{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Microbiology","slug":"this-week-in-microbiology-1045713","podcast_index_feed_id":1045713,"rss_url":"https://twimshow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.asm.org/twim/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/4/a/b/a4ab14edd084774e16c3140a3186d450/TWiM_2026-1400.jpg","author":"American Society for Microbiology","episode_count":360,"summary":"This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:19:00.683301+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713"},"episode":{"title":"342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality","slug":"342-the-microbiome-pancreatic-cancer-and-sleep-quality","published_at":"2025-10-11T06:50:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713/342-the-microbiome-pancreatic-cancer-and-sleep-quality","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-342/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twimshow/TWiM342.mp3?dest-id=53322","summary":"TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , and Michele Swanson . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Oral microbiome and pancreatic cancer risk (JAMA Oncol) 2025 Cancer Facts & Figures (ACS) Periodontal Disease: The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown (Front Cell Infect Micro) Socransky's disease complexes (Microorg) Microbiome, pyruvate metabolism, sleep quality , and frailty (Cell Rep) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (pdf) How to score the sleep quality index (pdf) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv","meta_description":"TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3217,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713/episodes/342-the-microbiome-pancreatic-cancer-and-sleep-quality/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713/342-the-microbiome-pancreatic-cancer-and-sleep-quality.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}