Microbiology Society

Feb 25 2025 147 ep. 18 mins 547

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The Microbiology Society is a membership organisation for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology.

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Microbiome and thermal tolerance: a new frontier in climate resilience?

Feb 25 2025 19 mins

In this episode of Microbe Talk Clare speaks to Judy Li, author on the latest Microbial Primer: Microbiome and thermal tolerance – a new frontier in climate resilience? Clare and Judy chat about the paper, the relatively new field of study and the possible mechanisms of microbes buffering organisms against temperature changes. If you'd like to Judy's paper, published in Microb

Coccus Pocus: A microbiology inspired scary story competition

Jan 21 2025 12 mins

In this episode, Adam talks to Dr Georgios Efthimiou from the University of Hull. Georgios has created a nationwide ‘spooky’ short story competition called Coccus Pocus. This project links outreach and Halloween with microbiology. This creative competition has had a clear impact on 12 – 18-year-olds who find the competition a good way to discover an interest in microbiology a

Exploring the science of wellness, ageing and death with John Tregoning

Jan 05 2025 25 mins

For the first episode of Microbe Talk in 2025, we’re bringing you something fascinating and a bit different— non-communicable diseases. In this special episode, Clare chats with Professor John Tregoning, a Professor in Vaccine Immunology, about his new book, 'Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death'. Clare and John chat about why he's writing a

Antimalarial drug resistance: current challenges and future solutions

Jan 05 2025 21 mins

In this episode of Microbe Talk Clare spoke to Adam Aspinall who's Senior Director in the Access and Product Management team at Medicines for Malaria Venture. They discuss Malaria, antimalarial drug resistance and the work that Medicines for Malaria Venture is doing to support new drug discovery. If you'd like to find out more about the Microbiology Society's Knocking Out AMR proj

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week: pediatric AMR

Nov 21 2024 24 mins

For this episode of Microbe Talk Clare is joined by Dr Sanjay Patel, a paediatric infectious disease and immunology consultant at Southampton Children's Hospital and the National Clinical Advisor for Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship at NHS England. Clare and Sanjay discuss paediatric AMR, why it's often overlooked and how Sanjay and his colleagues from clinical, research and po

Black History Month: Amaka Awayne

Oct 29 2024 14 mins

The month of October is #BlackHistoryMonth and this year we caught up with Society Champion, Dr Amaka Awayne, on our latest episode of the Microbe Talk podcast. Dr Amaka discusses her insightful experiences as a Black person working in science, as well as how she is contributing to Black History Month this year. Find out how to get more involved with Society activities via our Get

Looking up at space microbiology

Oct 11 2024 26 mins

In aid of space week Clare is looking up into the sky with Dr Katherine Baxter about the exciting field of space microbiology. They chat about how research in space could help with problems back on earth, how microbes behave in space and how they might be key to survival in future space travel. The details of the ways to get involved are below. If you're in need of even more spac

Roots of resistance: exploring AMR in ancient mouths

Jun 13 2024 27 mins

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. You can read their review 'Inferri

Knocking Out AMR: fixing the broken innovation pipeline

May 17 2024 29 mins

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 Pr

Women’s History Month: a conversation with Dr Linda Oyama

Apr 23 2024 23 mins

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