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| TWiEVO 128: Ready, set, cell | 23 Jul 2026 | 01:18:17 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss a chemically defined synthetic cell capable of growth and replication. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Jimothy the short spined racoon in Seattle Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 127: The barley knew what to mildew | 23 Jul 2026 | 01:16:42 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Plug-in solar Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 126: Beyond Inheritance with Roxanne Khamsi | 01 Jun 2026 | 01:27:33 | |
TWiEVO 126: Beyond Inheritance with Roxanne Khamsi June 1, 2026 Science journalist Roxanne Khamsi joins Nels and Vincent discuss her first book, Beyond Inheritance, which explores how DNA continuously mutates throughout our lives, challenging the idea that our genetic destiny is fixed at birth. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Roxanne Khamsi Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
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| TWiEVO 125: Evolution's egg timer | 26 Apr 2026 | 00:52:59 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the development of a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of early Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Biologists Confirm Not Much Evolution Happened Today Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 124: The little ribozyme that could | 19 Mar 2026 | 01:18:15 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the discovery of a short RNA with the ability to catalyze its own synthesis. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – The University of Illinois Just Released a Popcorn So Good It Doesn't Need Butter Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 123: Stinkbug eggs with a schmear of fungus | 19 Mar 2026 | 01:21:37 | |
Nels and Vincent explain how stinkbug females smear fungus on their eggs to protect them from wasp parasitism. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Meet the Olympic superstar who trains under the radar in Utah Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 122: The evolution of selfishness | 02 Feb 2026 | 01:15:21 | |
Nels and Vincent explain how selfishness evolved multiple times from an essential tRNA synthetase gene in a nematode. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels - From Where Does it STEM? Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 121: AI imagines viruses | 08 Jan 2026 | 01:42:23 | |
Nels and Vincent examines the use of AI and genome language models to design novel derivatives of bacteriophage phiX174. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study and The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, and ensure that scientific progress and technological innovation benefit all Americans. Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 120: Sparkle pony | 08 Jan 2026 | 01:46:18 | |
Nels and Vincent explain research which shows that insertion of a retrovirus into the genome regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Some like it hot! A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes and Kara Marshall's talk on history of science/science funding in the US, family connections to medical care, and her own lab's work at Baylor College of Medicine Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 119: Drive fast, take chances, and encode a Y chromosome | 04 Nov 2025 | 01:21:15 | |
Nels and Vincent explain research attempting to explain why among humans, females around the world live on average 5 years longer than males, but the trend is reversed in many birds, amphibians, and insects. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles
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| TWiEVO 118: Mother of an unrelated brother | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:49:08 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss research which shows a shift from the rule that living organisms produce same-species offspring: an ant that produces individuals from two distinct species. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Dr. Bill Rom, NYU canoes every lake connected by a portage trail in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 117: Genes that don't leave | 20 Aug 2025 | 01:38:13 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss research on hidden evolutionary constraints that dictate the retention of coronavirus accessory gene, which was flagged by NIH as potentially dangerous gain-of-function research. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over 'gain-of-function' concerns and Mentorship and acts of kindness Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 116: An ant and two fungi walk into a bar and meet a naked mole rat | 23 Jul 2025 | 00:57:23 | |
Nels and Vincent review research on how neuropeptides influence the behavior of leafcutter ants, and regulate the different caste behaviors such as defenders, leaf foragers, brood care, and fungus farming. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – My academic job offer was rescinded. I'll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 115: Even the archaea are going viral | 18 Jun 2025 | 01:28:58 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss an ultra reduced archaeal genome, the closest cellular entity to date that approaches a viral strategy of existence. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – The Bethesda Declaration Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 114: The best experiments ever done | 21 May 2025 | 01:31:54 | |
Nels and Vincent review the properties of Mendel's pea genes through the lens of modern genetic analysis. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Evolution related game Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 113: A wolf in wolf's clothing | 23 Apr 2025 | 01:27:05 | |
Nels and Vincent explain the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Navigating to the forefront of innovation: A celebration of immigrant scientists Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 112: Sex-Z cephalopods | 26 Mar 2025 | 01:27:25 | |
Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Speaking into a microphone? Your audio quality can impact the way people view you Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 111: Copy that, genome | 26 Feb 2025 | 01:26:51 | |
Nels and Vincent explain how template switching during DNA replication is a widespread source of adaptive gene amplification. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Jeremy Berg on Bluesky – jeremymberg.bsky.social Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 110: Ants go from carpenters to surgeons | 22 Jan 2025 | 01:23:57 | |
