Microbiology Society

Nov 21 2024 143 ep. 18 mins 546
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The Microbiology Society is a membership organisation for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology.

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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

Behind the lecture with Dr Claas Kirchhelle

Apr 06 2024 42 mins  
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. If you're at Annual Conference

Investigating invisible culprits with Dr Tim Inglis

Mar 22 2024 31 mins  
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’. If you’d like to read D

Navigating Academia: a conversation with Professor Iruka Okeke and Professor Judith Armitage

Feb 12 2024 34 mins  
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. To keep up with Judy and Iruka

Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance: research and surveillance

Jan 18 2024 27 mins  
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. If you’d like to read