Let's Talk Micro - Luis Plaza

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153: Bone and Joint Infections

Season 4 · Episode 153

Thursday, August 29, 2024 • Duration 38:16

If you work in a clinical microbiology laboratory, you might have worked with bone and joint samples. In this episode we dive deeper into bone and joint infections. Luis is joined by Dr. Joan Gomez-Junyent, an Infectious Diseases physician at Hospital Del Mar in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Gomez goes over different types of infections. What organisms are typically seen? Is there a typical treatment of choice? How about antimicrobial resistance? Tune in to hear Dr. Gomez go over these questions and more.

Questions? Feedback? Send those to letstalkmicro@outlook.com

Want to support the podcast? Here's how:

Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/letstalkmicro

Buy me a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/letstalkmicro

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152: Potential antibiotics: lolamicin

Season 4 · Episode 152

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 27:26

Season 4 is here! Tune in for the first episode. Luis talks to Dr. Paul Hergenrother about lolamicin. Dr. Hergenrother is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois in Urnaba-Champaign. He was previously a guest in the podcast (fabimycin episode) and this time he returns to talk about another potential antibiotic candidate: lolamicin. What is lolamicin? What is the mechanism of action? What organisms does it have activity against? Does it affect the gut microbiota?

Link to Dr. Hergenrother's article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07502-0

Questions? Feedback? Send those to letstalkmicro@outlook.com

Want to support the podcast? Here's how:

Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/letstalkmicro

Buy me a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/letstalkmicro

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143: Navigating your Path

Season 3 · Episode 143

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 01:06:28

Have you been in a job or career that you feel is not a good fit for you? Perhaps you want to try something different but do not know how to get there? Sometimes you might be dreading going to work or just feel unhappy. In this episode Luis talks to Dr. Duane Newton. Duane is a microbiologist with extensive training and at one point in his career he describes feeling "miserable". What did he do to change that? Tune in to this episode to listen to how Duane navigated his path to find himself in a happy place. He shares his story and also gives advice on how you can navigate your own path.

Dr. Newton's website: https://dwnconsult.com

Questions? Feedback? Send those to letstalkmicro@outlook.com

Want to support the podcast? Here's how:

Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/letstalkmicro

Buy me a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/letstalkmicro

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59: Teaching Microbiology Remotely

Season 2 · Episode 59

Thursday, September 22, 2022 • Duration 50:58

This episode features an interview with Dr. Garcia- Ojeda from the University of California Merced. One of the results of the pandemic was that educators had to adapt to remote teaching. How do they remotely teach students those hands-on skills that are so important in Microbiology? Dr. Garcia Ojeda talks about what he did with his Microbiology laboratory. What was the outcome? How did the students perform? Tune in to find out.

Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00328-21

If you have any questions please email Dr. Garcia Ojeda at:

mgarcia-ojeda@ucmerced.edu

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58: S. pneumoniae: testing and more

Season 2 · Episode 58

Thursday, September 15, 2022 • Duration 22:43

In this episode I continue going over S. pneumoniae. This time I go over a popular antigen test, and I also discuss molecular testing, including limitations and the importance of correlating the gram stain with the result. Also, have you heard of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae?

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57: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Season 2 · Episode 57

Thursday, September 8, 2022 • Duration 22:08

This week I return to Streptococcus, this time S. pneumoniae. In this episode I go over its virulence, pathogenicity, and more. How do we identify it in the lab? What tests can we use? What is the bile solubility test?Tune in to this episode to find out.

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56: Critical shortages in Microbiology

Season 2 · Episode 56

Thursday, September 1, 2022 • Duration 37:29

This week's episode features an interview with Dr. Jeniffer Dien Bard and Dr. Amy Leber. Dr. Dien Bard is the Director of Microbiology at the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Leber works at the Department of Pathology Laboratory Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. They join the podcast this week to talk about the shortages of Clinical Medical Laboratory Professionals in Microbiology. Why do we have these shortages? What about training programs? How long does training a professional takes? Tune in to this episode to find out.

Link to original article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00241-22

Link to certification for laboratory personnel: https://www.ascp.org/content/board-of-certification/get-credentialed

Link for accredited programs: https://www.naacls.org/Find-a-Program.aspx

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55: Michigan Tech University-MLS Summer Youth Program

Season 2 · Episode 55

Thursday, August 25, 2022 • Duration 32:08

This episode features an interview with Claire Danielson and Sarah LewAllen form the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program at Michigan Tech University (MTU). They discuss an initiative that has been in place for quite some time: the Summer Youth Program. This program brings awareness to the Medical Lab Science profession by teaching high school students about the laboratory.

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Episode 54: VRE tests and media

Season 1 · Episode 54

Friday, July 1, 2022 • Duration 19:11

In this episode I go two types of media and one PCR test used for the detection of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE). What is this media composed of? How does it detect VRE? What about this PCR test? What is it looking for? Tune in to find out.

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Episode 53: Enterococcus species

Season 1 · Episode 53

Friday, June 24, 2022 • Duration 23:20

In this episode I go over Enterococcus species. What are the most clinically significant species of Enterococcus? Morphology? Biochemicals? Tune in to find out more about these organisms, and why are they so significant in healthcare settings.

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