Displaying episodes 31 - 58 of 58 in total
Survey of Genomes - Deinococcus radiodurans
Nicole Ryman from the 2019 Hiram College Genetics course introduces us to Deinococcus radiodurans, an extreme microbial athlete when it comes to genomic protection and...
Survey of Genomes - Thermotoga maritima MSB8
Thermotoga maritima is an extremophilic member of the Bacteria on several fronts - not just in temperature preference but also in its massive accumulation of genes fro...
Survey of Genomes - Buchnera sp. APS
How about being extreme in how much of your genome you throw away? Obligate endosymbionts have done just that and in doing so have become trapped in their host organi...
Survey of Genomes - Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 25586
Hunter Jenkins steps in to tell us about a microbial titan of human dental plaque - Fusobacterium nucleatum. It truly helps nucleate, or organize, the multi-microbial...
Survey of Genomes - Even Most Eukaryotes are Microbial
Brad sets up the last two student-hosted episodes by bringing up a not so obvious point to us “macrobes” (organisms visible to the naked eye) - even most members of th...
Survey of Genomes - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Curtis Swearingen from the 2019 Hiram College tells us about the genome of the most heavily studied eukaryote on Earth - the maker of bread and beer and wine, the unic...
A New Season, A New Normal
Brad introduces a new season of podcasts focused on viral genomes such as the one behind our current COVID-19 pandemic.
The Viral Age Begins
Brad introduces us to the first virus discovered - a pathogen of tobacco!
No Chicken in Chickenpox or Shingles
Alainna Conroy and Zach Walker talk about the virus and its genome that infects us once but hurts us twice - once in childhood (there is a vaccine now) and again as a ...
Measles - Will We Ever Be Done With It?
Two very funny people, Allison Slutz and Cole Filer, from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course get serious about a childhood illness and its causal virus that should...
Influenza Type A
Blake Erman and Ciza Sadoke discuss the strange workings of one of our annual scourges - influenza virus type A. Why do we get a new flu shot every year and how do pa...
Type B - The Other Influenza
Bri Bays and Melika King discuss the influenza virus group that never goes pandemic, but still wreaks havoc with human health every year - Influenza Type B.
Trailer - Wiping Viruses Out
Brad jumps in with a short trailer introducing some viruses that we have conquered or nearly conquered.
Viral Pathogen No More - See Ya Smallpox
Mit Patel and Andrew Pemberton, from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course, bring us an ancient human scourge that is here no more - the only pathogen wiped from the ...
Soon We Can Say Goodbye to Polio
Kiyana Caver and Brittany Weaver walk us through the devastating history of polio and a hopeful happy ending in the near future.
Hepatitis B - B for Blood and Other Bodily Fluids
Ciara Love and Cara Katzendorn from the 2020 Hiram Genetics course illuminate a virus spread by blood and other bodily fluids and the disease that it causes - Hepatiti...
Trailer - Sexually Transmitted & Blood-borne Viruses
Brad jumps in with a trailer for 4 episodes dealing with viruses that are transmitted by sex and transfer of bodily fluids.
Hepatitis C - Until Now, the Silent Hepatitis Epidemic
Abbey Anderson and Sammie Mansfield from the 2020 Genetics course shine light on a virus and its disease that has long lurked in the shadows - Hepatitis C.
HPV - The Trigger Behind Several Cancers
Sheree Nobles and Josh Gregory from the 2020 Genetics course tie together genital warts, several types of human cancer, and a group of closely related viruses known to...
HIV & AIDS - The Killer That Robs Us of Our Immune Defenses
Emily Harris and Tim Murton guest host this episode focused on the viral pandemic that defined the late 20th century - HIV and AIDS.
Update on Current HIV Treatments
Brad adds on to Emily & Tim’s excellent introduction to HIV and AIDS.
Trailer: Zoonotic Viral Diseases
Brad sets the table for the last set of 2020 Hiram College Genetics course guest podcasts.
The Insane Zoonotic Trip That is Rabies
Giselle Bahena and Diamond Johnson guest host an episode on one of humanity’s oldest zoonotic diseases - rabies.
Alexander the Great, Watch Out for the Dead Birds!
Alysa Giudici and Rachel Jerkins wear long sleeves and pants while they discuss the mosquito-transmitted zoonotic West Nile Fever which impacts birds, humans and horses.
Out of the Woods: Ebola as a Zoonotic Viral Disease
Alexus Acton and Rachna Prasad dig through the history, biochemistry and genomics of one of humanity’s scariest disease - Ebola.
Zika - The World Traveler Builds Up to a Scare
Keegan Rankin and Torey Coward keep their bug zappers ready to go as they discuss the mosquito-borne viral disease Zika.
SARS - The First Coronavirus Near-Pandemic
Denise Hart and Madyson Morris take us back almost two decades to the first big coronavirus scare - SARS!
MERS - A Recent, Ongoing But Overshadowed Coronavirus Epidemic
Miranda Mordue and Matthew Hecker are the final guest hosts from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course. Their topic is the 2nd major coronavirus zoonotic disease tha...