Microbiology Videos
Dive into the invisible and marvelous world of microbes
OBSERVER
An adventure in eight chapters. 🟥 There's a universe everywhere you turn.
Status: Available for screenings. A global exploration of the centrality of observation to science and the human experience. The film crosses multiple disciplines, as well as oceans and continents, to give audiences insight into the drive to expand knowledge and see our planet and universe from new perspectives.
Decoding Ancestral Knowledge
Nitrogen Cycling by Microbes in Native Hawaiian Culture
Hawaiian microbiologist Kiana Frank takes us to a sacred fish pond and explains how traditional knowledge and microbiology can work together to help us understand how to care for and manage the land.
How to Kill a Superbug
Fighting antibiotic resistance with phage therapy
Evolutionary biologist Paul Turner researches how phages can be used against drug resistant bacteria. He offers a glimpse into a future where we can outsmart and ultimately overcome the resilient superbugs that threaten public health.
Archaea and The Tree of Life
These Microbes Changed Evolutionary Biology Forever
Dipti Nayak, Ph.D., explains how the mysterious microbes known as archaea are helping scientists rewrite the Tree of Life.
Electric Microbes
How Geobacter microbes produce electricity
Trailblazing microbiologist Gemma Reguera introduces us to her favorite microbe, the electricity-producing Geobacter, and describes how her research opened the door to a new field of study: Electromicrobiology.
The Milky Seas
Feature documentary about a team determined to solve one of the great ocean mysteries of our time — the bioluminescent “milky sea” phenomenon.
Status: Actively Fundraising. For centuries, mariners have come across a mysterious natural phenomenon where the ocean suddenly glows as far as the eye can see. Scientists now assume it is bioluminescence, but how and why remains a mystery because no researcher has been able to study them in real time. We follow a team dedicated to unlocking the secrets of the “milky seas.”
Studying Coronaviruses
The steps taken once an outbreak hits and the ways in which this process could change for the better
When an infectious disease outbreak happens, medical workers and public health officials mobilize, but there are also teams of researchers that snap into action. Dr. Tracey Goldstein and Dr. Koen Van Rompay are both actively involved in different initiatives to find answers surrounding the COVID-19 epidemic.
The SOS Response in Bacteria
Evelyn Witkin shares her journey to the discovery of the SOS DNA damage response in bacteria.
Evelyn Witkin provides a historical perspective on how working at Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) shaped her scientific career and led to the discovery of the SOS DNA damage response in bacteria.
