Best Echoes In A Jar Podcasts (2025)

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Feed the Garden 1:00:23

1d ago1:00:23

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A farmer working away on a planet of blood went missing long ago, taking the mystery of what happened there along with her, leaving only her diary behind. This is that diary. Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "Shroud," "Lurking," "Whalesong," "The Unwavering", & "Greyscale." A…

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TWiEVO 116: An ant and two fungi walk into a bar and meet a naked mole rat 57:23

8d ago57:23

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the M…

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TWiEVO 115: Even the archaea are going viral 1:28:58

2M ago1:28:58

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Ultra-reduced archaeal genome (bioRxiv) …

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TWiEVO 114: The best experiments ever done 1:31:54

2M ago1:31:54

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Insights into Mendel’s pea genes (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks…

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Pigeon 47:25

3M ago47:25

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#8512-13-9 is alone, performing routine maintenance on a research vessel and plotting a course through the far reaches of space to bring the ship back home, as a creature stalks her from the shadows. Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "Shroud," "Lurking," "Whalesong," "The Unwa…

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TWiEVO 113: A wolf in wolf's clothing 1:27:05

3M ago1:27:05

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Nels and Vincent explain the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Evolution and ancestry of dire wolf (bioRxiv) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – Navigating to th…

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TWiEVO 112: Sex-Z cephalopods 1:27:25

4M ago1:27:25

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Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Evolution of sex in cephalopods (Current Biol) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – Speaking into…

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TWiEVO 111: Copy that, genome 1:26:51

5M ago1:26:51

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Template switching and gene amplification (eLife) Timest…

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TWiEVO 110: Ants go from carpenters to surgeons 1:23:57

6M ago1:23:57

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Wound-dependent leg amputation in ants (Curr Biol) Timestamps by Jolene Science …

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TWiEVO 109: On the origins of orange 1:16:01

7M ago1:16:01

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Orange coat color in cats (bioRxiv) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – AI t…

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The Snowbeast 28:38

8M ago28:38

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Irene's repulsor shield needs a new battery if she's to survive the night. Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "Shroud," "Memory," & "Whispers" by Michael H. (Manadrip) Starring: Joy Hayward as Genevieve Caitlin W. as Irene Supporters: Matthew Siadak Levi Burzlaff-Luett Associat…

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TWiEVO 108: A virus in every parasite 1:18:42

9M ago1:18:42

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Virus a…

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TWiEVO 107: One small step for cells, one giant step for cell kind 1:32:29

9M ago1:32:29

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Co…

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TWiEVO 106: What's old immunity is new again 1:28:49

10M ago1:28:49

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Human antiviral effectors from…

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TWiEVO 105: Not every rose has its thorn 1:31:09

10M ago1:31:09

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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, email Become a patron of TWi…

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Last Thursday 34:57

11M ago34:57

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Wesley Morrison's ghost-hunting podcast sucks, but when a tantalising mystery arrives in his inbox, the Last Thursday crew head to the East Anglian fens in search of The Veil, and find themselves in a grand conspiracy for the ages. Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "Shroud," "…

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The Pilot 32:11

12M ago32:11

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When a lucrative yet bloody deal lands on the desk of Fynn and Hailey, two cleaners-for-hire, they investigate the home of an infamous pilot. Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "Shroud" & "Ruin" Ambience by Michael H. (Manadrip) Starring: Acey Alabaster as Fynn Maisie Chalk as …

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TWiEVO 104: Wooly mammoth prosciutto 1:17:37

1y ago1:17:37

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord ser…

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TWiEVO 103: Change the world by duplicating yourself 1:38:49

1y ago1:38:49

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episod…

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Expunge 39:39

1y ago39:39

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Tasked with the crucial maintenance of a Vorpal Engine, Anja must work together with her unseen co-security guard, Patrik, and protect the Passing from the creatures of the dark as she seeks to have her criminal record expunged. ----more---- Credits: Written, Narrated, Produced, & Directed by Acey Alabaster "Echoes" Title Music by Bradley Parsons "…

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Echoes in a Jar - [Series Teaser] 0:51

1y ago0:51

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Echoes of the twisted and surreal travel through these halls. A security guard with a telepathic ear worm. A gore-ridden home of an infamous pilot. A town beset by an ancient rot. Though, these whispers are merely a taste of the horrors sealed within this dark audio anthology from Thomas E. Staples; the creator of A Pendleton Case, Scourge of Elder…

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TWiEVO 102: Kelp gets some viral help 1:30:04

1y ago1:30:04

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Paths to aquatic, photosynthetic mult…

