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We are combating #superbugs by influencing responsible use of #antibiotics! Check out our podcast, ARMOR on the Air.
Outreach chapter of ARC (@amrconsortium).

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We've got a podcast! At ARMOR on the Air we talk about all things bacteria. And healthcare. And disease. And lots of other cool science! 💊🧫🔬🧪💉 https://t.co/2sO0BhOn4s

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Listen to "Phage Therapy: Current Prospects" by ARMOR on the Air. https://t.co/0k6xwyr6FY

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It’s summer time listeners! In this episode, we discuss Shigella infection and how this gut bacterium could potentially impact YOUR summer plans (this is a reminder of how gross public pools are). Also, could this be Karoline’s last appearance!?
https://t.co/nnmvROB10d

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Welcome to the first installment of the MicroGrammys! Because we’re talking about superstar bacteria pivotal in Nobel Prize wins, and you know, Gram-stains… get it? Today’s focus is E. coli, bacterial genetics, and Joshua Lederberg. https://t.co/cb7CQqbDbR

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Today it's all about nitrogen fixation, a process that allows plants to take up nitrogen from soil to *live* and lets us eat those plants to also *live*, and the bacteria that makes it all go round: rhizobia. Also relevant: legumes, mustard gas, and pee!

https://t.co/0NCQkjZTaw

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At first glance, jellyfish and drug delivery don’t seem to have much in common, but the beauty of nature is how so many critters have evolved some pretty creative solutions for survival, which we can now use as inspiration in medicine!

https://t.co/km3jZVNN1U

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Today we welcome Daniel Muñoz Escudero, a 4th year PhD student at CU Boulder who works in a lab in the Biochemistry department under Dr. Sousa, where he studies the protein structures that contribute to antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria.
https://t.co/WH6jrTtY26

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Here’s looking at you…r eyes. Eyes! Let’s talk pink eye, contact lenses, immuno-privileged tissue, implants. Get fun ocular facts and contact lens do’s and don’t’s (mostly don’t’s) from Dana.

https://t.co/3FNSAtlvVN

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Our last episode of 2021 is about a very cool feat of engineering done by researchers at Cambridge, where they carefully CRISPR-ed an E. coli genome to ADD MORE AMINO ACIDS TO BIOLOGY. Yeah, it’s wild.
https://t.co/sMQipp9BXu

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It’s the season for colds, and you go to the doctor and they prod at your neck. What are they looking for? How swollen your tonsils are! Today we’re talking tonsils: what they do, how they do it, and what can go wrong with them.

https://t.co/veawGwD6QQ

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C-sections vs vaginal births, baby microbiomes, vaginal health, and some basic gynecology... Today we’re talking about baby’s first bacteria! Though, fair warning, pregnancy and childbirth are INTENSE processes.
https://t.co/61WwoHkVnl

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It’s that time of the year...Flu season! We get into the nitty gritty of why flu season occurs in the winter, flu strain surveillance, and flu shots. After a short chat about some devious Danish traditions, of course. https://t.co/KE5rhQjNn3

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We have a shorter episode for you today where we chat about a strange story from 12 years ago, the bacteria on your clothes, and how often you should wash your jeans! And of course the usual goofy tangents and Halloween costume plans.

https://t.co/QMC4vmJfRa

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It’s Colleen! But not the shadow founding-member-of-ARMOR Colleen. Today we have the lovely Dr. Colleen Courtney, a talented researcher here to share her abundant knowledge on host responses to infection and introduce us to some wild bacterial behavior!
https://t.co/e1gxzHqdf2

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It's been a while, but we're back with...butt bacteria! More specifically, enterococcus faecalis, a gut bacteria that is common in humans but can cause some major problems if it finds its way to any other part of your body.
https://t.co/VCFNV8buri

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Welcome @Keller_124, our wonderful labmate and researcher! We talk about intracellular infections, or infections where the bacteria enter mammalian cells. We bring back the T3SS, Salmonella, bone infections, and how this all relates back to AMR!

https://t.co/WeDk7wtQGv

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Let’s talk bacteria in your pets! We have founding member Colleen (she’s real!) subbing in for Karoline, who is currently in Denmark, to discuss the differences in the microbiomes of catdogs versus humans and debunk a couple common myths.
https://t.co/BdumXrvl81

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Okay, you may think E. coli is *so cliche* and *boring* and *vanilla* BUT it’s a really cool organism! E. coli is our best friend in microbiological labs, our best friend in our colons, and less than our best friend when growing uncontrolled on lettuce.
https://t.co/gFHHH5vQPV

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How do bacteria move? Today we’re here to cover everything from chemoreceptors to flagella, pili to corkscrew motility! The how’s, why’s, and what’s of bacterial motion!

(Also give us a listen to understand why Colleen drew this mini comic.)

https://t.co/BPsO8THuVV

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Hello, and welcome to Dr. Tom Aunins, our wonderful expert on antisense therapies! The esteemed Dr. Aunins explains what these therapies are, current research, and what sets antisense therapies apart from more traditional antibiotics!

https://t.co/LNRwYeQK5i

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Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, and we're here to talk about some of the research around using bacteriophages to kill bacteria that are otherwise resistant to more traditional antibiotics!

https://t.co/gwgbFlpC3l