Microbe Talk

Microbiology Society

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.

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100 episodes
Updated July 9

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Aug 21, 2020 · 19 min
SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 research in the UK
Last month, on 29 July, the Microbiology Society hosted a one day online workshop to support ong...
Jul 31, 2020 · 14 min
MicroNews July
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
Jul 16, 2020 · 22 min
Microbial genomics amidst the Arctic crisis
On this month’s Microbe Talk, Matt talks to Dr Arwyn Edwards; an Arctic microbiologist based at A...
Jun 30, 2020 · 18 min
A sustainable future and a circular economy
As part of our 'A Sustainable Future' policy project, the Microbiology Society's policy team have...
Jun 29, 2020 · 10 min
MicroNews June
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
Jun 18, 2020 · 22 min
A sustainable future and antimicrobial resistance
As part of our 'A Sustainable Future' policy project, the Microbiology Society's policy team have...
May 29, 2020 · 10 min
MicroNews May
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
May 22, 2020 · 26 min
A sustainable future in soil health
As part of our 'A Sustainable Future' policy project, the Microbiology Society's policy team have...
May 4, 2020 · 12 min
Why does microbiology matter?
As you may know, 2020 is the Microbiology Society’s 75th anniversary. In order to properly commem...
May 4, 2020 · 10 min
MicroNews April
As COVID-19 is taking over the news elsewhere, we decided to focus on other stories from the micr...
Apr 23, 2020 · 14 min
Could snake venom contain antibiotics?
Laura speaks with Alice Fraser from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Alice is part of a...
Mar 30, 2020 · 9 min
MicroNews March
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
Mar 27, 2020 · 10 min
Managing mildew
This month on Microbe Talk, Laura speaks with Haoxiang Wu, PhD student at Hong Kong Baptist Unive...
Feb 28, 2020 · 13 min
MicroNews February
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
Feb 14, 2020 · 14 min
The ecological role of protists
Protists are an extremely important part of many ecosystems, but people don't often consider thei...
Jan 31, 2020 · 13 min
Micronews January
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss microbiology in the ...
Jan 10, 2020 · 22 min
GlobalseaweedSTAR – microbiology's role in the seaweed industry
For countries like Malaysia, Tanzania and the Philippines, seaweed agriculture is a major industr...
Dec 18, 2019 · 7 min
Microbiology Today: Natural Products And Drug Discovery
This is a special Microbiology Today edition of Microbe Talk. The latest issue of the Society’s m...
Dec 13, 2019 · 13 min
Mosquito Saliva and its Enhancing Effect on Arboviruses
Anyone who’s been enjoying the sun on a nice summers evening knows the dreaded whine made by mosq...
Nov 29, 2019 · 13 min
MicroNews November
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss some of the times mi...