Microbe Talk
Microbe Talk is a podcast from the Microbiology Society, interviewing researchers about bacteria, viruses and parasites. We are the largest microbiology society in Europe, covering all aspects of microbial science.Podcasts
Episode 157: Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance: research and surveillance
Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds
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Episode 156: Microbe Talk: the best of 2023
Published: Dec. 20, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 155: Knocking Out AMR: Dr Tina Joshi and Dr Catrin Moore on the Societys new project
Published: Dec. 13, 2023, 9:12 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 154: Knocking Out AMR: a conversation with Professor Chloe James
Published: Nov. 2, 2023, 12:04 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds
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Episode 153: Conversations on Collaboration: Sir Paul Nurse on collaborative working and Horizon Europe
Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 9:08 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 152: Dr John Munnoch discusses dyslexia
Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 28 seconds
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Episode 151: Conversations on Collaboration: Hilary Lappin-Scott on cultivating international partnerships
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 3:42 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 150: Conversations on Collaboration: Elaine Cloutman-Green on working across microbiology's disciplines
Published: Sept. 12, 2023, 11:57 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 149: AI: a useful tool or dangerous unstoppable force?
Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 1:27 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 148: CRISPR-Cas9 Takes on AMR Plasmids
Published: July 4, 2023, 4:14 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds
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Episode 147: Getting to grips with industry careers
Published: June 6, 2023, 3:56 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 146: A deep dive into wastewater monitoring
Published: May 24, 2023, 11:13 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
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Episode 145: Annual Conference 2023: Demystifying Science Policy
Published: May 4, 2023, 11:31 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 144: Invisible Friends
Published: March 31, 2023, 1:46 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 143: Lab coats - the discrimination we don't see
Published: March 10, 2023, 4:39 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 1 second
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Episode 142: The bacteriophage: is the enemy of our enemy a friend?
Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 2:49 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 141: Could a new vaccine save the Tasmanian devil from a contagious cancer?
Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 10:09 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 140: The microbiology of your Christmas dinner
Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 9:55 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 139: Disability History Month
Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 3:18 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 138: Inside the creeping threat of fungal infections
Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 12:58 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 46 seconds
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Episode 137: The biggest ever bird flu outbreak: what you need to know
Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 1:01 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 136: A Global Problem: Investigating the spread of Antimicrobial Resistance genes
Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 135: Manuka honey could help treat a deadly drug-resistant lung infection
Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 3:23 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds
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Episode 134: Polio is back in the news: here's what you need to know
Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 133: Are Meat Alternative Foods Good For You?
Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 8:43 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 132: The impact of COVID on research and career progression part 2
Published: July 1, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 58 seconds
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Episode 131: The impact of COVID on research and career progression part 1
Published: June 29, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 130: Engaging Microbiology: Into the Microverse
Published: May 20, 2022, noonDuration: 21 minutes
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Episode 129: Annual Conference 22 Highlights
Published: April 29, 2022, 12:01 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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Episode 128: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Microbiology Society's Annual Conference
Published: March 25, 2022, 11:48 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 127: Robots and Beer: The future of Non-Conventional Yeasts in the Brewing Industry
Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 2:02 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds
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Episode 126: Microbe Talk: How does the circadian rhythm affect infection?
Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds
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Episode 125: Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 53 seconds
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Episode 124: Hunting for microbes at the bottom of the ocean
Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 8 seconds
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Episode 123: MicroNews July
Published: July 30, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 12 seconds
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Episode 122: MicroNews June
Published: July 9, 2021, 9:12 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 121: Microbiology Today: the impact of air pollution on bacteria
Published: June 11, 2021, 9:06 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds
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Episode 120: MicroNews May
Published: June 1, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 119: Bovine tuberculosis
Published: May 25, 2021, 9:36 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds
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Episode 118: 2021 Annual Conference Super Roundup
Published: April 30, 2021, 4:05 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds
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Episode 117: MicroNews March
Published: March 31, 2021, 1:58 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds
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Episode 116: Vaccines: more questions answered
Published: March 12, 2021, 4:54 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds
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Episode 115: MicroNews February
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 11:54 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 114: MicroNews January
Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 4:34 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 113: Joi Hok! Breaking the stigma of tuberculosis in India
Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 11:50 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds
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Episode 112: Microbiology and art
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 4:43 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 111: MicroNews November
Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 2:53 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds
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Microbiology Today: Winners of the Fleming Prize
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 10:21 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
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A new age for conferences?
Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 9:20 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 38 seconds
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SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 research in the UK
Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 1:54 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds
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Microbial genomics amidst the Arctic crisis
Published: July 16, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 33 seconds
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A sustainable future and a circular economy
Published: June 30, 2020, 11:57 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 32 seconds
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A sustainable future and antimicrobial resistance
Published: June 18, 2020, 3:28 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 35 seconds
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MicroNews May
Published: May 29, 2020, 10:33 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
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A sustainable future in soil health
Published: May 22, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 37 seconds
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Why does microbiology matter?
Published: May 4, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 49 seconds
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Could snake venom contain antibiotics?
Published: April 23, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 1 second
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Managing mildew
Published: March 27, 2020, 12:59 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 6 seconds
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MicroNews February
Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 11:28 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds
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The ecological role of protists
Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 12:27 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds
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Micronews January
Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 12:02 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds
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GlobalseaweedSTAR microbiology's role in the seaweed industry
Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 11:37 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds
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Microbiology Today: Natural Products And Drug Discovery
Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 9:21 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds
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Mosquito Saliva and its Enhancing Effect on Arboviruses
Published: Dec. 13, 2019, midnightDuration: 13 minutes
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MicroNews November
Published: Nov. 29, 2019, midnightDuration: 13 minutes 53 seconds
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Domino Effect: Sarah Jones and Dr John Tregoning
Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 12:26 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 32 seconds
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MicroNews October
Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 35 seconds
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The role of microbes in cancer
Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 1:26 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds
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Microbiology Today: Arboviruses and their Vectors
Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 9:04 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 19 seconds
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MicroNews September
Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 11:15 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 20 seconds
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The emergence of parvovirus
Published: Sept. 13, 2019, noonDuration: 6 minutes 56 seconds
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MicroNews August
Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds
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Improving the lifespan of antibiotics in Canada
Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 10:33 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 2 seconds
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Yeasts - the forgotten gut microbe
Published: July 12, 2019, noonDuration: 11 minutes 24 seconds
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Domino Effect: Dr Lena Ciric and Sarah Jones
Published: June 14, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds
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Annual Conference 2019
Published: April 18, 2019, 4:22 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds
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Cryptococcus neoformans - The Pigeon Fungus
Published: March 29, 2019, noonDuration: 13 minutes 56 seconds
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Microbe Talk - Flu Review
Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 4:54 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds
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Domino Effect: Lena Ciric and Paul Hoskisson
Published: Jan. 11, 2019, noonDuration: 26 minutes 50 seconds
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Junior Awards for Microbiology
Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 9:47 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds
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Microbes in Chernobyl
Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 3:34 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 36 seconds
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Engaging with the public
Published: July 20, 2018, 12:48 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
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Human papillomavirus in Malawi
Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 4:15 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds
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Microbiome Research Opportunity or Over-hype?
Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 10:46 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds
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Good Germs, Bad Germs
Published: July 26, 2017, 4:11 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds
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Going Viral Online
Published: June 30, 2017, 8:40 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 41 seconds
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Does air pollution make bacteria more dangerous?
