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  • TWiM 290: Hous­ton, we have Mimi Gold­schmidt

    TWiM 290: Hous­ton, we have Mimi Gold­schmidt

    July 27, 2023February 5, 2026

    From ASM Mi­crobe 2023 in Hous­ton, TWiM speaks with Mimi Gold­schmidt about her re­mark­able ca­reer in mi­cro­bi­ol­ogy which in­cluded train­ing as­tro­nauts to safely bring moon rocks back to Earth.

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  • TWiM 289: Vi­ral De­fense and Counter-De­fense

    TWiM 289: Vi­ral De­fense and Counter-De­fense

    July 13, 2023February 5, 2026

    TWiM high­lights vi­ral de­fense and counter-de­fense: cGAS me­di­ated ubiq­ui­ti­na­tion to counter in­fec­tion, and vi­ral sponges that se­quester nu­cleotide sig­nals to in­ac­ti­vate im­mu­nity.

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  • TWiM 254: Episym­bionts Are Good For You

    TWiM 254: Episym­bionts Are Good For You

    November 11, 2021February 5, 2026

    On This Week in Mi­cro­bi­ol­ogy: Episym­bionts Are Good For You

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  • TWiM #250: E‑Scaffolds and Pa­per Stick­ers

    TWiM #250: E‑Scaffolds and Pa­per Stick­ers

    September 23, 2021February 5, 2026

    An elec­tro­chem­i­cal scaf­fold that de­liv­ers safe doses of hypochlor­ous acid to treat wound in­fec­tions in hu­mans, and a method for sam­pling and mon­i­tor­ing bac­te­ria and viruses or sur­faces us­ing plain pa­per stick­ers.

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  • TWiM 248: Borgs Are Real

    TWiM 248: Borgs Are Real

    August 19, 2021February 5, 2026

    TWiM dis­cusses how to in­crease di­ver­sity in our field, and the dis­cov­ery of Borgs, gi­ant ex­tra­chro­mo­so­mal el­e­ments with the po­ten­tial to aug­ment methane ox­i­da­tion.

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  • TWiM 247: Ther­apy With Pa­le­ofe­ces and Phages

    TWiM 247: Ther­apy With Pa­le­ofe­ces and Phages

    August 5, 2021February 5, 2026

    TWiM ex­plores whether 'rewil­d­ing' is a way to get back our miss­ing gut mi­crobes, and fail­ure of bac­te­rio­phage ther­apy due to the pro­duc­tion of neu­tral­iz­ing an­ti­bod­ies.

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