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Bruce Rittmann, the Director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State, focuses his efforts on reclaiming contaminated water and producing renewable energy using microbes. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 and credited with pioneering development of biofilm fundamentals and contributing to their widespread use in the bioremediation of contaminated ecosystems. His research combines many disciplines of science, including engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, geochemistry and microbial ecology. Formerly with Northwestern University, Rittmann is also a leader in the development of the Membrane Biofilm Reactor, an approach that uses bacteria to destroy pollutants in water. The Membrane Biofilm Reactor is especially effective for removing perchlorate from drinking water, and it is being launched commercially. In this podcast, I talk with Dr. Rittmann about the biofilm reactor process, the electricity hiding in our wastewater, and how we may some day grow fuel on the roofs of buildings.

Since the introduction of MSX and Dermo in the 1950’s, two infectious diseases that played a large role in the decline the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population, several oyster hatcheries along the Eastern seaboard are working with scientists across many fields to develop innovative restoration programs. One idea is to introduce a non-native oyster from China called Crassostrea ariakensis. In this video podcast, MicrobeWorld talks about current research underway with C. ariakensis, the potential risk of new diseases that could affect the Bay’s ecology and/or human health, the attitudes of Maryland’s watermen toward the oysters possible introduction, and the role of local, state and federal policy. Special thanks goes out to the DC Science Writers Association, the Marian Koshland Science Museum and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory for helping with the logistics and planning of the shoot. Ranked 3.50 / 5 | 438 views | 0 comments Click here to watch the video (05:01) Submitted By: csuspect Tags: Oysters Science Microbeworld Microbes Microbiology Seafood Chesapeake Bay Maryland Koshland Museum Categories: Science & Tech

Author: csuspect Added: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:35:08 -0800 Duration: 596Six Science bloggers talk about why they blog, the role of blogging in science, feedback they've received, and the greatest microbiological discovery in the past decade. Bloggers featured include: John Logsdon Sex, Genes & Evolution http://www.johnlogsdon.blogspot.com Jonathan Badger T. Taxus http://ttaxus.blogspot.com Yersinia http://www.myspace.com/lenore138 Moselio Schaechter Small Things Considered http://schechter.asmblog.org Tara Smith Aetiology http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology Larry Moran Sandwalk http://sandwalk.blogspot.com Also featuring: Wojtek Zawada as the Skater The Song "Bacteria" is by Jonathan Coulton, www.jonathancoulton.com, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network at http://music.podshow.com. Filmed and produced by Chris Condayan and Garth Hogan for the American Society for Microbiology. For more video and audio podcasts visit www.MicrobeWorld.org

Author: csuspect Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 2125Part 1 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural Historys 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The panel was introduced by Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science for the AMNH and moderated by Julie Burstein, Public Radio International and WNYC Radios Studio 360. Panelists include: # Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. Susan Perkins, Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology and Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, AMNH # James Staley, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington Visit MicrobeWorld online at www.microbeworld.org

Author: csuspect Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 1173Part 2 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural Historys 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The panel was introduced by Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science for the AMNH and moderated by Julie Burstein, Public Radio International and WNYC Radios Studio 360. Panelists include: # Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. #Susan Perkins, Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology and Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, AMNH # James Staley, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington Visit MicrobeWorld online at www.microbeworld.org

Author: csuspect Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 2125Part 1 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural Historys 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The panel was introduced by Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science for the AMNH and moderated by Julie Burstein, Public Radio International and WNYC Radios Studio 360. Panelists include: # Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. Susan Perkins, Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology and Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, AMNH # James Staley, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington Visit MicrobeWorld online at www.microbeworld.org

A video podcast on the Koshland Science Museum's interactive exhibit on Infectious Disease featuring interviews with Erica Shugart, Ph.D., deputy director and exhibit curator, Dr. Eliott Kieff, Harvard University, and Dr. David Relman, Stanford University. The Koshland Science Museum is located on 6th and E Sts., NW, D.C. and it is well worth the visit. Visit MicrobeWorld online at www.microbeworld.org

Author: csuspect Added: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:45:59 -0800 Duration: 343The American Society for Microbiology is helping African nations foster a scientific community that is better able to address the current and future problems that threaten not only the local population, but the world at large. Like many African ...

