EPISODE · May 13, 2020 · 54 MIN
Understanding Microbes and How Fungi impact Us, ft. Alex Soare
from Physionic · host Nicolas Verhoeven
In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of having yet another smart scientist on the podcast. Alex Soare is on to discuss a bit of basic immunology and microbiology for the first half of the podcast, then we dive into fungi and her expertise on mucormycosis. I hope this proves as informative as I found it (considering I knew nothing about fungi). Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexandraYSoare National AWIS Link: https://www.awis.org/ Baltimore AWIS: https://twitter.com/AWISBalt https://www.instagram.com/awisbaltimore/ https://www.facebook.com/AWISBaltimore/ http://www.awisbaltimore.org/home Time Stamps: 2:41 - Alex Education 4:34 - What is a microbe? 7:13 - Is a microbe a pathogen? 9:05 - Pathogen in a Host always causing disease? 15:53 - How do we fight disease? 21:53 - What is a fungus? 27:09 - Increase in fungal infections in the news - why? 31:57 - Do fungi mutate? 32:59 - What is Mucormycosis? 37:45 - How does it affect the body? 40:45 - Cures for Mucormycosis? 43:25 - Fungal infections are rare although they’re everywhere, why? 46:11 - Where is fungal research headed? 48:50- Is there an area in fungal research you’re excited? 50:32 - AWIS background YouTube: bit.ly/2JUjXVt Facebook: bit.ly/2PlIOaB Instagram: bit.ly/2OBFe7i Email List: bit.ly/2AXIzK6 Patreon: bit.ly/2OBBna0
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In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of having yet another smart scientist on the podcast. Alex Soare is on to discuss a bit of basic immunology and microbiology for the first half of the podcast, then we dive into fungi and her expertise on mucormycosis. I hope this proves as informative as I found it (considering I knew nothing about fungi). Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexandraYSoare National AWIS Link: https://www.awis.org/ Baltimore AWIS: https://twitter.com/AWISBalt https://www.instagram.com/awisbaltimore/ https://www.facebook.com/AWISBaltimore/ http://www.awisbaltimore.org/home Time Stamps: 2:41 - Alex Education 4:34 - What is a microbe? 7:13 - Is a microbe a pathogen? 9:05 - Pathogen in a Host always causing disease? 15:53 - How do we fight disease? 21:53 - What is a fungus? 27:09 - Increase in fungal infections in the news - why? 31:57 - Do fungi mutate? 32:59 - What is Mucormycosis? 37:45 - How does it affect the body? 40:45 - Cures for Mucormycosis? 43:25 - Fungal infections are rare although they’re everywhere, why? 46:11 - Where is fungal research headed? 48:50- Is there an area in fungal research you’re excited? 50:32 - AWIS background YouTube: bit.ly/2JUjXVt Facebook: bit.ly/2PlIOaB Instagram: bit.ly/2OBFe7i Email List: bit.ly/2AXIzK6 Patreon: bit.ly/2OBBna0
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