CRISPR from a Bacteriophage Perspective
The most common analogy for CRISPR systems is that of molecular scissors. Joe Bondy-Denomy offers an alternative analogy from the bacteriophage perspe...
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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.
Microplastics in the Water and their Interaction with Microbes
We may not see microplastics, but they are all around us. These microplastics play a role in shaping the microbial environment, and this talk will exp...
New Engaging Approaches for Science Communication
Science communication experts discuss creative ways (like variations of escape-the-room, the Up-Goer Five Challenge, or edible learning aids) to get p...
Disease Detective - Anne Schuchat - Principal Deputy Director of CDC
CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat has extensive experience in global health and science advocacy. Jennifer Gardy interviews Schuchat about e...
MWV 112 - Astronaut Kate Rubins on TWiV, live from Microbe 2017
From ASM Microbe 2017 at New Orleans, Vincent and Rich meet up with Kate Rubins to talk about becoming an astronaut, space travel, and doing science i...
MWV 111 - TWiM live at Microbe 2017: 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 scie...
MWV 110 - How to Create Agar Art Using Living Microbes
Step inside the creative process with Agar Art 2015 winners Maria Peñil Cobo, Mixed Media Artist, and Mehmet Berkmen, PhD, Staff Scientist at New Engl...
MWV 109 - The Never-ending Vaccine Race
Veteran medical journalist Meredith Wadman discuses her book The Vaccine Race. It tells the timely, epic, and controversial story of the development o...
MWV 108 - My First Microscope
In late July, 2016 ASM ventured below the equator, joining public and private sector partners at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Women ...
MWV 107 - The Necrobiome: Microbial Life After Death
What happens to us after we die? A decomposing corpse becomes its own mini-ecosystem, hosting insects, scavengers and multitudes of microbes. Microb...