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Michael Schmidt on copper at TEDx

19 June 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

On TWiM #55 we discussed the remarkable ability of copper to reduce hospital acquired infections. Now you can watch Michael Schmidt, TWiM co-host and a co-author on this work, discuss the findings at a recent TEDx talk in Charleston, South Carolina.

Filed Under: Information Tagged With: bacteria, copper, HAI, hospital acquired infection, hospital room, Michael Schmidt, microbe, microbial, microbiology

TWiM 53: Live in Manchester

30 March 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #53 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Laura, David, Kalin and Paul get together at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Manchester, England to talk about next-generation approaches to antimicrobial therapy.

You can find the audio for TWiM #53, along with show notes, at microbeworld.org/twim. Watch video of the episode below.

Behind the scenes in Manchester

Ray setting up for the live stream
Ray setting up for the live stream
Chris setting up the live stream
Chris setting up the live stream
Chris and Ray at the live stream table
Chris and Ray at the live stream table
Chris and Ray testing the live stream
Chris and Ray testing the live stream
Chris manning the live stream table
Chris manning the live stream table
Dave Bhella practicing his Wildy talk.
Dave Bhella practicing his Wildy talk.
Dave Bhella practicing his Wildy talk
Dave Bhella practicing his Wildy talk
Dave Bhella after the Wildy talk.
Dave Bhella after the Wildy talk.
After my interview with Dave Bhella.
After my interview with Dave Bhella.
After my interview with Dave Bhella
After my interview with Dave Bhella
Ray getting some iPhone shots
Ray getting some iPhone shots
Chris taking a break
Chris taking a break
Ray doing some videography
Ray doing some videography
After my interview with Harald zur Hausen
After my interview with Harald zur Hausen
Signage for TWiM
Signage for TWiM
Audience coming in for live TWiM
Audience coming in for live TWiM
TWiM Live in Manchester
Finally live TWiM gets under way
Coffee was always needed
Coffee was always needed
We found a cozy pub
We found a cozy pub
Ray inside the pub
Ray inside the pub
Ray and Chris at dinner
Ray and Chris at dinner
Jeff Almond and Peter Sarnow at dinner Tuesday
Jeff Almond and Peter Sarnow at dinner Tuesday
Snowing in Manchester!
Snowing in Manchester!

Filed Under: This Week in Microbiology Tagged With: Antibiotic Action, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial, bacteriophage therapy, David Harper, Kalin Vetsigian, Laura Piddock, microbe, microbiology, Paul Williams, quorum sensing

Live from the Society for General Microbiology Conference in Manchester, UK

25 March 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

MicrobeWorld and the Society for General Microbiology (UK) to live stream two events from their Spring Conference 2013 in Manchester, England, March 25-28.

Peter Wildy Prize for Microbiology Education
Monday, March 25, 2013 17:20 GMT (1:20 PM EST | 10:20 AM PST)  

David Bhella, Ph.D., will be accepting the Peter Wildy Prize for Microbiology Education, awarded annually by the Society for General Microbiology for an outstanding contribution to microbiology education. Bhella’s acceptance speech will be live streamed at 17:20 GMT (1:20 PM EST | 10:20 AM PST). Vincent Racaniello was awarded the Wildy Prize in 2012.

This Week in Microbiology
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 15:30 GMT (11:30 AM EST | 8:30 AM PST) 

Join Vincent Racaniello and co-host Laura Piddock, Ph.D., with guests Paul Williams, Ph.D., Kalin Vetsigian, Ph.D., and David Harper, Ph.D., for a live-streaming episode of This Week in Microbiology. The live stream starts at 15:30 PM GMT (11:30 AM EST | 8:30 AM PST) and you can watch it below. If you have any questions for Vincent or his guests during the broadcast you can tweet your question using the #sgmman hash tag or type it into the chat function of the video player.

If you live elsewhere in the world, please use www.everytimezone.com, to calculate when the live streams will start in your area.

 

(If you don’t see the video and it is after the official start time please press the play button or refresh the page.)
 

Filed Under: Basic virology, Events, Information, This Week in Microbiology Tagged With: antibiotic resistance, bacteriophage, conference, Dave Bhella, education, Manchester UK, meeting, microbiology, sgm, society for general microbiology, viral, virology, virus

This Week in microbiology, parasitism, and virology

3 March 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

In the past five days we released three science shows on the TWi* network.

On This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) episode #51, Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Hazel Barton to talk about cave microbiology.

On This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) episode #51, special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how mosquitoes can be genetically modified to control infectious diseases.

On This Week in Virology (TWiV) episode #222, the complete TWiV team discusses the amazing finding that cyclic GMP-AMP synthase is a cytosolic innate immune DNA sensor.

Thanks for listening.

Filed Under: This Week in Microbiology, This Week in Parasitism, This Week in Virology Tagged With: cyclic GAMP, cyclic GAMP synthase, innate immune DNA sensor, microbiology, parasitism, STING, viral, virology, virus

TWiM 41: ICAAC live in San Francisco

13 September 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #41 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent and Michael travel to San Francisco for the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), where they meet with Bill, John, and Victor to discuss tuberculosis, monitoring infectious disease outbreaks with online data, and outside-the-box approaches to antibacterial therapy.

You can view video of this episode below, or download audio or video files at microbeworld.org.

 

Filed Under: This Week in Microbiology Tagged With: antibacterial, data, disease, Flu, healthmap, icaac, infectious, live, microbe, microbiology, outbreak, San Francisco, tb, therapy, tuberculosis

TWiM 34: Doing the DISCO with Emiliania

6 June 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #34 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio discuss changing populations of Emiliania huxleyi and their viruses in the North and Black Seas.

You can find TWiM #34 at microbeworld.org/twim.

Filed Under: This Week in Microbiology Tagged With: algae, bacteria, ehux, emiliania, eukaryote, huxlyei, microbe, microbiology, phytoplankton, protist, virus

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