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Matters Microbial

Matters Microbial is a podcast about the wonders of microbiology, microbiologists, and microbial centrism with Dr. Mark Martin

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01:05:38

Matters Microbial #76: Marvelous Multicellular...

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2025/01/30

Matters Microbial #76: Marvelous Multicellular Magnetotactic Microbes! January 29, 2025 Today, Dr. George Schaible, Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the exciting work he did during his PhD to unravel a fascinating topic: multicellular magnetotactic microbes! Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: George Schaible Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode What is a postdoctoral

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01:07:06

Matters Microbial #75: Do Gut Microbes Watch their...

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2025/01/23

Matters Microbial #75: Do Gut Microbes Watch their Carbs? January 22, 2025 Today, Dr. Darrell Cockburn, Associate Professor of Food Science at Penn State, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work his research group has done exploring how starches and other polysaccharides are used by the gut microbiome. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Darrell Cockburn Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An overview of dietary fiber in the diet. A

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01:01:56

Matters Microbial #74: Podcasting to Combat Microbial...

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2025/01/16

Matters Microbial #74: Podcasting to Combat Microbial Misinformation January 16, 2025 Today, Dr. Jessica Coates of the Biology Department at Spelman College joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work combating microbial misinformation in the classroom and to share her journey to the microbial sciences. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Jessica Coates Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A short talk I gave at ASM some time ago about Louis

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01:05:44

Matters Microbial #73: Seeing the Microbiome

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2025/01/09

Matters Microbial #73: Seeing the Microbiome January 8, 2025 Today, Dr. Travis Wiles, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work he and his research group have done to visualize the changing dynamics of the gut microbiome—including bacteriophages residing there. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Travis Wiles Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode

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01:05:20

Matters Microbial #72: Who is in Your Water?

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2025/01/02

Matters Microbial #72: Who is in Your Water? January 2, 2025 Today, Dr. Ameet Pinto, Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the microbiome of drinking water and how it can be used to optimize safety and health. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Ameet Pinto Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A short review of a famous article by

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01:07:34

Matters Microbial #71: Disinfecting the Built...

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2024/12/26

Matters Microbial #71: Disinfecting the Built Environment December 25, 2024 Ever wonder what’s growing on your toothbrush? Today, Dr. Erica Hartmann, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how antimicrobial resistance can occur in the built environment we see all around us every day—and why it is vital to learn more about this association. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Erica Hartmann Subscribe: Apple

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01:04:45

Matters Microbial #70: Food Safety and Antibiotic...

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2024/12/19

Matters Microbial #70: Food Safety and Antibiotic Resistance December 18, 2024 Today, Dr. Dr. Erika Ganda, Assistant Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes in the Department of Animal Science at Pennsylvania State University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the varied interests of her research team studying the intersection of animal husbandry, microbiome studies, and the threat of antimicrobial resistance. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Erika Ganda Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become

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01:12:03

Matters Microbial #69: Can Eating Microbes Make You...

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2024/12/12

Matters Microbial #69: Can Eating Microbes Make You Healthy? December 11, 2024 Today, Dr. Maria Marco, Professor of Food Science and Technology at the University of California Davis, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss microorganisms in food, intestinal ecosystems, and the role that lactic acid bacteria can play in health and well-being. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Maria Marco Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An overview of food

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01:02:04

Matters Microbial #68: Social Evolution in Viruses

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2024/12/05

Matters Microbial #68: Social Evolution in Viruses December 4, 2024 Today, Dr. Sam Díaz-Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as well as a Faculty Member of the Genome Center at the University of California Davis, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how their group, and a growing community of researchers, investigates the social lives of viruses: the many ways that viruses interact and the ways that interactions shape infections and viral evolution. Host: Mark O

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01:06:45

Matters Microbial #67: Chemical Communication in...

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2024/11/28

Matters Microbial #67: Chemical Communication in Microbe Symbioses November 27, 2024 Today, Dr. Marcy Balunas, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, as well as part of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Michigan, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how her group investigates the chemical signals—the language—between host and microbe symbioses. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Marcy Balunas Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial

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01:06:40

Matters Microbial #66: Digesting the Science of...

