microTalk
Karl Klose
microTalk
Karl Klose
Wednesday 17 June 2020 : Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of diarrheal disease in humans. However, C. jejuni is also naturally found in chickens and doesn’t...
Thursday 16 April 2020 : Our eyes are one of the most sensitive areas on our bodies, and they are constantly bathed in microbes, and yet we rarely get eye...
Saturday 04 April 2020 : Cheese is delicious, and also the product of a complex mixture of microbes. Different communities of microbes produce the wide variety of...
Tuesday 25 February 2020 : Candida albicans is the most common cause of fungal disease in the United States. C. albicans can cause serious and often fatal systemic...
Monday 06 January 2020 : Lyme Disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted to humans...
Monday 16 December 2019 : Some bacteria have the amazing ability to orient themselves using the earth’s magnetic field, due to the presence of an intracellular...
Monday 02 December 2019 : Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world, with approximately 10 million people becoming sick and...
Tuesday 19 November 2019 : What happens when a bacterium gets old? Continuous culture of bacteria without any added nutrients can reveal the dynamics of “old”...
Thursday 07 November 2019 : Despite comprising half of the population, women are underrepresented as scientific professionals. The reasons for underrepresentation are...
Monday 21 October 2019 : Genomics-based technologies have revolutionized science. From microarrays to next-generation sequencing, genomics technologies are having a...
Monday 30 September 2019 : One reason is because the overwhelming bacterial members of the microbiome keep the fungi in check. Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum is a professor at...
Tuesday 10 September 2019 : The presence of bacterial toxins in a remote coral reef got Stanley Maloy thinking about the evolution of pathogens, and where “emerging...
Monday 19 August 2019 : Bacteriophages (“phages”), or bacterial viruses, are the most abundant biological entity on the planet, and the microbial world is...
Monday 05 August 2019 : Frequent urges to go “number one” can be the symptom of a urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common types of bacterial...
Monday 22 July 2019 : Summer brings warm beach weather, and with it come gruesome news reports of “flesh eating disease” that people catch from the ocean....
Thursday 11 July 2019 : One of the more gruesome parasitic infections is that of the guinea worm: these 3 feet long worms typically emerge from painful boils in the...
Friday 17 May 2019 : The earth is warming up, and many aspects of life on earth are changing with the changing climate. Increased global temperature has...
Wednesday 24 April 2019 : Candida albicans is the most common fungal infection of humans. C. albicans can cause superficial infections like thrush or vaginitis when...
Thursday 28 March 2019 : Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial disease in the U.S. Chlamydia infections in women can lead to pelvic...
Thursday 07 March 2019 : Vibrio cholerae causes a severe gastrointestinal illness that leads to massive fluid loss that can be fatal. These bacteria are normally...
Wednesday 20 February 2019 : Proteus mirabilis is a common cause of Urinary Tract Infections. These bacteria are found within the gastrointestinal tract, but they are...
Friday 08 February 2019 : Dr. Jeff Miller has been studying Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough in humans, for over three decades, and he...
Wednesday 16 January 2019 : The devastation of the immune system that occurs during AIDS renders patients highly susceptible to a number of infections that a...
Thursday 03 January 2019 : Dr. Didier Raoult considers himself a “microbe fisher”, always “fishing” to discover new microbes. He says that in order to fish...
Tuesday 18 December 2018 : Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre was raised in a remote Alaska Native community above the Arctic Circle, and was the first person from her village to...
microTalk
Karl Klose
067: The Chicken Runs: Campylobacter Diarrhea with David Hendrixson
Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of diarrheal disease in humans. However, C. jejuni is also naturally found in chickens and doesn’t...
066: The Eyes Have It: Corneal Infections with Eric Pearlman
Our eyes are one of the most sensitive areas on our bodies, and they are constantly bathed in microbes, and yet we rarely get eye...
065: Cheese Please! The Cheese Microbiome with Rachel Dutton
Cheese is delicious, and also the product of a complex mixture of microbes. Different communities of microbes produce the wide variety of...
