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MicrobeTV is an independent podcast network for people who are interested in the life sciences. Our shows are about viruses, bacteria, parasites, evolution, immunology and neuroscience.
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· Feb 10
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Dickson Despommier.
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin (@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social) with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy and more
Tap in below!👇
Tap in below!👇
TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin (@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social) with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy and more
Tap in below!👇
Tap in below!👇
Gooood Morning Toronto! 🎙️
We’re at ASTMH this week and guess what’s happening tomorrow? TWO live podcast recordings! 👇👇
Early bird gets (parasitic?😆) worm! TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) tomorrow 11/11/25 at 7:30am
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social
We’re at ASTMH this week and guess what’s happening tomorrow? TWO live podcast recordings! 👇👇
Early bird gets (parasitic?😆) worm! TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) tomorrow 11/11/25 at 7:30am
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Gooood Morning Toronto! 🎙️
We’re at ASTMH this week and guess what’s happening tomorrow? TWO live podcast recordings! 👇👇
Early bird gets (parasitic?😆) worm! TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) tomorrow 11/11/25 at 7:30am
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social
We’re at ASTMH this week and guess what’s happening tomorrow? TWO live podcast recordings! 👇👇
Early bird gets (parasitic?😆) worm! TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) tomorrow 11/11/25 at 7:30am
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social
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Friday means a new #MattersMicrobial podcast. This week, Dr. Hannah Ledvina joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about how bacteria can shield themselves against Bdellovibrio attack! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
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November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Friday means a new #MattersMicrobial podcast. This week, Dr. Hannah Ledvina joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about how bacteria can shield themselves against Bdellovibrio attack! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
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Dr. Hannah Ledvina, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteria can protect themselves against predators in unusual ways— including a type of armor!
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Matters Microbial #115: Suiting Up Against Bacterial Predators!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dr. Hannah Ledvina, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteria can protect themselves against predators in unusual ways— including a type of armor!
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@markowenmartin.bsky.social
@hannahledvina.bsky.social
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
TWiN explains epidemiological data showing that exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia, and nasal administration of air pollution in mice led to brain atrophy and impaired cognition and motor function.
Hosts: Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Hosts: Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
TWiN explains epidemiological data showing that exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia, and nasal administration of air pollution in mice led to brain atrophy and impaired cognition and motor function.
Hosts: Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Hosts: Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Science education for everyone! We hope this giving season you will consider a donation to Microbetv 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Science education for everyone! We hope this giving season you will consider a donation to Microbetv 🫶
ICYMI: Office Hours livestream with Earth’s Virology Professor
Vincent discusses the bat coronavirus out of South America with a *ahem* furin cleavage site.
Full livestream available on our YouTube channel.
Vincent discusses the bat coronavirus out of South America with a *ahem* furin cleavage site.
Full livestream available on our YouTube channel.
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ICYMI: Office Hours livestream with Earth’s Virology Professor
Vincent discusses the bat coronavirus out of South America with a *ahem* furin cleavage site.
Full livestream available on our YouTube channel.
Vincent discusses the bat coronavirus out of South America with a *ahem* furin cleavage site.
Full livestream available on our YouTube channel.
See you in a few hours! 8pm 👇
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 11/05/25 8 pm ET
Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses - including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more - on this livestream on Wednesday 11/05/25 at ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
See you in a few hours! 8pm 👇
TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment
TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.
TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment
TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.
TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.
In his weekly clinical update, Dr Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In his weekly clinical update, Dr Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies.
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I hope to bring a bunch of these glow in the dark buttons to #ASMCUE in San Antonio. Thank you, @jennifer.j.quinn , who is coming with me! @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbetv.bsky.social #MicrobialCentrism
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I hope to bring a bunch of these glow in the dark buttons to #ASMCUE in San Antonio. Thank you, @jennifer.j.quinn , who is coming with me! @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbetv.bsky.social #MicrobialCentrism
Today Dr. Jessica Mark Welch, Professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the complex and interactive microbial communities living unseen within our mouths and what those communities can tell us.
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@markowenmartin.bsky.social
Matters Microbial #114: A Tongue-n-Cheek Look at the Oral Microbiome
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November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today Dr. Jessica Mark Welch, Professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the complex and interactive microbial communities living unseen within our mouths and what those communities can tell us.
