Mar 27, 2026
Is the future of cervical cancer screening non-invasive? Sharmila Manjeshwar, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Klausner M.D. MPH, discuss a breakthrough in HPV diagnostics: urine-based testing. While vaccination and clinical screening have reduced cervical cancer rates, participation has stalled due to barriers like healthcare access...
Mar 20, 2026
Most microbiome research focuses on soil, oceans, or hosts. But
the atmosphere itself harbors diverse communities of bacteria and
fungi that move between ecosystems. This episode explores a recent
mBio study comparing airborne microbial communities above a
subalpine forest and a grassland in Colorado.
The conversation...
Mar 6, 2026
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (or MALDI) has revolutionized the clinical microbiology laboratory, enabling rapid, accurate and cheap identification of bacteria, yeast, moulds and mycobacteria. In most labs, it has become a verb (I maldi’ed it). But – can it replace our...