Podcasts about parasitoid

Извънредно повторение на спешъл епизода по повод пускането на новия сеозн на The Last of us. Стартира новият сезон на The Last of Us, а ние се връщаме към един от най-обсъжданите ни спешъл епизоди! В това извънредно повторение ще се гмурнем отново в света на паразитите, гъбите и онези ужасяващо реални организми, които вдъхновяват постапокалиптичния сериал. Говорим за: - Ophiocordyceps unilateralis – истинската "зомбираща" гъба; - Slime mould – странният не-гъбен протагонист в интрото на сериала; - Бяс – най-смъртоносното заболяване познато на човека; - Toxoplasma gondii – паразит, който променя поведението на хората; - Паразити и насекоми, превърнати в биологични кукли; - Паразитни оси и вируси – реални кукловоди на чуждото съзнание. Споменато в епизода • Гъбата от сериала Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: https://youtu.be/P2XsRLmCrNc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM5jf-8ekVA и https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants • Това на Theme клипчето на сериала всъщност не е гъба – slime mould https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx3Uu1hfl6Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqwn7k2Wwk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40f7_93NIgA • Най-смъртоносното заболяване известно на човека – бяс (Лисавирус): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u5I8GYB79Y • Паразит кастрира раци и ги подчинява на волята си: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQdfBfqHnLs • Как да превърнеш охлюв в дискотека – Leucocloridium paradoxum: https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok • Паразит превръща насекоми в празни обвивки, след което излиза от тях като пришълеца – Horsehair worm: https://youtu.be/N8PMej39M9s • “Летящите солници на смъртта” – Massospora cicadina по цикадите: https://www.sciencealert.com/fungal-hallucinogens-cause-cicadas-to-go-on-sex-binges-after-they-lose-their-genitals • 1/3 от населението на Земята: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/epi.html може би е заразено с променящ съзнанието паразит – Toxoplasma gondii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM5jf-8ekVA Полово специфични ефекти: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/ • Истинските кукловоди на чуждото съзнание – паразитните оси: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYJpNLWlp8U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs и https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4kt-hOpzc. Симбиоза с вируси Polydnavirus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid_wasp#Mutualism_with_polydnavirus И обратното – вируси пречат на паразитни оси да заразяват гостоприемника: https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-viruses-help-moths-and-butterflies-fight-parasitic-wasps • 10-те най изтънчени майнд контролери: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-QsT-U2d4k Космическо образование на световно ниво вече е достъпно и в България. ЕндуроСат, една от най-бързо развиващите се сателитна компании в Европа, в партньорство със Софийския университет, Военноморското училище във Варна и Военновъздушното в Долна Митрополия създадоха магистърска програма по „Космическо инженерство и технологии“ с изцяло практическа насоченост. Научи как да кандидатстваш в магистърска програма по „Космическо инженерство и технологии“ тук: https://newspacemasters.com #about #podcast В епизодите на Ratio Weekly, нашата импровизирана научна новинарска емисия, молекулярният биолог Никола Кереков в компанията на харизматичния водещ Петко Желязов ви представят най-новите открития и най-любопитните постижения в сферата на науката технологиите и медицината от изминалата седмица. В тази мини-серия на Ratio Podcast говорим за неща като това как да общуваме ефективно с котките, защо китовете се самоубиват и какво живее на Венера. Това е една от шестте серии на Ratio Podcast – един подкаст за любопитни хора. С негова помощ ще си сверите часовника за всичко най-ново в света на науката и културата и ще чуете неформални разговори, свързани или вдъхновени от наука.

This episode: A virus partners with a parasitoid wasp to help exploit fruit fly victims! Download Episode (7.7 MB, 11.2 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Actinomadura livida Takeaways Parasitoid wasps have an interesting lifestyle: they inject their eggs into the larvae of other insects, and their young hatch and grow up by consuming the host from the inside. Some of these wasps also inject a virus along with the egg, which supports the wasp offspring by suppressing the host immune system. Most of these parasitoid helper viruses are integrated into the host wasp genome and are translated and produced as needed, but in this study, an independently replicating entomopoxvirus serves as an example of a virus-wasp mutualism. The study explores how the virus can infect the wasp prey, and how it gets passed on to wasp offspring. Journal Paper: Coffman KA, Hankinson QM, Burke GR. 2022. A viral mutualist employs posthatch transmission for vertical and horizontal spread among parasitoid wasps. Proc Natl Acad Sci 119:e2120048119.   Email questions or comments to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android, or RSS. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook.