Nels and Vincent reveal that worker ants amputate their colleagues injured leg to prevent infections. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – The Science Bridge Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 109: On the origins of orange | 31 Dec 2024 | 01:16:01 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the molecular and genetic origins of sex-linked orange coat color in cats. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – AI takes up science podcasting Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 108: A virus in every parasite | 20 Nov 2024 | 01:18:42 | |
Nels and Vincent review the identification of a novel virus associated with the pathogen Plasmodium knowlsei and which is part part of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – The peace of wild things, poem by Wendell Berry Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 107: One small step for cells, one giant step for cell kind | 30 Oct 2024 | 01:32:29 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of eukaryotes, with contributions from at least 3 bacteria (alphaproteobacteria) and a large contribution from DNA viruses with large genomes. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Pathoplexus.org Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 106: What's old immunity is new again | 30 Sep 2024 | 01:28:49 | |
Nels and Vincent explain how homology searches of anti-phage systems in eukaryotic genomes can be used to discover proteins of the human immune system. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Pathoplexus.org Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 105: Not every rose has its thorn | 30 Sep 2024 | 01:31:09 | |
Nels and Vincent look at how plant prickles, sharp epidermal projections that provide defense from predators and other advantages, arose by convergent evolution, the emergence of analogous traits in distantly related species. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Trees as a metaphor to understand relationships in biology Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 104: Wooly mammoth prosciutto | 31 Jul 2024 | 01:17:37 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the genome sequence of an ancient wooly mammoth, which shows that the three-dimensional architecture of the DNA can persist after 50,000 years. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Mysterious SARS-CoV-2 variants showing up in sewer samples Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 103: Change the world by duplicating yourself | 09 Jul 2024 | 01:38:49 | |
Nels and Vincent explore a direct experimental test of Ohno's Hypothesis, which states that gene duplication can help genes tolerate new mutations and thus facilitates the evolution of new phenotypes. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 102: Kelp gets some viral help | 09 May 2024 | 01:30:04 | |
Nels and Vincent explain how deep genomics of macroalgae illuminate multiple paths to aquatic, photosynthetic multicellularity. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – 12-sided Roman relic baffles archaeologists, spawns countless theories Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 101: 99 problems but a tail ain't one | 08 May 2024 | 01:34:48 | |
Nels and Vincent review the genetic basis for tail-loss evolution in humans and apes. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Will Brie and Camembert Cheeses Go Extinct? Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 99: A shocking means to move genes | 08 May 2024 | 01:12:44 | |
Nels and Vincent reveal how electric organ discharge from the electric eel facilitates the introduction of DNA into teleost larvae. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – "The Jump" quilt by Cristina Arcenegui Bono Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 100: Spaces that celebrate science | 10 Mar 2024 | 01:31:24 | |
Rich Condit joins Nels and Vincent at the Science Mill in Johnson City, Texas, where Director of STEM Education Jeehyun Park talks about the goals of the childrens' museum. Hosts: Nels Elde, Vincent Racaniello, and Rich Condit Guest: Jeehyun Park Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Science Mill: More Than a Museum and Elde Lab Video Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 98: The worms strike back! | 27 Feb 2024 | 01:19:54 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss how behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Fungi (lichens) in Space Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 97: Germs trapping worms | 27 Feb 2024 | 01:17:27 | |
Nels and Vincent review a study of the key processes required for the different stages of fungal carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Openly available illustrations as tools to describe eukaryotic microbial diversity Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 96: Going bananas over the origins of corn | 26 Dec 2023 | 01:29:20 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern maize, and the origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, emailBecome a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Why we need an academic career path that combines science and art – Nature Careers Podcast Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 95: Watering the viruses until they bloom | 14 Nov 2023 | 01:01:30 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss how the rewetting of seasonally dried soils, a critical event in Mediterranean grasslands that reactivates dormant soil microorganisms, leading to pulses of carbon and nitrogen mineralization, and is accompanied by a bloom of viral diversity, followed by extensive viral community turnover. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels - Bluesky Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv | |||
| TWiEVO 94: A bacteria, a phage, and a selfish element walk into a cryptomonad | 29 Sep 2023 | 01:37:03 | |
Nels and Vincent take apart an amazing symbiosis consisting of two bacteria, one bacteriophage, and seven different genomes all within a single-celled alga. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – What happened at NIH during the last government shutdown Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 93: Faster than a speeding bacteria | 25 Aug 2023 | 01:30:29 | |
