TWiM explains how ticagrelor alters the membrane of S. aureus and enhances the activity of vancomycin and daptomycin without eliciting cross-resistance, and the development of a novel continuous disinfectant technology that decreases healthcare-associated infections in ICUs by 70%.

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

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• Ticagrelor and S. aureus (mBio)
• Novel disinfectant technology (Am J Inf Control)
• UVC-LED to inactivate foodborne pathogens (Appl Envir Micro)
• UV disinfection systems (ACS Photonics)
• High-touch surfaces in specialized patient care area (CDC)
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TWiM focuses on recent foodborne outbreaks of bacterial infections, and how nanopore sequencing technology can be used to identify pathogenic microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes in food products.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.

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• Foodborne outbreaks (CDC)
• Race to nourish a warming world (Gates Foundation)
• Nanopore sequencing of foods (Food Microbiol)
• How is Oxford Nanopore used? (YouTube)
• Introduction to Nanopore sequencing (YouTube)
• Methods for detecting foodborne pathogens (Appl Micro Biotech)
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TWiM travels to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to learn how research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect both warfighters and civilians.

Hosts: Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.

Guests: Norman Kreiselmeir, Christopher K Coat, Keersten Ricks, and Eric Nguyen

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• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
• Threading the NEIDL (TWiV 200)
• Unintentional importation of B. pseudomallei into US (Emerg Inf Dis)

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• Engineering the cow for less methane emissions (WaPo)
• Precision microbiome editing (Audacious Project)
• Giant viruses carry antibiotic resistance genes (Nat Commun)
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