Today, Dr. Dr. Erika Ganda, Assistant Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes in the Department of Animal Science at Pennsylvania State University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the varied interests of her research team studying the intersection of animal husbandry, microbiome studies, and the threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Erika Ganda
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Links for this episode
- A video that Dr. Quinn and yours truly did for an event at Harvard University about #LuxArt.
- A video of a #LuxArt event I ran at ASMCUE a few years ago.
- An overview from the CDC about the One Health concept.
- The story of “Typhoid Mary.”
- An overview of rumen microbiology.
- The glass artwork of Jane Hartman.
- An article about Salmonella dublin and the impact on the dairy industry.
- An introduction to strategies of antibiotic resistance.
- A TED talk about the threat of antibiotic resistance.
- The concept of low level antibiotics to promote growth in chickens and other animals.
- A video demonstrating the swift rise of antibiotic resistance using the MEGAPLATE approach.
- The accident in Brazil in 2015 releasing metal mining waste leading to increased antibiotic resistance.
- Evidence that microbial zinc resistance leads to increased antibiotic resistance.
- An explainer for proper antibiotic use.
- Dr. Ganda’s faculty website.
- Dr. Ganda’s research website
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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