The American Society for Microbiology is helping African nations foster a scientific community that is better able to address the current and future problems that threaten not only the local population, but the world at large. Like many African countries, Zambia and South Africa are deeply affected by HIV and tuberculosis, as well as a number of other infectious diseases. In March of 2008, ASM President Cliff Houston, Ph.D., traveled to Zambia and South Africa to gauge and assess the Society s efforts to transfer knowledge and state of the art diagnostic technology training support in laboratories, schools and universities, and to assist in meeting the goals for care and treatment of people living with TB and HIV in these resource-limited countries.

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nn57% of senior executives in the media and entertainment industries view user-generated content as one of the top three challenges they face today. Filmed on April 19, 2008 at Podcamp DC, I interview several media makers from organizations as diverse as NPR, Porter Novelli, CNN, Harris Teeters, etc., who are creating their own content for their own niches on their own time, and foresee a future that will make traditional media obsolete. By csuspectnn Tags : Chris, DC, Jonny's, Novelli, Ortega, PR, Par-tay, Paul, Picker, Porter, Produce, Ray, Suspect, Vogelzang, Washington, aaron, accenture, accustream, andy, arbitron, blogs, brazzil, carvin, cnn, edison, media, microbeworld, mobile, new, npr, podcast, podcasting, qik, technosailor, tibet, utterz

Author: csuspect Added: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:07:40 -0800 Duration: 339From your local bus route to international air travel, infectious diseases can spread across the globe in a matter of hours. In this video podcast episode filmed at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., Stephen Eubank from the Virginia ...

Author: csuspect Added: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:46:21 -0800 Duration: 377MicrobeWorld Video 14 HIV/AIDS Education In this episode of MicrobeWorld Video we ask some leading researchers, education specialists, and public health officials about the state of HIV/AIDS education in America and ideas they have to support ...

nnIn this episode of MicrobeWorld Video we ask some leading researchers, education specialists, and public health officials about the state of HIV/AIDS education in America and ideas they have to support the teaching of microbial evolution using the latest HIV/AIDS research ? all while instilling innovative prevention strategies. Filmed at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C. and San Diego State University, this episode features the following experts: Roland Wolkowicz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, whose research focus is on the use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors in HIV1 and HCV. Shannon Lee Hader, M.D., MPH, Director of the HIV/AIDS Administration for Washington, D.C., an epidemiologist and public health physician who has worked with HIV-infected children and adults in Brazil, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe. Anila Asghar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University, whose research focuses on curriculum development and evolution. Educational resources mentioned within the video can be found online at: Koshland Science Museum http://koshlandscience.org/teachers/webquest.jsp NIH curriculum guide http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/Diseases/default.htm Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ By csuspectnn Tags : AIDS, ASm, Anila, Asghar, DC, Diego, Disease, Education, Fetouh, HHMI, HIV, Hader, Health, Hopkins, Johns, Koshland, Lee, MicrobeWorld, Microbiology, Museum, NIH, Nagla, Prevention, Research, Roland, San, Science, Sex, Shannon, State, University, Virology, Washington, Wolkowicz

MicrobeWorld Video 14 HIV/AIDS Education In this episode of MicrobeWorld Video we ask some leading researchers, education specialists, and public health officials about the state of HIV/AIDS education in America and ideas they have to support the teaching of microbial evolution using the latest HIV/AIDS research all while instilling innovative prevention strategies. Filmed at a forum for educators on February, 11, 2008 at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C. and at San Diego State University, this episode features the following experts: Roland Wolkowicz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, whose research focus is on the use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors in HIV1 and HCV. Shannon Lee Hader, M.D., MPH, Director of the HIV/AIDS Administration for Washington, D.C., an epidemiologist and public health physician who has worked with HIV-infected children and adults in Brazil, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe. Anila Asghar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University, whose research focuses on curriculum development and evolution. Educational resources mentioned within the video can be found online at: Koshland Science Museum http://koshlandscience.org/teachers/webquest.jsp NIH Curriculum Guide http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/Diseases/default.htm Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ Please feel free to embed or distribute this video.