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TWiEVO 101: 99 problems but a tail ain't one 1:34:48

1y ago1:34:48

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Genetic basis of tail loss evolution in apes (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene Scie…

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TWiEVO 99: A shocking means to move genes 1:12:44

1y ago1:12:44

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Electric eel discharge moves DNA …

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TWiEVO 100: Spaces that celebrate science 1:31:24

1+ y ago1:31:24

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this …

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TWiEVO 98: The worms strike back! 1:19:54

1+ y ago1:19:54

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Infection risk in clonal ant colonies (Nat Comm) Timestamps …

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TWiEVO 97: Germs trapping worms 1:17:27

1+ y ago1:17:27

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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 Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Fungal carnivory by a nemat…

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TWiEVO 96: Going bananas over the origins of corn 1:29:20

1+ y ago1:29:20

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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, email Become a patron of TWiEVO…

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TWiEVO 95: Watering the viruses until they bloom 1:01:30

1+ y ago1:01:30

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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 Racan…

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TWiEVO 94: A bacteria, a phage, and a selfish element walk into a cryptomonad 1:37:03

2y ago1:37:03

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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 •A sing…

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TWiEVO 93: Faster than a speeding bacteria 1:30:29

2y ago1:30:29

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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…

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TWiEVO 92: There's algae in the jar 1:35:42

2y ago1:35:42

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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 • Metabolic evolution during competi…

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TWiEVO 91: Meet your very distant cousins 1:31:50

2y ago1:31:50

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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 f…

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TWiEVO 90: The mystery of the mouse mummies 1:27:40

2y ago1:27:40

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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 ser…

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TWiEVO 89: On the outer rim of tumor evolution 1:40:58

2+ y ago1:40:58

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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 epis…

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TWiEVO 88: Dog days of evolution in the shadows of Chernobyl 1:15:55

2+ y ago1:15:55

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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 Pod…

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TWiEVO 87: Nathan Clark's revolutionary hair care advice 1:34:03

2+ y ago1:34:03

1:34:03

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, RS…

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TWiEVO 86: Pulling out the stops in genetic code evolution 1:45:15

2+ y ago1:45:15

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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 …

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TWiEVO 85: Teaching old dogs new genetic tricks 1:37:16

2+ y ago1:37:16

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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 Genetic drivers of canine diversifi…

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TWiEVO 84: Decoding our defenses to the Black Death 1:31:42

2+ y ago1:31:42

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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 Evolution of …

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TWiEVO 83: Evolution spreads its wings (and then loses them) 1:32:20

3y ago1:32:20

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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 Current Biology Birds Special Issue Scott Edwards bike…

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TWiEVO 82: A genetic hack for the human brain 1:32:27

3y ago1:32:27

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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 Human TK…

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TWiEVO 81: Evolution's new and improved slime molds 1:26:19

3y ago1:26:19

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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 Gene duplication leads to novel cell type (Cu…

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TWiEVO 80: Viruses of a feather bottleneck together 1:24:16

3y ago1:24:16

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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 TWiE…

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TWiEVO 79: When the immune system is away, SARS-CoV-2 will play 1:38:30

3y ago1:38:30

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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 Download TWiEVO 79 (103 MB .mp3, 86 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a …

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TWiEVO 78: The virus daily double 1:21:42

3y ago1:21:42

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Nels and Vincent provide an update on cases of monkeypox, and summarize a biochemical view of three changes in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that may balance positive and negative selection. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode ECDC monk…

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TWiEVO 77: The mutations of our lives 1:19:24

3+ y ago1:19:24

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Alex joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his work which demonstrates that somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan in mammals. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Alex Cagan Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Somatic mutation and age (Nature) Zombie gene in eleph…

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TWiEVO 76: One-step symbiosis 1:25:43

3+ y ago1:25:43

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Nels and Vincent describe how a single amino acid change can allow E. coli to replace the essential gut symbiont of the stinkbug Plautia stali. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to play Download TWiEVO 75 (103 MB .mp3, 86 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this ep…

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TWiEVO 75: Even the BANAL coronaviruses are interesting 1:38:01

3+ y ago1:38:01

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Nels and Vincent review isolation of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses from bats in Laos that can replicate in human cells. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode SARS-CoV-2 like viruses in bats in Laos (Nature) Vampire vax (TWiV 809) Time stamps b…

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TWiEVO 74: On racism, not race with Joe Graves 1:25:43

3+ y ago1:25:43

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Joe Graves joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his career in evolutionary biology and his recent book that answers questions about race and racism. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Joe Graves Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode On Racism, Not Race (Amazon) Africa…

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