About this podcast
Matters Microbial is a podcast about the wonders of microbiology, microbiologists, and microbial centrism with Dr. Mark Martin
Episodes
The newest 20 of 141 episodes
- Matters Microbial #141: How Tardigrades Survive What We Do To Them · 1 h 5 min · Episode 141Matters Microbial #141: How Tardigrades Survive What We Do To Them October 20, 2026 Today Dr. Molly Jane Kirk, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and…
- Matters Microbial #140: Out of Many, One — Coral and Jellyfish Holobionts · 60 min · Episode 140Matters Microbial #140: Out of Many, One — Coral and Jellyfish Holobionts October 7, 2026 Today Dr. Monica Medina, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology…
- Matters Microbial #139: How Listeria Gets By With a Little Help From Its Friends · 1 h 0 min · Episode 139Matters Microbial #139: How Listeria Gets By With a Little Help From Its Friends September 23, 2026 Today Dr. Jasna Kovac, Huck Chair in Microbiomes in Food Safety and Associate…
- Matters Microbial #138: Sightseeing the Microbial World · 57 min · Episode 138Matters Microbial #138: Sightseeing the Microbial World September 8, 2026 Today Dr. Monika Oli, Instructional Professor of the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science at the…
- Matters Microbial #137: The Living Skin of Our Planet · 1 h 7 min · Episode 137Matters Microbial #137: The Living Skin of Our Planet August 25, 2026 Today Dr. Estelle Couradeau, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and…
- Matters Microbial #136: When Bacteria Open the Wrong Door · 1 h 6 min · Episode 136Matters Microbial #136: When Bacteria Open the Wrong Door August 11, 2026 Today Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson, Associate Professor of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona, joins…
- Matters Microbial #135: Biofilms in Motion—The Adorable Zorbs · 1 h 1 min · Episode 135Matters Microbial #135: Biofilms in Motion—The Adorable Zorbs July 30, 2026 Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Jo Handelsmann, Shruthi Magesh Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a…
- Matters Microbial #134: Could Alien Life Use Different Chemistry? · 1 h 1 min · Episode 134Matters Microbial #134: Could Alien Life Use Different Chemistry? July 14, 2026 Today Dr. Morgan Sobol, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State…
- Matters Microbial #133: The Microbial Partnerships That Help Corals Survive · 31 min · Episode 133Matters Microbial #133: The Microbial Partnerships That Help Corals Survive June 29, 2026 Dr. Hannah Reich of the Department of Environmental Biology at the State University of…
- Matters Microbial #132: What 83,000 Generations of Bacteria Reveal About Evolution · 1 h 5 min · Episode 132Matters Microbial #132: What 83,000 Generations of Bacteria Reveal About Evolution June 17, 2026 Today Dr. Jeffrey Barrick, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of the…
- Matters Microbial #131: What Cystic Fibrosis Reveals About Hidden Microbial Lives · 1 h 2 min · Episode 131Matters Microbial #131: What Cystic Fibrosis Reveals About Hidden Microbial Lives June 3, 2026 Today Dr. Sam Brown, Professor of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech University…
- Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology · 1 h 3 min · Episode 130Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology May 19, 2026 Today Dr. Kevin Kohl, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of…
- Matters Microbial #129: Microbes Reveal How Evolution Might Replay · 1 h 7 min · Episode 129Matters Microbial #129: Microbes Reveal How Evolution Might Replay May 5, 2026 Today Dr. Michael Travisano, Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the College of…
- Matters Microbial #128: C. diff from Nursery to Nursing Home · 1 h 4 min · Episode 128Matters Microbial #128: C. diff from Nursery to Nursing Home April 20, 2026 Today Dr. Joseph Zackular, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman…
- Matters Microbial #127: Even Your Navel Has Them — An Archaea‑Whisperer Explores · 1 h 9 min · Episode 127Matters Microbial #127: Even Your Navel Has Them — An Archaea‑Whisperer Explores April 7, 2026 Today Dr. Nahui Medina-Chavez, postdoctoral scholar in the Travisano laboratory at…
- Matters Microbial #126: Squid Eggs Come With Antifungal Frosting · 1 h 1 min · Episode 126Matters Microbial #126: Squid Eggs Come With Antifungal Frosting March 24, 2026 Today Dr. Spencer Nyholm, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the…
- Matters Microbial #125: Antibiotics, Streptomyces and Evolution · 1 h 10 min · Episode 125Matters Microbial #125: Antibiotics, Streptomyces and Evolution March 15, 2026 Today Professor Paul Hoskisson, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Engineering Biology…
- Matters Microbial #124: How Bacteria Die in the Microbial Marine Forest · 1 h 1 min · Episode 124Matters Microbial #124: How Bacteria Die in the Microbial Marine Forest February 24, 2026 Today Dr. Anne Thompson, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at…
- Matters Microbial #123: What Whooping Cough Can Teach US · 1 h 7 min · Episode 123Matters Microbial #123: What Whooping Cough Can Teach Us February 6, 2026 Today Dr. Seema Mattoo, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, joins the…
- Matters Microbial #122: Jumbo Marine Viruses and Nanoscopic Warfare · 1 h 5 min · Episode 122Matters Microbial #122: Jumbo Marine Viruses and Nanoscopic Warfare January 26, 2026 Today Dr. Alaina Weinheimer, Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Microbial…