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Vaccine communication tips
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Immune’s Cindy and Steph discuss a JCI (Journal of Clinical Investigation) paper on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis
Excerpt from Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas
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Excerpt from Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas
@cindyleifer.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Immune’s Cindy and Steph discuss a JCI (Journal of Clinical Investigation) paper on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis
Excerpt from Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas
@cindyleifer.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social
Excerpt from Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas
@cindyleifer.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social
On episode 92 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara @sarawinndong.febrilepodcast.com and Daniel @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/9/25 – 10/22/25
Infectious Disease Puscast #92
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October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On episode 92 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara @sarawinndong.febrilepodcast.com and Daniel @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/9/25 – 10/22/25
This week, @markowenmartin.bsky.social steps in to join Michael Schmidt as TWiM decodes how bacteria battle phages with cyclic nucleotides.
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This week, @markowenmartin.bsky.social steps in to join Michael Schmidt as TWiM decodes how bacteria battle phages with cyclic nucleotides.
@cindyleifer.bsky.social wwants to tell you about our upcoming Immune 100! Celebrate with Microbetv! 🥳
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@cindyleifer.bsky.social wwants to tell you about our upcoming Immune 100! Celebrate with Microbetv! 🥳
From TWiP 267 we have a new case! 🔎 🔎🔎
Send your guesses to: twip@microbe.tv with
“TWIP 267 Case” in the subject line
***Deadline is 11.7.25***
Send your guesses to: twip@microbe.tv with
“TWIP 267 Case” in the subject line
***Deadline is 11.7.25***
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From TWiP 267 we have a new case! 🔎 🔎🔎
Send your guesses to: twip@microbe.tv with
“TWIP 267 Case” in the subject line
***Deadline is 11.7.25***
Send your guesses to: twip@microbe.tv with
“TWIP 267 Case” in the subject line
***Deadline is 11.7.25***
TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states, the frustration is growing. “Why don’t you just get your kids vaccinated?” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health👇
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Amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states, the frustration is growing. “Why don’t you just get your kids vaccinated?” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health👇
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TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states, the frustration is growing. “Why don’t you just get your kids vaccinated?” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health👇
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
Amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states, the frustration is growing. “Why don’t you just get your kids vaccinated?” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health👇
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
Dr. Joshua Shrout, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of his research team on socio-microbiology.
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
Matters Microbial #113: Microbes That Swim, Swarm, Stand Up—and ‘Walk’
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dr. Joshua Shrout, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of his research team on socio-microbiology.
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@markowenmartin.bsky.social
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I also introduced a research study to explore how TWiP influences your understanding of science and your trust in it. Fancy taking part? Find the survey, participant information, and consent details here:
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October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I also introduced a research study to explore how TWiP influences your understanding of science and your trust in it. Fancy taking part? Find the survey, participant information, and consent details here:
@microbetv.bsky.social
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
@microbetv.bsky.social
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
ICYMI Dr. Petra Levin, joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance.
Excerpt from Matters Microbial 112: Bacterial Size, Stress, and Antibiotic Resistance
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Excerpt from Matters Microbial 112: Bacterial Size, Stress, and Antibiotic Resistance
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October 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
ICYMI Dr. Petra Levin, joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance.
Excerpt from Matters Microbial 112: Bacterial Size, Stress, and Antibiotic Resistance
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
Excerpt from Matters Microbial 112: Bacterial Size, Stress, and Antibiotic Resistance
@markowenmartin.bsky.social
TWiM 342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality
TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.
TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.
TWiM 342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
TWiM 342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality
TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.
TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.
Happening in 5!
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 10/22/25 8 pm ET
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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October 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Happening in 5!
Last Friday, I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the symposium of the Center for Emerging Zoonotic and arthropod borne pathogens @virginiatech.bsky.social (go Hokies!)
What a pleasure to meet with trainees and faculty who love #scicomm! Look out for it an upcoming TWiV episode.
What a pleasure to meet with trainees and faculty who love #scicomm! Look out for it an upcoming TWiV episode.
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Last Friday, I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the symposium of the Center for Emerging Zoonotic and arthropod borne pathogens @virginiatech.bsky.social (go Hokies!)
What a pleasure to meet with trainees and faculty who love #scicomm! Look out for it an upcoming TWiV episode.
What a pleasure to meet with trainees and faculty who love #scicomm! Look out for it an upcoming TWiV episode.