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I've recently been reading a few books about Bees and Bumblebees; in the past I worked on mosquitoes and beneficial pest controllers, got stung by a Japanese hornet (no, not the “giant murder hornet”, but it was big and it did hurt!) and slowly come to the conclusion that entomology should have been my hobby a lot earlier in life.  There are so many stories!  We know Honeybees and Bumblebees as “pollinators” of flowers, especially our food crops. In this insect group (Hymenoptera) the Honeybees and the four species of Bumbles are all exotic creatures imported as slave labour. Without them our diet would look a lot poorer.  As gardeners we know too well that these pollinators are welcome visitors to our garden: my tomatoes would never fruit without those bumblebees; (the honeybees never get into my tunnel house – tomato is not their gig!).  Every pollinator has its own range of flowers to work on – the reward, of course, is to extract some nectar to feed babies and queens.  This teaches us to create a heap of “wildflowers” under the apples, pears, plums and peaches, near raspberries and strawberries. The diversity of these wildflowers attracts a wide range of pollinators.  It is exactly what you'd need as a TEACHER if you want to do a unit on bumble bees, or a topic for “mini-beasts” in the curriculum; identify what visits which flower.  But these wildflowers also attract other nectar hunters: mosquitoes! Males only – they are the pollinators! They also fertilise the females who then lay eggs on the edge of ponds and water features.  Woah! Hang on for a moment!! I know what you're saying…  The mosquito wrigglers grow up in the pond/water feature, where they consume the bacterial soup that makes those water habitats so “dirty looking”; Mozzie larvae clean your water!  Water cleaning mosquito wrigglers. Photo / Supplied  Last but not least: the variety of flowers you plant in your garden also attract a variety of pollinating flies, beetles and parasitic wasps. Those flies and beetles give birth to babies (larvae) that are often predators of aphids, mealybugs and scale insects, as well as caterpillars and other plant “pests”.  The Parasitic wasps (pareasitoids) will lay eggs inside their host; these eggs hatch into wasp larvae that will devour your garden “pests” from the inside-out, controlling a heap of damaging insects that give your plants a hard time.  Parasitoid on Fennel. Photo / Supplied.  For every job an insect does certain plant species receive a benefit; everything is connected to everything else…  This why my garden has many different species of flowering plants, spread willy-nilly under fruit trees and near vegetables.  I also make sure there are bumble bee nest boxes near my tomatoes and small bamboo “bug motels” in which some tiny native, parasitic wasps create their home …  The more bio-diversity, the fewer troubles in your quarter acre paradise! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts.

Can these parasitoid wasps give Vermont's young ash trees a fighting chance against the invasive emerald ash borer? Scientists sure hope so.

Dr Gavin Broad's love of nature was initially inspired by the birdlife of the Wirral. However, the summer lull in avian activity lead the 15-year-old Broad towards an interest in moths, and from there it was only a zombie caterpillar away from the creatures that were to inspire his professional identity and take him as far afield as Chile; Parasitoid wasps! “Darwin Wasps” account for 10% of all British insects - that's over 7000 distinct wasps - and Broad insists that everyone can easily “admire them, if not like them.” What's not to like about an insect that can inject its eggs through the bark of a tree and into another insect? Or one that can actively dictate the gender of its offspring to specifically regulate the extant population? Or one that can easily defeat a tarantula?! Quite. David heads to the Natural History Museum to talk Wasps, and to discuss Gavin's involvement in sequencing the genomes of 70,000 British species - everything from Deep Sea Squid to Pine Marten - his appreciation for the work of Damien Hirst and the similarities it bears to the NHM's hidden insect archives, and how we would all be far better off if we possessed the curiosity of bored Victorian clergymen. For further information on this and other episodes, visit: https://www.treesacrowd.fm/dr-gavin-broad Weekly episodes available early AND bonus content made free to forage by "Subscribtion Squirrels" on our Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Es klingt wie im Horrorfilm, ist aber ein Wunder der Evolution: Die Juwelwespe macht Kakerlaken mit einem Giftcocktail zu willenlosen Zombies. Dabei geht der Parasitoid mit chirurgischer Präzision vor, wie Untersuchungen zeigen. Mike Zeitz von Spektrum der Wissenschaft erklärt im Gespräch mit detektor.fm-Moderator Marc Zimmer, wie die Juwelwespe ihre Opfer, nämlich Kakerlaken, in willenlose Zombies verwandelt und zur Brutstätte für ihre Larven macht. Quelle: https://www.spektrum.de/podcast/spektrum-podcast-wie-eine-wespe-ihre-opfer-in-zombies-verwandelt/1986610 / Bitte abonniert den Original-Podcastfeed: https://feedpress.me/detektorfm_spektrum-der-wissenschaft