Published: May 31, 2017, 10:03 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds
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Annual Conference 2017 Super Roundup
Published: April 28, 2017, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 32 seconds
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Antarctic microbes from Scott's Discovery Expedition
Published: March 30, 2017, 9:23 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 33 seconds
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Bacteria from the ancient city of Troy
Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 5:11 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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Microbes In The Deep Dark Ocean
Published: Jan. 30, 2017, 11:33 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 52 seconds
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Brewing Better Beer
Published: Dec. 15, 2016, 3:59 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds
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PREDICTing the next pandemic
Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 3:24 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds
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Inside one of America's highest containment laboratories
Published: Oct. 27, 2016, 4:15 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 53 seconds
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When a scratch can kill
Published: Sept. 30, 2016, 10 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 17 seconds
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I Contain Multitudes: An interview with Ed Yong
Published: Aug. 30, 2016, 9:53 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Handwashing and Healthcare-associated Infections
Published: Aug. 10, 2016, 11:02 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 44 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Killer Fungus
Published: July 6, 2016, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes
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Does a pipette work in space? with NASA Astronaut Dr Kate Rubins
Published: June 14, 2016, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds
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Meet Wolbachia – the bacteria that could rid the world of dengue
Published: May 26, 2016, 10:47 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 11 seconds
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Can parasitic worms treat inflammatory diseases?
Published: April 29, 2016, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds
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Annual Conference Super Roundup 2016
Published: March 24, 2016, 2:22 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 29 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: ProMED – An early warning system for emerging diseases
Published: March 18, 2016, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds
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Swimming Bacteria and Spinning Electrons
Published: Jan. 28, 2016, 2:59 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes
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(Make Sure) Your Goose Is Cooked!
Published: Dec. 18, 2015, 4:09 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 19 seconds
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Of Microbes And Metals
Published: Nov. 26, 2015, 5:57 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 39 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Swallowed by a whale
Published: Nov. 4, 2015, 5:28 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds
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Microbes on Mars and Antarctic soil fungi
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 1:24 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 28 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Cryptosporidium
Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 9:27 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
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Ebola in great apes and building healthier infrastructure
Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 11:19 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 45 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Something in the water
Published: Sept. 3, 2015, 1:35 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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Forensic Microbiology Part 2: Secrets of Soil
Published: Aug. 20, 2015, 10:35 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Flu Fighters
Published: Aug. 4, 2015, 9:25 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds
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Forensic Microbiology Part 1: Microbes of Death
Published: July 23, 2015, 8:16 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds
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Culture Collections: Microbes from WW1 and Fleming's nose
Published: July 3, 2015, 2:41 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds
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Maths, books and antibiotics
Published: June 25, 2015, 11:01 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds
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Super Conference Roundup Edition
Published: May 20, 2015, 8:47 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 40 seconds
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The 'first' microbiologist and climate modelling
Published: April 27, 2015, 2:47 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds
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The Microbial Apocalypse
Published: Jan. 28, 2015, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 50 seconds
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Native Scientist
Published: Dec. 9, 2014, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds
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Microbes in New York's Central Park
Published: Nov. 24, 2014, 11:34 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds
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Demodex mites and Rosacea
Published: Oct. 23, 2014, 2:31 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds
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William Dallinger and Scrub Typhus
Published: Sept. 25, 2014, 9:25 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 2 seconds
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Packet porcini and 'living rocks'
Published: July 23, 2014, 10:10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds
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50 years of Epstein–Barr virus research
Published: June 16, 2014, 9:52 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 8 seconds
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Annual Conference 2014 Special
Published: May 12, 2014, 9:33 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 33 seconds
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At the top and bottom of the world
Published: March 25, 2014, 10:04 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 34 seconds
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Crowdfunding research
Published: Feb. 19, 2014, 11:57 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
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Anthrax in 19th century Bradford
Published: Jan. 9, 2014, 10:25 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds
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Searching for plague bodies and Spaaaaace
Published: Dec. 4, 2013, 9:54 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds
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The European Congress of Virology
Published: Nov. 11, 2013, 10:01 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Thorunn Helgason
Published: Oct. 10, 2013, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Glacial bacteria and climate change
Published: Oct. 1, 2013, 10:07 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 33 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Robin May
Published: Sept. 19, 2013, 8:31 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds
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Microbe Talk Extra: Ted White
Published: Sept. 16, 2013, 4:27 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes
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