Microbe Talk: June 2015
Posted on June 25, 2015 by Benjamin Thompson
We’ve been out and about this month, interviewing researchers in Glasgow, Manchester and Galway for the podcast. Up first, Ben travelled to Scotland to chat with Dr Adam Kucharski from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Adam is an expert in disease modelling, and he told us how his work is helping in the fight against the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Books and films are full of end-of-the-world microbiological fiction, but can they be used to help engage the public with the fundamentals of disease research? Anand went to Manchester to speak with Professor Jo Verran, founder of the Bad Bugs Book Club.
A few weeks ago, Ben attended the Society’s Irish Division Meeting in Galway. There were lots of great talks, and he got a chance to grab a few minutes with Professors Kim Lewis and Martin Cormican. Kim is Director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University, Boston, USA, while Martin is Professor of Bacteriology and a Consultant Microbiologist at NUI Galway. Both are interested in antibiotic resistance, but are coming at it from different angles…
Show notes:
- Adam Kucharski’s research page
- Jo Verran’s research page
- Kim Lewis’s research page
- News on Kim’s antibiotic discovery, via The Guardian
- Martin Cormican’s research page
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