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2024/11/21

Matters Microbial #66: Digesting the Science of Fermented Foods November 20, 2024 Today, Dr. Ben Wolfe, Associate Professor of Biology at Tufts University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how he and his collaborators study novel food fermentations, helping the public understand more about the gut microbiome, and outreach projects involving microbially-associated food. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Benjamin Wolfe Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for

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01:06:28

Matters Microbial #65: Squishy Tissues and Hints from...

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2024/11/14

Today, Dr. Alex Bisson, Assistant Professor of Biology at Brandeis University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how he and his collaborators use a variety of tools to study the mechanobiology of archaea (such as how some respond to being “squished”), and how those studies can shed light on the evolution of complex eukaryotes like humans. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Alex Bisson Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An overview of one of

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01:01:26

Matters Microbial #64: Making Sense of the Microbiome

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2024/11/07

Today, Dr. Patrick Schloss, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how the human microbiome is studied, possible pitfalls in such data analysis, and what tools he and his coworkers have developed to lead toward repeatable, hypothesis-driven science. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Patrick Schloss Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode

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01:11:58

Matters Microbial #63: A Symphony of Cyanobacteria

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2024/10/31

Matters Microbial #63: A Symphony of Cyanobacteria October 30, 2024 Today, Dr. Nathan Algren, Associate Professor of Biology at Clark University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the centrality of cyanobacteria to our biosphere, the viruses that prey upon them, and his interests in outreach and science-oriented art. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Nathan Ahlgren Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An overview of the cyanobacteria

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01:07:16

Matters Microbial #62: Should I Stay, or Should I...

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2024/10/24

Matters Microbial #62: Should I Stay, or Should I Go—How Bacteriophage are Released from Host Cells October 23, 2024 Today, Dr. Jolene Ramsey, of the Biology Department of Texas A&M University and Affiliate of the Center for Phage Technology, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteriophages release themselves from host cells, her efforts to teach students to work with the primary literature, and her own path to the microbial sciences. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Jolene Ramsey

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01:01:17

Matters Microbial #61: All In Due Time–How Bacteria...

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2024/10/17

Matters Microbial #61: All In Due Time–How Bacteria Wake from Dormancy October 17, 2024 Today, Dr. Paul Carini, of the Environmental Science department of the University of Arizona, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how soil bacteria can become dormant, “wake up,” and why that is more relevant than you might suppose. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Paul Carini Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A lovely essay about the “Cultivation

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01:10:34

Matters Microbial #60: Influenza, Epidemics,...

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2024/10/10

Matters Microbial #60: Influenza, Epidemics, Pandemics, and Fortunate Mistakes October 9, 2024 Today, Dr. Adam Lauring of the University of Michigan joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the job of a physician-scientist, RNA viruses, the tricks that influenza uses to create epidemics and pandemics, and the science behind flu vaccines. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Adam Lauring Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A description of the MD/PhD

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01:10:09

Matters Microbial #59: Some (Microbes) Like It...

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2024/10/03

Matters Microbial #59: Some (Microbes) Like It Hot—Discussions with the Thermal Biology Institute October 3, 2024 Today is an unusual episode of the podcast. I am visiting four microbiologists in the Thermal Biology Institute at Montana State University of Bozeman, Montana. They discuss their work exploring the unusual microbes and environments to be found in Yellowstone National Park, ranging from the history of the park to opportunities for undergraduate students, as well as up-to-the-minute

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Matters Microbial #58: The Virosphere from Coral...

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2024/09/26

Today, Dr. Cynthia Silveira of the Department of Biology at Miami University joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her research team’s efforts to explore how bacterial viruses interact with their host cells from coral reefs to other planets! In addition, Dr. Silveira will discuss her microbiological path and a course she teaches on virology. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Cynthia Silveira Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A video about

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01:04:49

Matters Microbial #57: Pitting Metabolic Inhibitors...

Matters Microbial ·

2024/09/19

Matters Microbial #57: Pitting Metabolic Inhibitors Against Viruses September 18, 2024 Today, Dr. Tracie Delgado of the Biology Department at Seattle Pacific University joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her undergraduate research team’s explorations of how some herpesviruses can cause cancer . . . and how to use the host cell’s metabolism to fight those viruses! Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Tracie Delgado Download MM#57 (39 MB mp3, 65 min) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become

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