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This Week in Microbiology

This Week in Microbiology

By: Vincent Racaniello
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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth.Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial Biological Sciences Natural History Nature & Ecology Science
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  • 352: Microbial Gut Biosensors
    Mar 28 2026

    TWiM reveals the archaeal roots of eukaryotic life, and a building a gut malabsorption biosensor with bacteria.

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    Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

    Links for this episode
    • The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life (PNAS)
    • Building a malabsorption biosensor (Cell)
    • Engineering gut biosensors with microbes (Natuer)
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    Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv

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    1 hr
  • 351: Resistance Reboot
    Mar 6 2026

    TWiM discusses the use of bacteriophage-loaded microneedle patches for targeted and minimally disruptive foodborne pathogen decontamination, and a conjugal gene drive-like system that efficiently suppresses antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

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    59 mins
  • 350: TWiM Goes to College
    Feb 14 2026

    Nancy and Maggie join TWiM to share how and why they created a freely available ebook of TWiM-based science literacy resources and classroom exercises that support teaching across key microbiology and molecular biology topics.

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    Links for this episode:

    • Podcast annotation and resources in microbiology (Iowa State U)

    • Curriculum guidelines for undergraduate microbiology (ASM)

    Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

    Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

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    53 mins
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