Es klingt wie im Horrorfilm, ist aber ein Wunder der Evolution: Die Juwelwespe macht Kakerlaken mit einem Giftcocktail zu willenlosen Zombies. Dabei geht der Parasitoid mit chirurgischer Präzision vor, wie Untersuchungen zeigen. Mike Zeitz von Spektrum der Wissenschaft erklärt im Gespräch mit detektor.fm-Moderator Marc Zimmer, wie die Juwelwespe ihre Opfer, nämlich Kakerlaken, in willenlose Zombies verwandelt und zur Brutstätte für ihre Larven macht. [00:00] Intro und Begrüßung [02:33] Wie die Juwelwespe ihre Beute zu Zombies macht [08:52] Kampf auf Leben und Tod [14:30] Larve schlüpft in der Kakerlake [17:38] Wunder der Evolution [22:34] Verabschiedung Mehr Informationen auf spektrum.de. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/spektrum-podcast-parasitoid-wespe-zombie-kakerlake

Es klingt wie im Horrorfilm, ist aber ein Wunder der Evolution: Die Juwelwespe macht Kakerlaken mit einem Giftcocktail zu willenlosen Zombies. Dabei geht der Parasitoid mit chirurgischer Präzision vor, wie Untersuchungen zeigen. Mike Zeitz von Spektrum der Wissenschaft erklärt im Gespräch mit detektor.fm-Moderator Marc Zimmer, wie die Juwelwespe ihre Opfer, nämlich Kakerlaken, in willenlose Zombies verwandelt und zur Brutstätte für ihre Larven macht. [00:00] Intro und Begrüßung [02:33] Wie die Juwelwespe ihre Beute zu Zombies macht [08:52] Kampf auf Leben und Tod [14:30] Larve schlüpft in der Kakerlake [17:38] Wunder der Evolution [22:34] Verabschiedung Mehr Informationen auf spektrum.de. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/spektrum-podcast-parasitoid-wespe-zombie-kakerlake

Es klingt wie im Horrorfilm, ist aber ein Wunder der Evolution: Die Juwelwespe macht Kakerlaken mit einem Giftcocktail zu willenlosen Zombies. Dabei geht der Parasitoid mit chirurgischer Präzision vor, wie Untersuchungen zeigen. Mike Zeitz von Spektrum der Wissenschaft erklärt im Gespräch mit detektor.fm-Moderator Marc Zimmer, wie die Juwelwespe ihre Opfer, nämlich Kakerlaken, in willenlose Zombies verwandelt und zur Brutstätte für ihre Larven macht. [00:00] Intro und Begrüßung [02:33] Wie die Juwelwespe ihre Beute zu Zombies macht [08:52] Kampf auf Leben und Tod [14:30] Larve schlüpft in der Kakerlake [17:38] Wunder der Evolution [22:34] Verabschiedung Mehr Informationen auf spektrum.de. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/spektrum-podcast-parasitoid-wespe-zombie-kakerlake

SCP Foundation KETER class object, SCP-772: Giant Parasitoid Wasps Author: Matt Doggett Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MatthewDoggettAuthor/ Website/Newsletter sign up: matthewdoggettauthor.com This story was derived from https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-772, and is released under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #drscp #scp #scpfoundation #doctorscp #scpencounters #securecontainprotect #scpstories #scpexplained #whatisscp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in Better Than Human the Podcast we tackle the controversial topic of asshole animals. Guess what people? There are some animals that are straight up jerks! So much so that we had to add the following Trigger warning: This episode talks about forced copulation of animals by other animals, it isn't recommended for all listeners.In The Good The Bad The NewsIn the Bad, there are actual idiots out there paying for fake covid vaccine cards when they can just go and get the vaccine for free. What is wrong with people? And men's right groups are mad because South Korean Olympic Archer An San has short hair. Really ... that's how fragile their egos are that short hair offends them. In the Good, a plant that's been right in front of us for years is found to be carnivorous and Olympic medalists share the gold. So what animals do Amber and Jennifer think are assholes? Jennifer 100 percent believes that Otters are not cute and adorable and are straight up necrophilic rapists. Amber hates wasps,  but seriously, who doesn't hate parasites that eat their way out of caterpillars or have way too painful venom. Don't be fooled by bottlenose dolphins or orcas either. Flipper was a fantasy. Want to learn more (cause you really should), listen now wherever podcasts are found. Listener Note: Even at their worst, animals are just animals being themselves, and unlike humans, they do not have the ability to be “evil”. ALL animals deserve respect, and the right to exist in this world. For more information on how you can help wildlife visit https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/wildlife-conservationExcept for mosquitoes, fuck mosquitoesFor more information on us, visit our website at betterthanhumanpodcast.comFollow us on Twitter @betterthanhuma1on Facebook @betterthanhumanpodcaston Instagram @betterthanhumanpodcasthttps://www.tiktok.com/@betterthanhumanpodcastor Email us at betterthanhumanpodcast@gmail.comWe look forward to hearing from you, and we look forward to you joining our cult of weirdness!#betterthanhuman #cultofweirdnes

