071: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Vaccine Advocacy with Peter Hotez
Peter Hotez talks about neglected tropical diseases: what are they, where are they found, and where did the term "neglected tropical disease" come from, anyway? Hotez discusses some of the strategies ...
8 Dec 201748min
070: Influenza vaccine and susceptibility with Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Stacey Schultz-Cherry explains the selection process to choose the influenza virus strains to include in the annual influenza vaccine. Schultz-Cherry also discusses her research on the influence of ob...
23 Nov 201744min
069: Biopreparedness and biosecurity with Gigi Kwik Gronvall
Gigi Kwik Gronvall talks to MTM about the importance of biopreparedness. Gronvall discusses her work in creating policies around potential natural, accidental, and man-made pandemics. She describes he...
9 Nov 201751min
068: Microbiomes everywhere with Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert talks about his studies on microbiomes of all sorts. He describes the origin of the Earth Microbiome Project, which has ambitions to characterize all microbial life on the planet, and tal...
25 Okt 201743min
067: MRSA in agriculture and zombie epidemiology with Tara C. Smith
Tara C. Smith discusses her work uncovering ties between agriculture and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Her studies have found MRSA on and around pig farms, on animal handlers, an...
12 Okt 201738min
066: Insect-pathogenic fungi as fertilizers and mosquito control with Raymond St. Leger
Raymond St. Leger describes his work on insect pathogenic fungi. Members of this diverse group of fungi can be found as part of the plant rhizosphere, where they provide nutrients to the plant, and ca...
28 Sep 201752min
065: Polio Research Breakthroughs with Vincent Racaniello
Vincent Racaniello discusses how he ended up studying polio virus and the three eureka moments he's experienced so far: uncovering the polio genome, discovering the polio receptor, and generating a mo...
28 Sep 201747min
Welcome to Meet the Microbiologist!
Welcome back, Meet the Scientist subscribers! For those of you who never heard an episode of Meet the Scientist, thanks for taking a listen. We're excited to tell all of you we're now Meet the Microbi...
24 Sep 201747s
