration | 00:13:28Publication Date | Dec 27, 2009Duration | 00:13:28In this show, I report on three exciting stories plus one more: bacteria turning tiny gears, a way bacteria can produce electricity, how microbe exposure early in life could protect the heart, and how bact...
- Publication Date | Dec 23, 2009Duration | 00:24:57Publication Date | Dec 23, 2009Duration | 00:24:57John Wooley is Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Professor of Chemistry-Biochemistry and of Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego. Wooley is a leader in the young field of metagenomi...
- Publication Date | Dec 13, 2009Duration | 00:11:06Publication Date | Dec 13, 2009Duration | 00:11:06In this show, I outline my plans, and then report on three exciting stories: microbial symbiosis with herbivorous ants, self-destructing cyanobacteria, and a bacterial immune system. Download Sections:Intro...
- Publication Date | Dec 07, 2009Duration | 00:33:25Publication Date | Dec 07, 2009Duration | 00:33:25In this episode I talk with Paul Turner, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University.2009 saw the emergence of a new strain of H1N1 flu. Scientists soon determined that the v...
- Publication Date | Dec 01, 2009Duration | 01:05:10Publication Date | Dec 01, 2009Duration | 01:05:10Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier