Let's Talk Micro
Clinical microbiology explained in simple terms, suitable for students and microbiologists alike. We discuss organisms, reactions, infectious diseases, and more. Hosted by Luis Plaza, a Medical Laboratory Scientist and microbiologist, who also shares his experiences in the field.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
89: XDR Shigella
88: Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook
The Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook (CMPH)—a cornerstone resource for clinical labs—has just released its 5th edition. In this episode of Let’s Talk Micro, I’m joined by the editors-in-chie…
87: Lab week- St. Louis University MLS program
86: Bacteria Game
85: Bacterial biofilms and antimicrobial resistance
In this episode, Dr. Andrea Prinzi and Dr. Rodney Rohde join the podcast to discuss the article 'The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Antimicrobial Resistance.' What exactly are biofilms? Which organism…
84: Talking Candida auris
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a press release on March 20, 2023 about Candida auris. There is an increase in cases, so it is a good time to talk about it. Dr. Shawn Lo…
83: Talking MS in MLS and Summer Immersion Program with Loyola University
82: Discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic testing in Microbiology pt.2
This is part 2 of a two part series. Dr. Rachael Liesman goes over scenarios where genotypic and phenotypic testing do not match and what to do. What do you do when your molecular instrument detects …
81: Discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic testing in Microbiology pt.1
Those of you that work in Clinical Microbiology have seen at one point that a molecular test detects a gene for antimicrobial resistance and the susceptibility profile does not match. What do we do t…
80: Talking DCLS with Dr. Brandy Gunsolus
This episode features an interview with the first graduate from the Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (DCLS) program from Rutgers University: Dr. Brandy Gunsolus. What is the DCLS program? Wh…
79: Failure to launch- Bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid
In this episode we talk about a relationship between bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid. Dr. Sarah McAnulty and Dr. Spencer Nyholm join the podcast to talk about a study about this squid and bac…
78: Cordyceps
The show "The last of us" has brought the topic of fungal infections to the spotlight. What is Cordyceps? Why is the the term zombie used? What is the relationship between fungi and body temperature?…
77: Bacillus anthracis
This week's episode is about one species of Bacillus that causes disease and has the potential of being used as a bioterror agent : Bacillus anthracis. What is anthrax? How is this organism identifie…
76: Bacillus- morphology and media
In this episode I continue going over Bacillus. Now that we know its groups and what diseases they are implicated on, it's time to talk about media and morphology. What do the colonies look like? Wha…
75: Bacillus species
This week's episode is about Bacillus and related genera. What are the groups that are part of this genus? Which species cause food poisoning? What about endophthalmitis? What are spores? Tune in to …
74: Microbes in cleaning appliances and tools
In a previous episode we talked about microbes in food. What about appliances such as a washing machine or a dishwasher? Or cleaning tools such as a sponge? Dr. Madeline Barron joins the podcast to a…
73: Detecting amoeba: development of a PCR test
This episode features an interview with Dr. Jose Alexander and Dustin Evans from AdvenHealth. They join the podcast to talk about a PCR test that they developed to detect amoeba. Not only it detects …
72: Marine Microbiology with Dr. Ocean
In this week's episode we go outside of Clinical Microbiology into Marine Microbiology. What better way to do that than talking with Dr. Jeanette Davis, a.k.a. Dr. Ocean. How do you become a Marine M…
71: Let's Talk Micro meets ID:iots
This episode features a conversation with Callum, an Infectious Disease physician and one of the co-hosts of ID:iots, an infectious disease podcast. What is their podcast about? What kind of work doe…
70: Microbes and your grocery list
This episodes is about microbes in food. It features a conversation with Dr. Andrea Prinzi. Those of us that work in Microbiology are familiar with foods such as yogurt containing microbes. What abou…