nnMicrobeWorld visits the Marian Koshland Science Museum for ?Microbe Lab,? a free day of activities for the general public.In this episode we interview Erika Shugart, deputy director of the Koshland Museum, about ?Microbe Lab? and the Crack Koshie?s Curious Case: A Disease Detective Mission activity. Next, we talk with Nagla Fetouh, Education Program Manager for the Koshland Museum, who led a disease exchange activity that teaches people about ways to control the spread of infectious disease by participating in a simulation that shows just how fast illness can spread. Finally, Eric Flem, Communications Manager for Nikon Instruments, Inc., led us through a demonstration of Nikon's Coolscope. A state of the art microscope used by clinicians and educators that has the ability to broadcast images live on the internet. By csuspectnn Tags : ASM, Eric, Erika, Fetouh, Flem, Koshland, Museum, Nagla, Nikon, Shugart, bacteria, coolscope, disease, diseases, infectious, microbes, microbeworld, microbiology, microscopes, science

Author: csuspect Added: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:46:21 -0800 Duration: 2778MicrobeWorld visits the Marian Koshland Science Museum for Microbe Lab, a free day of activities for the general public. In this episode we interview Erika Shugart, deputy director of the Koshland Museum, about Microbe Lab and the Crack ...

MicrobeWorld visits the Marian Koshland Science Museum for Microbe Lab, a free day of activities for the general public. In this episode we interview Erika Shugart, deputy director of the Koshland Museum, about Microbe Lab and the Crack Koshie s Curious Case: A Disease Detective Mission activity. Next, we talk with Nagla Fetouh, Education Program Manager for the Koshland Museum, who led a disease exchange activity that teaches people about ways to control the spread of infectious disease by participating in a simulation that shows just how fast illness can spread. Finally, Eric Flem, Communications Manager for Nikon Instruments, Inc., led us through a demonstration of Nikon s Coolscope. A state of the art microscope used by clinicians and educators that has the ability to broadcast images live on the internet.

nnSee the history of microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song. Produced by Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland, Petri Dish Circus is a play loosely based off of the classic non fiction novel Microbe Hunters by Paul Henry de Kruif. Much like the original book first published in 1926 that describes 12 historical milestones in science, Active Cultures reenacts "the daring-do of Louis Pasteur in his Parisian lab, the Scotch fortitude of Ronald Ross as he travels through disease-stricken Africa, and the melancholy saga of Walter Reed as he battles Yellow Jack in Cuba" - all with a healthy dose of humor. In this episode we interview Mary Resing, artistic director for Active Cultures, who talks about Microbe Hunters as inspiration for theatre and her whimsical, and slightly pointed, approach to portraying the women featured in de Kruif's work. Excerpts from the actual performance are also featured. By csuspectnn Tags : ASM, Active, American, Cultures, Mary, MicrobeWorld, Microbiology, Pasteur, Reed, Resing, Ronald, Ross, Society, Walter, hunters, interview, kruif, microbe, microbiology, paul, performance, play, science, theater, theatre, women

ReGenesis is an award-winning science drama produced by Torontos Shaftesbury Films that centers on the fictitious North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission. NorBACs special operations team, headed by the brilliant but unpredictable Molecular Biologist Dr. David Sandstrm (Peter Outerbridge) and supported by a cast of forensic specialists and CIA operatives, investigates new strains of disease, genetically modified bacteria, and potential bioterror threats or agents. In essence, the show is about microbial forensics and the lives of the people who work in and around the lab.