{"626867":{"#nid":"626867","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0022This Week in Microbiology\u0022 (TWiM) podcast recording","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E will host\u0026nbsp;a special recording of the podcast \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.microbe.tv\/twim\/\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;This Week in Microbiology\u0026quot; (TWiM)\u003C\/a\u003E on October 16, 2019. Sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, TWiM\u0026nbsp;is one\u0026nbsp;of the most popular science podcasts in the country.\u0026nbsp; The podcast will focus on one or two recent papers from CMDI members, who will join the hosts in discussing the work in front of an audience.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe podcast will focus on two recent papers by CMDI labs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/116\/39\/19685.short\u0022\u003ELewin\u0026nbsp;et al. 2019, PNAS\u003C\/a\u003E) presents the intriguing finding that an oral pathogen does better (higher fitness) in the wound environment when it infects alongside microbes from different (non-oral) environments, compared to microbes native to the oral environment.\u0026nbsp; This effect appears to be related to an expanded metabolic repertoire provided by the non-natives, and is also tied to a core set of genes essential for success during co-infection.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/5\/10\/eaay1048\u0022\u003EBeatty\u0026nbsp;et al. 2019, Science Advances\u003C\/a\u003E) focuses on a\u0026nbsp;different system:\u0026nbsp;the complex microbial community on corals.\u0026nbsp;The study shows that the ability of coral water (sterilized washes of coral fragments) to suppress a known pathogen declines in corals on reefs subjected to overfishing compared to reefs in marine protected areas. This effect coincides with subtle differences in the coral microbiome.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth studies highlight the importance of microbial interactions, a core theme of CMDI. Both are\u0026nbsp;lead-authored by two young scientists: recently graduated CMDI graduate\u0026nbsp;student Deanna\u0026nbsp;Beatty\u0026nbsp;and postdoctoral researcher Gina\u0026nbsp;Lewin.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin a live recording of the podcast \u0026quot;This Week in Microbiology,\u0026quot; featuring young scientists in the Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"TWiM will be recording a live podcast from Georgia Tech. "}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-09-30 15:04:47","changed_gmt":"2019-10-06 22:11:21","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-10-16T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-10-16T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-10-16T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-10-16 18:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-10-16 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-10-16 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627206":{"id":"627206","type":"image","title":"Deanna Beatty and Gina Lewin in This Week in Microbiology","body":null,"created":"1570398899","gmt_created":"2019-10-06 21:54:59","changed":"1570398899","gmt_changed":"2019-10-06 21:54:59","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238812","name":"This Week in Microbiology.TWiM_.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/This%20Week%20in%20Microbiology.TWiM_.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/This%20Week%20in%20Microbiology.TWiM_.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1122961,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/This%20Week%20in%20Microbiology.TWiM_.png?itok=V4lcEJ-N"}}},"media_ids":["627206"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.microbe.tv\/twim\/","title":"TWiM"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182497","name":"microbiology podcast"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:frank.stewart@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EFrank Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}