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 youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...

Dr. Hannah Ledvina, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteria can protect themselves against predators in unusual ways— including a type of armor! @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

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.

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.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

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. @markowenmartin.bsky.social

Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social 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 @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

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! 🥳

From TWiP 267 we have a new case! 🔎 🔎🔎 Send your guesses to: [email protected] 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👇 @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

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

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

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.

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.

Join us as Immune records its 100th episode live at The Incubator in New York City bringing the team together with listeners for an evening of science communication. Featuring special guests Gretchen Diehl Ph.D & Shruti Naik, Ph.D 🎟️ tix: immune100nyc.eventbrite.com 18 spaces remain!

TWiP solves the case about the female who traveled to Brazil and upon returning home felt movements under her scalp on the back of her head😱 plus we present another case for your solving, a man with abnormal brain MRI. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @christina-naula.bsky.social

Really loved this week’s episode of TWiV, covering more research on the risk of dementia and varicella-zoster vaccination. Having had shingles as a teenager, I hope researchers will continue to pursue this question and explore new vaccine dosing strategies —maybe shingrix should start before 50!

TWiV reviews continuing US measles outbreak, host and genetic variations that regulate antibody responses to hepatitis C virus, and varicella-zoster reactivation and the risk of dementia.

Petra Levin with Mark Martin on "Matters Microbial" ! #MicroSky

I really enjoyed my #MattersMicrobial session with Dr. Petra Levin. I learned so much! But I wanted to emphasize her three wise rules for her laboratory research group. @redrockcity.bsky.social @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social

TWiV Clinical Update 1262, Vincent and Dr. Daniel Griffin discuss the thymus’ role in immune education, thymectomies, and how the 2025 Nobel Prize winning discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance changed how we understand it all. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

Dr. Petra Levin, the George and Irene Freiberg Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis (and of TWiM!) joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance 📺👇

TWiV highlights the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and celebrates friend of the pod, Jason McLellan ( @mclellanlab.bsky.social ) on receiving a 2025 MacArthur Award!!! *thunderous applause* @jrrmicro.bsky.social

And in a few hours don't miss Nels and I livestreaming TWIEVO! (This Week in Evolution) Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 1:00 PM EST

On episode 91 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/25/25 - 10/8/25 @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

The #Bio350 course T-shirts for the #Micronauts of the last microbiology course I will teach at the University of Puget Sound. 20 years of great students and fun teaching. Art by Lizah van der Aart. @ASMicrobiology @microbetv.bsky.social @univpugetsound @lizahaart.bsky.social

Yet another episode from @markowenmartin.bsky.social that I want to listen to multiple times 😊 There is so much rich and fascinating info, that is also broadly applicable to many important matters.

In episode 18 Cindy sits down with Bali Pulendran at the AAI 2025 meeting where he told the story of how a childhood fascination with the cosmos grew into a career addressing fundamental questions about the human immune response @cindyleifer.bsky.social

Edit: Immune 100 is at 6pm not 8pm! oops! Did you know: @bsky.app doesn't allow edits? 🫠

Seats are limited! Tell a friend @bioprofbarker.bsky.social @cindyleifer.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social

Celebrate Immune 100 with us! Join a live recording and audience event at The Incubator, NYC 📅 December 22 | 8 PM Featuring: Gretchen Diehl, Ph.D. – Diehl Lab, Immunology Program Shruti Naik, Ph.D. – Naik Lab of Tissue Immunity and Regeneration, NYU 🎟️ Get tickets: immune100nyc.eventbrite.com

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about Jane Goodall’s death and the Nobel prize in Physiology/Medicine for understanding immune system control before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and more👇

The sculptural Vaillancourt Fountain in San Francisco has been called many names and is no longer working or being used by skateboarders. But destroying it, supporters say, would be erasing history and modern architecture, and counter to the city’s reputation for being weird. nyti.ms/3KQVxjc

@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social does a great job of covering several Covid related studies with @microbetv.bsky.social. The antivax types hate these guys for telling the truth, just read the comments they leave.

Celebrate Immune 100 with us! Join a live recording and audience event at The Incubator, NYC 📅 December 22 | 8 PM Featuring: Gretchen Diehl, Ph.D. – Diehl Lab, Immunology Program Shruti Naik, Ph.D. – Naik Lab of Tissue Immunity and Regeneration, NYU 🎟️ Get tickets: immune100nyc.eventbrite.com

100 episodes of Immune! The podcast that’s infectious! *airhorn* We’re marking the milestone with a live recording & audience event at The Incubator in NYC, Monday Dec 22 @ 8PM Only 25 seats, with supporter levels that come with exclusive perks! Secure a seat 👇 🎟️ immune100nyc.eventbrite.com

Today Dr. Jeff Gralnick, Professor of the Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences at the University of Minnesota joins the #QualityQuorum to tell us a shocking story about how his research group studies the relationship between electrons, microbes, and metals @markowenmartin.bsky.social

Join us tonight! 8pm for Office Hours livestream

Elizabeth Marnik, also known as Science Whiz Liz, grew up unvaccinated, yet she is now an immunologist, science communicator and advocate for vaccines—this is her story. Immune Booster 17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik @cindyleifer.bsky.social @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

TWiP 266 explains research showing that treatment of baby wraps with an insect repellent, and oral dosing with ivermectin, are both effective measures to prevent malaria👇

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello call out the President of the US for pushing a split MMR vaccine on a whim, and the HHS head for claiming Tylenol causes autism in pregnancy, which is completely untrue.