A family awaits a moth's emergence from a cocoon, and receives a shocking surprise.

Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.

Our guest for this episode, Dr. Michael Sharkey, is a Professor Emeritus. He talks to us about his paper published February 2nd in ZooKeys wherein he describes 403—yes, 403!!!—new species of braconid parasitoid wasps from Costa Rica! Dr. Sharkey explains to us what a braconid wasp is, what a parasitoid is, how he and his coauthors could find 403 new species for a single paper, how to come up with so many names for so many species, and why we all need to know more about these amazing little wasps! The title of the paper is “Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species.” The paper is available free as Open Access: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/55600/element/8/2105// To learn more about Dr. Sharkey, visit his webpage at http://www.sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/MainPage.html. Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), like the podcast page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast), and music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom). If you would like to support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodcast

Holy moly, it’s somehow the last Monday in July already. Where has the time gone?! To start off the week, we’ve got a great lineup on RealAg Radio for you. On today’s show, you’ll hear: RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, on the drought situation that many eastern Canadian producers are facing, as well... Read More

Holy moly, it’s somehow the last Monday in July already. Where has the time gone?! To start off the week, we’ve got a great lineup on RealAg Radio for you. On today’s show, you’ll hear: RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, on the drought situation that many eastern Canadian producers are facing, as well... Read More

A message to Nature Notes listeners: if the movie Alien, the 1979 sci-fi classic, gave you nightmares, this isn't the episode for you. “There are,” as Shakespeare reminds us, “more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” and reality bears that out: the natural world doesn't lack for the extreme, the bizarre. When it comes to the gross-out department, few phenomena can compete with parasitoid wasps. Ranging from a fraction of a millimeter to 2 inches in length, these insects provide for their young in a lurid way: by laying their eggs on, or within, the bodies of other creatures. Dr. David Althoff, of Syracuse University, studies parasitoid wasps.... Hosted by for KRTS

Ichneumonidae Parasitoid Wasps as presented by Fort Fritz: Campfire TalesNarrated by Mandaddy on Land of the Lost Cause

The gang discusses two papers that look at our amazing fossil insect record. One of these studies looks at preserved fly pupae and shows some unexpected evidence of parasitism. The other study tries to understand the properties of tree sap that allows amber to preserve such amazingly detailed fossil insects. Meanwhile, Amanda has a weather catastrophe, Curt can do better, and James is a dream warrior.   Up-Goer Five (Amanda Edition):  Today our friends talk about very small things with six legs that are often hard to find after they die. These very small things with six legs might get stuck in tree stuff and die. That is where we will usually find them. The first paper finds very small things with six legs inside the changing space of other even smaller very small things with six legs. These very small things with six legs would break into the changing space of the other even smaller very small things with six legs and eat them. We don't know if they ate them slowly or fast, but they ate them while they were not dead. This is not usual to find after things die so it is very good to find. The other paper talks about how very small things things with six legs get stuck in tree stuff and die. The idea is that if they dry out first maybe they are more probably not going away after getting stuck in tree stuff and dying. This paper says no, drying out will make these very small things with six legs go away more after they get stuck in tree stuff and die. They also look at the very very very small things inside the very small things with six legs and say that these very very very small things help make the very small things with six legs go away. If we make the very very very small things go away with doctor stuff then the very small things with six legs are going to stay when they get stuck in tree stuff and die.    References:  van de Kamp, Thomas, et al. "Parasitoid biology preserved in mineralized fossils." Nature communications 9.1 (2018): 3325.   McCoy, Victoria E., et al. "Unlocking preservation bias in the amber insect fossil record through experimental decay." PloS one 13.4 (2018): e0195482. 

