Papers Aloud

by Arkadiy Garber

This podcasts features readings of open-access (CC BY) primary research articles and reviews relevant to evolutionary and cell biology, environmental and clinical microbiology, symbiosis, geobiology, and bioinformatics. I avoid Methods sections, and sometimes Results (depending on how amenable it is to reading out loud). Abstract, Introduction, Discussion, and Conclusions are always included. If you are an author of a rese ...   ...  Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • #43 - Mutation Spectrum Variation - Jiang et al., 2021 - eLife

    #43 - Mutation Spectrum Variation - Jiang et al., 2021 - eLife

    Title: A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae Authors: Pengyao Jiang, Anja R Ollodart, Vidha Sudhesh, Alan J Herr, Maitreya J Dunham, Kelley Harris Citation: Jiang, P., Ollodart, A. R., Sudhesh, V., Herr, A. J., Dunham, M. J., & Harris, K. (2021). A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eLife, 10. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68285. Link to article

  • #42 - Evolution in Energy Limited Microorganisms - Shoemaker et al., 2021 - MBE

    #42 - Evolution in Energy Limited Microorganisms - Shoemaker et al., 2021 - MBE

    Title: Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms Authors: William R. Shoemaker, Evgeniya Polezhaeva, Kenzie B. Givens, and Jay T. Lennon Citation: Shoemaker, W. R., Polezhaeva, E., Givens, K. B., & Lennon, J. T. (2021). Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(10), 4532–4545. Link to article

  • #41 - Diversity of Shine-Dalgarno Sequences - Wen et al., 2021 - RNA Biology

    #41 - Diversity of Shine-Dalgarno Sequences - Wen et al., 2021 - RNA Biology

    Title: The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation Authors: Jin-Der Wen, Syue-Ting Kuo, and Hsin-Hung David Chou. Citation: Wen, J.-D., Kuo, S.-T., & Chou, H.-H. D. (2021). The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation. RNA Biology, 18(11), 1489–1500. Link to article

  • #40 - Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont - Nechitaylo et al., 2022 - PNAS

    #40 - Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont - Nechitaylo et al., 2022 - PNAS

    Title: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont Authors: Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Mario Sandoval-Calderónb\, Tobias Engl, Natalie Wielsch, Diane M. Dunne, Alexander Goesmann, Erhard Strohm, Aleš Svatoš, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, and Martin Kaltenpoth Citation: Nechitaylo, T. Y., Sandoval-Calderón, M., Engl, T., Wielsch, N., Dunn, D. M., Goesmann, A., Strohm, E., Svatoš, A., Dale, C., Weiss, R. B., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2021). Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(17). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023047118 Link to article defensive symbiosis|protective mutualism|genome erosion|pseudogenization|Streptomyces

  • #39 - Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Smith et al., 2022 - eLife

    #39 - Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Smith et al., 2022 - eLife

    Title: Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Authors: Carol Smith, Jill G Canestrari, Archer J Wang, Matthew M Champion, Keith M Derbyshire, Todd A Gray, Joseph T Wade. Citation: Smith, C., Canestrari, J. G., Wang, A. J., Champion, M. M., Derbyshire, K. M., Gray, T. A., & Wade, J. T. (2022). Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73980 Link to article