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microbe talk - roots of resistance: exploring amr in ancient mouths
june 13, 2024
for this episode of microbe talk clare was joined by the wonderful gwyn dahlquist-axe and francesca standeven, archaeological scientists who study amr and ancient human oral microbiomes. they're on the podcast to discuss their review into diet, disease and antibiotic resistance from ancient human oral microbiomes published in microbial genomics.
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microbe talk - knocking out amr: fixing the broken innovation pipeline
may 17, 2024
yesterday, we released our vision statement for knocking out antimicrobial resistance, the society's new cross-disciplinary project. it outlined the key issues faced by the amr community: the lack of understanding of the urgency of the crisis, a fragmented amr landscape and a broken innovation pipeline.
so for this special knocking out amr episode of microbe talk clare spoke to professor paul hoskisson to pick his brain on his latest venture: a one million pound project to use food by-products make antimicrobial production more cost effective and sustainable.
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microbe talk - women’s history month: a conversation with dr linda oyama
april 24, 2024
last month was women’s history month, taking place annually throughout the month of march. it aims to highlight and reflect on the many, but often over-looked, achievements made by women throughout history – which have paved the way for the women of today. in this episode, to mark the month, we caught up with society champion and microbiologist, dr linda oyama. linda discusses her insights as a woman in science, by diving into some of her experiences, as well as her passion for outreach with young girls.
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microbe talk - behind the lecture with dr claas kirchhelle
april 6, 2024
dr claas kirchhelle from university college dublin will be giving the hot topic lecture: "faecal flows – a very short history of microbiology, sewers, and britain's rivers (ca.1850-2023)" at this years annual conference. clare spoke to claas to find out how he's feeling ahead of his lecture and to pick his brain about his intriguing research area.
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microbe talk - investigating invisible culprits with dr tim inglis
march 22, 2024
clare is back with another episode of microbe talk and this time she’s investigating the topic of microbial forensics with dr tim inglis from the university of western australia. tim is the editor-in-chief of the society’s journal of medical microbiology where he published his review on the topic: ‘a systematic approach to microbial forensics’.
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microbe talk - navigating academia: a conversation with professor iruka okeke and professor judith armitage
february 12, 2024
in aid of the international day of women and girls in science clare spoke to professor iruka okeke and professor judith armitage to discuss women in science. in this episode they discuss the importance of mentors, promotions in academia and the inequalities of maternity leave and clare gains valuable insights from judy and iruka's impressive careers.
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microbe talk - foodborne antimicrobial resistance: research and surveillance
january 18, 2024
in this episode of microbe talk clare is joined by rick mumford, deputy chief scientific advisor & deputy director of science evidence & research at the uk food standards agency (fsa). they chat about research and surveillance of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (amr), delivering on the 5-year national action plan and look to the future of foodborne amr.
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microbe talk - the best of 2023
december 20, 2023
it’s the final episode of 2023 so clare, katie and adam got together to discuss their favourite microbe talk moments of 2023 and what they’re most looking forward to in 2024.
