New episode of the #science #podcast This Week in Microbiology #TWiM 198: Unexpectedly pathogenic bacteriophages bit.ly/2KhmE5O an extracellular bacterium associated with Paramecium, and induction of antiviral immunity by bacteriophage that prevents bacterial clearance

Update on major fail by #aa.com turns out the not only inconvenienced 150 folk going to DFW, they had another mechanical with the flight to Miami. What’s going on with air travel- record profits with record delays?

TWiV with Vincent and Brianne is recording live with 2 guests.

Ada and I love doing this. Is a nice break from the intensity of the meeting and allow us all to rest our collective feet for a few.

Very cool story by Carl Zimmer...Wondrous microbes...New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill nyti.ms/2XljuRp.

It was honor to remember the contributions made by Dr. Levy

This is a consequence of cost of sequencing dropping from $100M to $500 per human genome... is this signaling the end of need for us to write in our food diaries? Discuss over dinner tonight.

Well this was an honour!

This pediatrician's license to practice should be revoked for publishing this rubbish nytimes.com/2020/08/12/opi… ignores the age-old understanding that children DRIVE PANDEMICS #COVID19

At the end of June, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the former chairman of Google, Dr. Eric Schmidt on his new podcast REIMAGINE. Now it's up to us to get busy. reimaginepod.org/episode/ep-8-h…

My colleague from TWiM and the host of TWiV has recently released this treatment consensus for COVID-19 that Dan Griffin and 30 other health professionals released. Thank you for such a tremendous service!

Can I point out how critical it is to get the answer to the impact of vaccination on transmission. We are just amount to miss this critical window. Anyone listening? wsj.com/articles/covid…

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Today is the American Hospital Association's fifth annual #HAVHope Friday, a campaign to encourage hospitals and healthcare systems to join together with their communities to prevent violence and foster peace. Please help us in supporting this important effort!

Bacterial Species In the Age of Next-Generation Sequencing | ASM.org asm.org/Articles/2021/…

We now have expert guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency, with two pages of recommendations that codify the best practices on ventilation, air filtration and air disinfection from academic experts and federal agencies of the last two years. epa.gov/system/files/d…

In today's NYTimes article on #poliovirus in NY, an expert is quoted as saying vaccinated people are protected against the virus. This is WRONG. They are not protected against infection. They are protected from getting paralysis. Vaccinated people may still get infected.

One cause of the 'death of expertise' is the failure of higher education to train students to think critically. It's not easy. NYU chose to illustrate this trend by firing a professor whose course was difficult. Shameful. nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…

This is an article that requires your careful reading and then reflection or as Aldus Huxley said "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad". Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Another photo from the amazing event Saturday night that was TWiV 1000. The photographer is Chris Suspect who is well known for his street photography. This photo reflects his unique style #twiv #microbeTV