Microbes and Us
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Recent Episodes
In this episode, host, Joseph Shuttleworth learns from the FEMS Yeast Research Article Award winners from 2023, Romeu Viana & Miguel Cacho Teixeira.
Join us as we dive into the the first reconstructed Genome-scale metabolic model (GSMM) for C. auris (an emerging human pathogen) which may help with drug target prediction.
Read the award winning paper: Metabolic reconstruction of the human pathogen Candida auris: using a cross-species approach for drug target prediction
Discover all the FEMS Journals Article Awards from 2023.
Find out more about becoming a FEMS Board Member.
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In this episode, host, Joseph Shuttleworth, and FEMS Microbiology Letters Article Award winner from 2023, Barbara R Heard, dive into her winning paper: Supporting students with blindness and visual impairments in microbiology as they discuss the challenges, barriers, and solutions for students with visual impairments learning microbiology. Discover all the FEMS Journals Article Awards from 2023.
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Host, Eleni Koursari, interviews Smriti Arora & Nitika Bhambri, from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), India, about their 2022 Article Award-winning paper from FEMS Microbiology Letters: “A designer diet layout for astronauts using a microbiome mediated approach”.
In this podcast, we learn about how the microbiome of astronauts is affected during space missions. The authors also propose several methods for promoting resilient microbiota for space travel.
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