The Lancet Microbe in conversation with
Editors at The Lancet Microbe, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus, to phage therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes, and more.
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Oct 7, 2025
Oct 7, 2025
25 min
Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Dr Sam Lipworth and Prof Nicole Stoesser about the challenges and variability in genotypic predictions of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli, about which they have published two papers in The Lancet Microbe: “Exploring uncatalogued genetic variation in antimicrobial resistance gene families in Escherichia coli: an observational analysis” and “Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli, an observational study”.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Apr 1, 2025
Apr 1, 2025
30 min
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Anastasia Theodosiou about performing a controlled human infection study in pregnant women investigating mother-to-infant transmission of Neisseria lactamica.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00254-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Feb 25, 2025
Feb 25, 2025
25 min
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender about bloodstream infections in neonates at lower-tier South African hospitals.Read the full paper, Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study, at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00257-X/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Aug 5, 2024
Aug 5, 2024
26 min
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Professor Luc Hervé Samison about implementing the WHO Tricycle Protocol in Madagascar for the surveillance of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00228-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinmContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024
31 min
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Zoe Dyson and Dr Philip Ashton about the genomic characterisation of population diversity, antimicrobial resistance profiles, and transmission patterns of Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
27 min
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh about Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and transmission in households in The Gambia.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00046-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Mar 27, 2024
Mar 27, 2024
36 min
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks with Professor Martin Hoenigl about the impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal diseases.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00039-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
22 min
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Nancy Chow about sporotrichosis and discusses a genomic epidemiology study of this zoonotic fungal disease among people and cats in Brazil.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00364-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Feb 12, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
20 min
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso about non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral detection from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00375-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Nov 23, 2023
Nov 23, 2023
20 min
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Kate Baker about the challenges, potential, and recommendations for using genomics to monitor antimicrobial resistance.Read the full Series:https://www.thelancet.com/series/amr-genomics?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmicContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
