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’.

You can read a full transcript of this podcast on our website.

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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 'Inferring diet, disease and antibiotic resistance from ancient human oral microbiomes' here.

If you'd like to keep up with Francesca and Gwyn's research their Twitter (X) handles are @GDahlquistAxe and @fstandeven193

You can also read a full transcript of the podcast on our website.

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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.

The Microbiology Society's Knocking Out AMR Vision statement can be found on our website here.

Paul's Socials:
Bluesky @paulhoskisson.bsky.social
Twitter @PaulHoskisson
Instagram @paulhoskisson

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You can read a full transcript of this podcast on our website.

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.

To keep up with Linda, you can find her on X @LindaOyama.

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 this year, you can catch Claas' Hot topic Lecture at 8:45 on Thursday 11 April. Alternatively, Claas' lecture will be available online after Annual Conference.

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You can download a full transcript of the podcast here.

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, you can find them on X @Armitage_Judy and @iruka_okeke.

Follow this link to read Judy's Microbial Primer.

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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 Rick’s paper, ‘Foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research and surveillance in the UK: priorities identified through the Food Standards Agency’s AMR programme review (2023)’ published in Journal of Medical Microbiology, the Society’s interdisciplinary journal for medical, veterinary and dental microbiology, you can do so here.

If you’d like to keep up to date with the FSA’s science news, publications and research partnership opportunities you can sign up to their newsletter here.

If you’d like to get involved in tackling AMR you can find out more information on our Knocking out AMR project and register your interest on our website.

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A full transcript is available on our website.

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.

If you want to listen back to any of the podcast episodes mentioned in the podcast you can find these below:

The bacteriophage: is the enemy of our enemy a friend?

Dr John Munnoch discusses dyslexia

CRISPR - Cas9 Takes on AMR Plasmids

Conversations on Collaboration: Elaine Cloutman-Green on working across microbiology's disciplines

Annual Conference 2023: Demystifying Science Policy

Getting to grips with industry careers

Conversations on Collaboration: Hilary Lappin-Scott on cultivating international partnerships

Conversations on Collaboration: Sir Paul Nurse on collaborative working and Horizon Europe

Bactobio collaboration

Get involved – Annual Conference video

If you’re interested in getting involved in our Knocking out AMR project you can find out more here.

You can find a full transcript of the podcast on our website.

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