The TWiMpeeps discuss two symbioses: a parasitoid bacterium of a heterotrophic protist, and fungal parasites in cicadas. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Parasitoid bacterium of protist (bioRxiv) Fungal symbiont recruitment in cicadas (PNAS) Fly by virus (TWiEVO 33) The Atlantic “How to Tame a Zombie Fungus” by Ed Yong Image credit Letters read on TWiM 183 Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

The TWiVerati follow up on the Ebola virus outbreak, virulence of Ebola-Makona, and reveal how a parasitoid is revealed to hyperparasitoids, and binding of influenza virus to a calcium ion channel to mediate influenza virus entry. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe 2018 Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine International dsRNA Virus Symposium Tracing Ebola virus contacts(CIDRAP) WHO FAQ Ebola virus vaccine(WHO) Nipah virusoutbreak (CIDRAP) Revealingparasitoid to hyperparasitoid (PNAS) Hyperparasitoidvideo (YouTube) Calcium channeland influenza virus entry (Cell Host Microbe) Letters readon TWiV 495 Weekly Science Picks Alan - National Cryptologic Museum Rich - Science is mostly about staring Dickson - New Zealand gloworms Kathy - Openingof Smithsonian Outbreak; conference advice General ASV Vincent - ICTV online Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Tom Saunders has named a native parasitoid wasp after a Harry Potter character, in a bid to improve the reputation of these 'good' wasps.

Tom Saunders has named a native parasitoid wasp after a Harry Potter character, in a bid to improve the reputation of these 'good' wasps.

The TWiVsters reveal the puppet master: an RNA virus injected with wasp eggs that paralyzes the ladybug so that she protects the cocoon until the adult emerges. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM grant writing online course Who is the puppet master? (Proc Roy Soc B) Why ladybird? Ladybird ladybird Dinocampus coccinellae Image credit Letters read on TWiV 443 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Science Showcase Video Contest Alan - Biochemical pathways on one chart Rich - 35th America’s Cup Vincent -  Viruses (pdf) and A whole new Jupiter Listener Pick Peter - Fake typhoid epidemic saves Polish city and Life gets complicated when disease overruns your town Ralph - Dilbert on climate change Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler The esteemed TWiVumvirate reveal the discovery of a new negative stranded RNA virus of wasps that regulates longevity and sex ratio of its parasitoid host.   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe 2017 Parasitoid wasp virus regulates sex ratio (PLoS Path) What is a contig? Image credit Letters read on TWiV 434 This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is the #1 fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service in the country. See what’s on the menu this week and get your first 3 meals free with your first purchase – WITH FREE SHIPPING – by going to blueapron.com/twiv Weekly Science Picks Alan - The Wrath of Khan from Bug Chicks Kathy - Boaty McBoatface submarine launching Dickson - Fierce animal portraits Vincent - Westworld Listener Picks Hannah - Plague, Inc Stig - John Oliver: Trump vs the truth Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Our Festive episode of our Oxford Sparks podcast follows the traditional Christmas story of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. In our narration though, the role of George Bailey is played by the Parasitoid Wasp and its guardian angel is postdoctoral researcher Chris Jeffs. In this podcast as part of our Big Questions series, we ask the question: what would life be like if these insects didn’t exist?

This episode: Viruses domesticated by parasitoid wasps have transferred wasp genes to caterpillar victims, allowing them to survive deadly infections from other viruses! This means that Monarch butterflies are effectively naturally Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Download Episode (13.8 MB, 15 minutes) Show notes: News item Journal Paper: Gasmi L, Boulain H, Gauthier J, Hua-Van A, Musset K, Jakubowska AK, Aury J-M, Volkoff A-N, Huguet E, Herrero S, Drezen J-M. 2015. Recurrent Domestication by Lepidoptera of Genes from Their Parasites Mediated by Bracoviruses. PLOS Genet 11:e1005470. Other interesting stories: Similar math can describe electrons flowing and bacteria swimming Natural plant bacteria can control corn pathogen (paper) CO2 in oceans makes them acidic, bacteria less able to recycle dead material Making wood better for biofuel affects community of plant microbes A place on Earth where even microbes might not live   Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook

The third (2001) Frederick W. Edwards lecture held at the Natural History Museum, London, supported by the Royal Entomological Society.

