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A video podcast by the American Society for Microbiology that highlights the latest in microbiology, life science and biotechnology news. ASM is composed of over 42,000 scientists and health professionals with the mission to advance the microbial sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide. For information about ASM and MicrobeWorld, visit us online at www.microbeworld.org.

MicrobeWorld Video (audio only‪)‬ American Society for Microbiology

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A video podcast by the American Society for Microbiology that highlights the latest in microbiology, life science and biotechnology news. ASM is composed of over 42,000 scientists and health professionals with the mission to advance the microbial sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide. For information about ASM and MicrobeWorld, visit us online at www.microbeworld.org.

    MWV 111 (audio only) TWiM live at Microbe: Rigor, lotteries, and moonshots

    MWV 111 (audio only) TWiM live at Microbe: Rigor, lotteries, and moonshots

    At Microbe 2017 in New Orleans, the TWiM team speaks with Arturo Casadevall about his thoughts on the pathogenic potential of a microbe, rigorous science, funding by lottery, and moonshot science.
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.
    Guest: Arturo Casadevall
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    Pathogenic potential of a microbe (mSphere)
    Rigorous science (mBio)
    Funding by lottery (mBio)
    Moonshot science (mBio) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv

    • 1 hr 16 min
    MWV 110 - How to Create Agar Art Using Living Microbes (Audio Only)

    MWV 110 - How to Create Agar Art Using Living Microbes (Audio Only)

    Step inside the creative process with Agar Art 2015 winners Maria Peñil Cobo, Mixed Media Artist, and Mehmet Berkmen, PhD, Staff Scientist at New England Biolabs. During their multi-year collaboration, Maria and Memo have created astonishing works of art using living microbes. Find out how they meld science and art with this behind-the-scenes how-to video guide.

    Inspired? Submit your own agar art to ASM’s Agar Art 2017 contest through April 27, 2017 - http://www.asm.org/index.php/public-outreach/agar-art
    Prizes include up to $200 in Amazon gift cards and the chance for your art to be featured in the Agar Art Gallery at ASM Microbe 2017 (http://www.asm.org/index.php/asm-microbe-2017), June 1-5, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. Submissions must be high-resolution photos of an organism(s) growing on agar. Submitting artists must be ASM members ( http://asmscience.org/content/membership/all) or work with an official ASM Agar Art partner organization to create the submitted piece. Questions? Contact communications@asmusa.org.

    • 6 min
    MWV 109 - The Never-ending Vaccine Race (Audio Only)

    MWV 109 - The Never-ending Vaccine Race (Audio Only)

    Veteran medical journalist Meredith Wadman discusses her book The Vaccine Race. It tells the timely, epic, and controversial story of the development of the first widely-used normal human cell line and, through it, important viral vaccines, including the vaccine for rubella (German measles). Far from being an instrument of history, vaccine development in the modern era is targeting new (and reemerging) infectious diseases, including Ebola, Zika, Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Dr. April Killikelly, a scientist at NIH's Vaccine Research Center, discusses the latest tools and technologies used to design tomorrow’s vaccines.

    • 1 hr
    MWV 107 The Necrobiome: Microbial Life After Death - Audio Only

    MWV 107 The Necrobiome: Microbial Life After Death - Audio Only

    What happens to us after we die?  A decomposing corpse becomes its own mini-ecosystem, hosting insects, scavengers and multitudes of microbes.  Microbes from the environment, the corpse, as well as the insects and scavengers are blended together and work to recycle tissues back to their constituents.  Dr. Jennifer DeBruyn discusses the fascinating process of human decomposition, and how scientists are using that information to inform forensic science, livestock mortality management and fossilization.   

    • 1 hr 8 min
    MWV 105 - - Understanding the Pathogenesis of the Emerging Zika Virus (Audio Only)

    MWV 105 - - Understanding the Pathogenesis of the Emerging Zika Virus (Audio Only)

    Dr. Michael Diamond, 2016 Elizabeth O. King Lecturer, has worked for the past two decades investigating how viruses work, with a goal of defining basic principles of pathogenesis and host immune restriction.
    His talk will focus on how his laboratory has studied three emerging mosquito-transmitted viruses (West Nile, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses) of global importance from a basic perspective, and how this information facilitates the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    MWV 104 - Can We Live in a World without Microbes? (Audio Only)

    MWV 104 - Can We Live in a World without Microbes? (Audio Only)

    Written and Produced by Erika Shugart, PhD
    Narration by Chaseedaw Giles
    Filmed and Edited by Sam Mandl and Chris Condayan
    Production Supervisor Katherine Lontok, PhD
    Additional Video Footage by
    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
    Photography and Illustrations from
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    Royalty Free Music by
    "Fearless" by Reaktor Productions
    "Easy Does It" by Olive Musique
    "Green Fever" by Flash Fluharty
    "Where I am From" by Topher Mohr
    and Alex Elena
    "Back of the Room Hang" by Jingle Punks
    Additional Photography
    "Nitrogen Defeciency in Wheat"
    by CIMMT on Flickr
    Creative Commons
    Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
    "Material Girl" Madonna Parody
    Performed by Chaseedaw Giles
    Music track courtesy of Karaoke Version
    and Tency Music
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    • 3 min

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