Today, Dr. Michele Swanson, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Michigan,  joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the her journey to microbiology, the mysterious disease causing bacterium Legionella, and how to best create a better scientific ecosystem.

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Michele Swanson

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Links for this episode

•  An overview of Legionella and its ability to cause disease from the Centers for Disease Control.
• A more formal overview of Legionella and Legionnaire’s Disease.
• An overview of Legionella as an interesting microbe.
• A review article by Dr. Swanson and colleagues about Legionella.  
• A review article by Dr. Swanson and colleagues about Legionella’s life cycle.
• A history of Legionnaire’s Disease.
• An article about the Flint, Michigan outbreak of Legionella related disease.
• An article describing how Legionella can use amoebae as hosts, and how that can relate to disease.
• An article by Dr. Swanson and colleagues about the Flint, Michigan outbreak of Legionella.  
•  A link to the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on Re-envisioning NIH-supported Postdoctoral Training, Dec 2023  
• The Frontline “Flint’s Deadly Water” documentary. 
• A link to the NASEM’s 2020 report “Management of Legionella in Water Systems” 
• A video interview with Dr. Swanson.
• Dr. Swanson’s faculty page.
• Dr. Swanson’s laboratory page.
• Dr. Swanson’s Wikipedia page.
• Dr. Swanson coauthored a fine textbook on microbiology.
• Dr. Swanson is a cohost on the This Week in Microbiology podcast.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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