This episode: Parasitoid wasps spread helpful bacterial symbionts between their whitefly prey! Download Episode (10.9 MB, 11.9 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Making magnetic bacteria do a dance (w/ video) Viruses have influenced evolution and genetics of plants, including wine grapes Deep-sea fungus produces potentially useful chemicals (paper) Effective genetic modification of fungi could lead to useful biotech processes Microbe-shaped (though not microbe-flavored) popsicles Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook

There's a tradition in the United States of America that folks are called upon to serve as jury in court cases. Fortunately I wasn't called this time around so I have some extra time to bring you the best in Creative Commons License Metal Music. This episode features brand new music from Colosso and Muldjord as well as music by In My Shiver, Black Monolith, Epitimia, Treitim, Aathma, Skein and Macabre Demise. But unlike trials in the USA we'll let you judge for yourself which of these albums you'll be downloading later on (You can download them all and share them with your friends as well. Don't worry, it's legal!) Shownotes after the break: * (00:10) Circles Of Defeat by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (None) * (02:52) Drain by In my Shiver from Delicate Poison (None) * (09:43) Adhere by Black Monolith from Passenger (None) * (18:36) Delusion II – Ataraxia by Epitimia from (Un)reality (None) * (24:45) 1000 Km. by TREITUM from 1936 (None) * (34:58) Valpur by AATHMA from Deadly Lake (None) * (44:21) Parasitoid by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (None) * (50:49) Full of Hate by Macabre Demise from Walk This Death (None) * (59:32) A Thousand Paths by Muldjord from The Color of My Soul (BY-SA) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to sit in for their Jury Duty. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it! Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM. If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com. Open Metalcast #099 (MP3)

There's a tradition in the United States of America that folks are called upon to serve as jury in court cases. Fortunately I wasn't called this time around so I have some extra time to bring you the best in Creative Commons License Metal Music. This episode features brand new music from Colosso and Muldjord as well as music by In My Shiver, Black Monolith, Epitimia, Treitim, Aathma, Skein and Macabre Demise. But unlike trials in the USA we'll let you judge for yourself which of these albums you'll be downloading later on (You can download them all and share them with your friends as well. Don't worry, it's legal!) (00:10) Circles Of Defeat by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (None) (02:52) Drain by In my Shiver from Delicate Poison (None) (09:43) Adhere by Black Monolith from Passenger (None) (18:36) Delusion II - Ataraxia by Epitimia from (Un)reality (None) (24:45) 1000 Km. by TREITUM from 1936 (None) (34:58) Valpur by AATHMA from Deadly Lake (None) (44:21) Parasitoid by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (None) (50:49) Full of Hate by Macabre Demise from Walk This Death (None) (59:32) A Thousand Paths by Muldjord from The Color of My Soul (BY-SA) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to sit in for their Jury Duty. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it! Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM. If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com. Open Metalcast #099 (MP3) Open Metalcast #099 (OGG)

This episode: A virus influences the competition between two species of parasitoid wasp! Download Episode (4 MB, 4.3 minutes)Show notes:Example of parasitoid manipulator/News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Using bacteria to recapture dwindling phosphorus resources Modifying E. coli to make pharmaceuticals better Using bacteria to make electricity from sewage Bacteria could carry medicine to specific targets in the body Electric-powered bacteria could turn carbon dioxide into fuel Bacteria living in wheat help fight off plant disease Looking into algae for biofuels Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com . Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or SciencePodcasters.org

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Gertrud Radu Gertrud joins the TWiVoners to review how dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters blood feeding behavior, and gene therapy as practiced by parasitoid wasps. Links for this episode: Renato Dulbecco, 1914-2012 (virology blog) William Jarrett, 83 (thanks, Lynn Enquist) Dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters their behavior (PLoS Path) Does dengue make mosquitoes thirstier for blood? (NY Times) Polydnaviruses of braconid wasps (Science) Making nice with viruses (Science) Viral and wasp genes involved in symbiotic replication (J Virol) Amazing parasitic wasp images The Far Side cartoon on mosquitoes (gif) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 179 Weekly Science Picks Gertrud - Bat on a plane! (MMWR)Alan - The Rings of Earth (YouTube)Rich - Giant Magellan telescopeVincent - Hepatitis C new drug pipeline Listener Pick of the Week Ricardo - Evolution: The Natural History of Animal SkeletonsPeter - Self-assembly line (YouTube)