Matters Microbial #70: Food Safety and Antibiotic Resistance December 18, 2024

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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