Nels and Vincent review a collision of synthetic biology and experimental evolution, using a minimal synthetic bacterial cell with only 473 genes, the smallest genome of any known organism that can be grown in lab culture. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Life magnified stamp collection Vincent – Matters Microbial Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 92: There's algae in the jar | 21 Jul 2023 | 01:35:42 | |
Nels and Vincent explain a study of how interspecies competition between two algae influences evolution of metabolism and size. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – How amino acids got their names (Source) Vincent – EVs Fix One Pollution Problem—And Worsen Another Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 91: Meet your very distant cousins | 17 Jul 2023 | 01:31:50 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss new findings using phylogenetic approaches about how complex eukaryotic cells emerged from prokaryotic ancestors, which firmly place eukaryotes as a clade nested within the Asgard archaea. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent RacanielloS Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Juneteenth issue of Cell – collection of essays from black and brown scientists Vincent – Tara Oceans Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 90: The mystery of the mouse mummies | 12 May 2023 | 01:27:40 | |
Nels and Vincent provide insights into the mystery of mouse mummies on the summits of >6000 m Andean volcanoes, including whether they were living there and if so why? Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Zoonomia Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 89: On the outer rim of tumor evolution | 25 Apr 2023 | 01:40:58 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the observation that cells on a boundary of a solid tumor have higher growth rates compared to those in the center and how to model this difference using genome sequencing data. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – TWiV 1000 Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 88: Dog days of evolution in the shadows of Chernobyl | 26 Mar 2023 | 01:15:55 | |
Nels and Vincent review a study of the dogs of Chernobyl which reveals that genetically distinct populations with different amounts of western breed contributions to their genomes, the first step in assessing the effects of exposure to long-term ionizing radiation. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Hellbent documentary and Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death Walter – Oded Rechavi and interview Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 87: Nathan Clark's revolutionary hair care advice | 21 Feb 2023 | 01:34:03 | |
Nathan joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his approach to understanding how species adopt novel traits to overcome challenges, and its application to identifying coding and noncoding sequence changes that underlie mammalian hairlessness. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Nathan Clark Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Local news coverage of Amanda, Maria, and Nathan's paper Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 86: Pulling out the stops in genetic code evolution | 05 Feb 2023 | 01:45:15 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss how evolution of changes in stop codon assignment might occur, and a novel mechanism for altering the meaning of translation stop codons discovered in a trypanosomatid with the apropos name, Blastocrithidia nonstop. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode•Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Nels – Protein Synthesis: An epic on the cellular level Vincent – Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes discussed on TWiM 277 Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 85: Teaching old dogs new genetic tricks | 21 Dec 2022 | 01:37:16 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss the use of genome sequence data for over 4,000 domestic, semi-feral, and wild canids to understand the genetic drivers of canine behavior. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Ghosts of Science Past Still Haunt Us by C. Brandon Ogbunu Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 84: Decoding our defenses to the Black Death | 08 Nov 2022 | 01:31:42 | |
Nels and Vincent review the use of ancient DNA to identify loci that may have been under selection during the Black Death by studying populations before, during, and after the pandemic. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Interview with Paul Turner in Current Biology and Map of the World if you are a fish Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 83: Evolution spreads its wings (and then loses them) | 24 Oct 2022 | 01:32:20 | |
Florian Maderspacher from Current Biology joins Nels and Vincent to discuss a special issue of the journal on birds. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Florian Maderspacher Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Florian – Favorite birds of authors/contributors in Birds issue Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 82: A genetic hack for the human brain | 25 Sep 2022 | 01:32:27 | |
Nels and Vincent consider evidence that a single amino acid change in the TKTL1 gene might have led to greater neurogenesis in the frontal cortex of modern humans compared with Neanderthals. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Unusual display of elements Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 81: Evolution's new and improved slime molds | 24 Aug 2022 | 01:26:19 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – Dall-E artificial intelligence meets art Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 80: Viruses of a feather bottleneck together | 01 Aug 2022 | 01:24:16 | |
Louise Moncla joins Nels and Vincent to review her use of genomics to understand emergence, evolution, and transmission of respiratory viruses including influenza virus H5N1, mumps virus, and SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Louise Moncla Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – JWST Images Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||
| TWiEVO 79: When the immune system is away, SARS-CoV-2 will play | 02 Jul 2022 | 01:38:30 | |
Nels and Vincent discuss an analysis of the drivers of evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during chronic infections, indicating that a tradeoff exists between antibody evasion and fitness. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to play Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode
Nels – NASA scientists say images from the Webb telescope nearly brought them to tears Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles | |||