TWiM #130: Interkingdom interactions at ASM Microbe

 

TWiM co-hosts, Vincent Racaniello and Elio at a signing for Elio's new book, "In the Company of Microbes." Source

The TWiMers get together at ASM Microbe 2016 in Boston to speak with David S. Schneider and Vanessa Sperandio about their work on regulation of bacterial virulence in the gut by bacterial adrenergic sensors, and the physiological mechanisms that make us ill and that help us recover.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt.

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Links for this episode

• Bacterial adrenergic receptors in the gut (mBio)
• What a dinner party! (mBio)
• Mapping disease space (PLoS Biol)
• What can vampires teach us about immunology? (Trends Immunol)

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