064: Fun(gus) in the Sun(gus): Fungal Infections with Neil Clancy
Candida albicans is the most common cause of fungal disease in the United States. C. albicans can cause serious and often fatal systemic...
063: Tick Schtick: Lyme Disease with Tim Sellati
Lyme Disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted to humans...
062: The Rules of Attraction: Bacterial Magnetosomes with Arash Komeili
Some bacteria have the amazing ability to orient themselves using the earth’s magnetic field, due to the presence of an intracellular...
061: TB or not TB? That is the Question… for Bill Jacobs
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world, with approximately 10 million people becoming sick and...
060: Geezer Germs: Geriatric Bacteria with Steve Finkel
What happens when a bacterium gets old? Continuous culture of bacteria without any added nutrients can reveal the dynamics of “old”...
059: All Hail Females: Women in Science with Joan Bennett
Despite comprising half of the population, women are underrepresented as scientific professionals. The reasons for underrepresentation are...
058: Biotechnology Ideology: Genomics Technologies with Joe DeRisi
Genomics-based technologies have revolutionized science. From microarrays to next-generation sequencing, genomics technologies are having a...
057: Undone by Fungi Again: The Mycobiome with Mahmoud Ghannoum
One reason is because the overwhelming bacterial members of the microbiome keep the fungi in check. Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum is a professor at...
056: Lilliputian Evolution: Bacterial Evolution with Stanley Maloy
The presence of bacterial toxins in a remote coral reef got Stanley Maloy thinking about the evolution of pathogens, and where “emerging...
055: The Age of Phage: Phage Therapy with Graham Hatfull
Bacteriophages (“phages”), or bacterial viruses, are the most abundant biological entity on the planet, and the microbial world is...
054: Urine Trouble: Urinary Tract Infections with Harry Mobley
Frequent urges to go “number one” can be the symptom of a urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common types of bacterial...
053: Vibri-Oh-No! - “Flesh Eating” Vibrios with Karla Satchell
Summer brings warm beach weather, and with it come gruesome news reports of “flesh eating disease” that people catch from the ocean....
052: Goodbye Guinea Worm: Guinea Worm Eradication with Adam Weiss
One of the more gruesome parasitic infections is that of the guinea worm: these 3 feet long worms typically emerge from painful boils in the...
051: Microbes in Hot Water: Climate Change with Sanghoon Kang
The earth is warming up, and many aspects of life on earth are changing with the changing climate. Increased global temperature has...
050: Into the Matrix: Fungal Biofilms with David Andes
Candida albicans is the most common fungal infection of humans. C. albicans can cause superficial infections like thrush or vaginitis when...
049: Trivia About Chlamydia: Sexually Transmitted Disease with Mary Weber
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial disease in the U.S. Chlamydia infections in women can lead to pelvic...
048: Zebrafish in the Time of Cholera: Vibrio cholerae with Brian Hammer
Vibrio cholerae causes a severe gastrointestinal illness that leads to massive fluid loss that can be fatal. These bacteria are normally...
047: Urinary Commentary: UTIs and Proteus mirabilis with Karine Gibbs
Proteus mirabilis is a common cause of Urinary Tract Infections. These bacteria are found within the gastrointestinal tract, but they are...
046: The Scoop on Whoop: Bordetella with Jeff Miller
Dr. Jeff Miller has been studying Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough in humans, for over three decades, and he...
045: Tiptoe Through the Crypto: Cryptococcus with Paul de Figueiredo
The devastation of the immune system that occurs during AIDS renders patients highly susceptible to a number of infections that a...
044: Giant Viruses, Rickettsia, and Whipple, Oh My! A Discussion with Didier Raoult
Dr. Didier Raoult considers himself a “microbe fisher”, always “fishing” to discover new microbes. He says that in order to fish...
043: Native Alaskan Perspectives in Microbiology with Kat Milligan-Myhre
Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre was raised in a remote Alaska Native community above the Arctic Circle, and was the first person from her village to...
