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Four years after filming 'Threading the NEIDL', Vincent and Alan return to the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory BSL4 facility at Boston University where they speak with science writer David Quammen.

• David Quammen's website
• Spillover by David Quammen
• Threading the NEIDL (TWiV 200)
• The NEIDL at Boston University

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Dr. Michael Diamond, 2016 Elizabeth O. King Lecturer, has worked for the past two decades investigating how viruses work, with a goal of defining basic principles of pathogenesis and host immune restriction.

His talk will focus on how his laboratory has studied three emerging mosquito-transmitted viruses (West Nile, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses) of global importance from a basic perspective, and how this information facilitates the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

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Dr. Michael Diamond, 2016 Elizabeth O. King Lecturer, has worked for the past two decades investigating how viruses work, with a goal of defining basic principles of pathogenesis and host immune restriction.

His talk will focus on how his laboratory has studied three emerging mosquito-transmitted viruses (West Nile, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses) of global importance from a basic perspective, and how this information facilitates the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

Subscribe to ASM's YouTube channel at https://goo.gl/mOVHlK

Learn more about the American Society for Microbiology at http://www.asm.org

Become a member today at http://www.asmscience.org/join

Interact with us on social at:

Facebook Show your support and get updates on the latest microbial offerings and news from the ASM.

http://www.facebook.com/asmfan

ASM International Facebook Groups Join an ASM International Facebook Group and connect with microbiologists in your region.

http://www.asm.org/index.php/programs/asm-international-facebook-groups

Twitter Follow all the latest news from the Society.

http://www.twitter.com/ASMicrobiology

Instagram Outstanding images of your favorite viruses, fungi, bacteria and parasites

http://www.instagram.com/asmicrobiology/

Written and Produced by Erika Shugart, PhD

Narration by Chaseedaw Giles

Filmed and Edited by Sam Mandl and Chris Condayan

Production Supervisor Katherine Lontok, PhD

Additional Video Footage by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Photography and Illustrations from http://iStockphoto.com http://wikimedia.org http://epa.gov http://cdc.org/phil

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Additional Photography

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"Material Girl" Madonna Parody

Performed by Chaseedaw Giles

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Filmed live at ASM Biodefense 2016 with special guests: Rebekah Kading and Wyndham Lathem.

From the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research meeting, Vincent Racaniello speaks with Rebekah and Wyndham about their work on Rift Valley Fever virus and other vector-borne pathogens, and the evolution and pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague.

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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Why are obesity, juvenile diabetes and asthma increasing? Is it something in the environment or in our modern lifestyle? Dr. Martin Blaser thinks that it may be due to changes in our microbiome – the ecosystem of tiny microscopic creatures that live in and on us. Learn about his hypothesis that some of the greatest medical advances in the 20th century – antibiotics, C-sections and antiseptics- may be having unintended consequences. Dr. Martin Blaser has studied the role of bacteria in human disease for over 30 years. He is the director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU. He founded the Bellevue Literary Review and has been written about in newspapers including The New Yorker, Nature, Science, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. His more than 100 media appearances include The Today Show, The Daily Show, Fresh Air (NPR) GMA, the BBC, The O'Reilly Factor, and CNN. He lives in New York City.

Vincent visits the laboratories of Kit and Joseph Pogliano on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, where he learns about their work on the bacterial cytoskeleton, sporulation, and the effects of antibiotics on bacterial cells.

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Vincent take This Week in Microbiology to the University of California, San Diego campus and into the the laboratories of Kit and Joseph Pogliano, where he learns about their work on the bacterial cytoskeleton, sporulation, and the effects of antibiotics on bacterial cells.

The This Week in Microbiology team, Vincent, Elio, and Michele meet with Harry Mobley, Mary O’Riordan, and Vince Young at the University of Michigan, during the designation of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology as a Milestones in Microbiology site. They discuss how the laboratory has advanced the science and teaching of microbiology, and discuss faculty work on uropathogenic E. coli, induction of stress by bacterial infection, and the gut microbiome.

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