Happy start of the summer, dear listeners! In this episode before our break, we interview Professor Tove Fall, a veterinarian turned epidemiologist working to unveil the molecular connections determining health and sickness. We learn about her path, how she developed her career to fit her interests and strong skills, and how important study design is. In the news section we cover a recent review about the vaginal microbiota, and a publication from one of our PhD students, who has been working on...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 9 min
In this episode, we bring you an interview with Professor Elias Arnér from the Karolinska Institute. After a long international career in redox biology, Professor Arnér became CEO of Thioredoxin Systems, the company behind a potential new antibiotic with a novel target and mode of action: EbsArgent. We explore his background, the lessons he has learned, and what makes this new drug candidate so unique. In the news section, Elin brings us a recent article on the resistance and potential collatera...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to episode 60th! YES, 60!! Celebrate this rounded number with us and Prof. Till Bachmann in an inspiring interview where we learn Till’s journey, explore how diagnostics are an essential part of managing AMR and infection treatment, and revisit the DOSA project. This multidisciplinary & one-health-focused multi-country endeavor provides solutions to a neglected disease: UTI. In the news section, we cover a recent review looking at the current uses of AI in the field of AMR and how it...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to a new episode of The AMR Studio! This month, we bring you an interview with MD Dr. Vance Fowler, co-lead of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (a.k.a. ARLG). In our chat, we learn how Dr. Fowler came into AMR, the decades-long work they’ve been doing with MRSA research, and the ins and outs of the ARLG. In the news section, we proudly present the recent published paper by our PhD student Valeriia Ladyhina, who has worked on optimizing a pipeline to ease the work to study AM...
Mar 03, 2025•56 min
Welcome to 2025! We are so happy to be starting one more year with you, our 8th year! On this episode, we bring you the story and work of Dr. Evangelos Mourkas, a veterinarian-turned-computational biologist who loves to also do the field work himself! In this interview, we dive deep into his motivators, reflections, and how campylobacter can be used as a marker for AMR spread. On the news section, we bring you a recent paper looking into the potential risks of probiotics through the lens of AMR,...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Hitting this November month with a very relevant topic, Global Governance! In this episode, you can listen to an interview with had with Prof. Olivier Rubin, from Roskilde University in Denmark, about the social dimensions of AMR, and how AMR is a so-called “creeping crisis” globally. Olivier has years of experience researching slow-onset crisis such as famine and climate change, and has in the recent years worked intensively in AMR and the similarities and differences with such crises. Tune in ...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min
We are finally back from our looooong break! Welcome, to another episode of The AMR studio, now again with co-host Elin Fermer at the mic after her maternity break. We are so thrilled to bring you our conversation with Eva Krockow, a psychologist working with decision making, risk communications, and language. We learn about her interests and path, and what’s on the pipeline for her. On the news, we bring you a recent article looking at if the new generation of large language models AI tools suc...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Coming to your right live from ESCMID Global 2024! Last month, the we participated in the most massive conference ever, ESCMID Global (previously known as ECCMID) in beautiful Barcelona, this year counting with 18.000 registered attendees (yes, you read that right!). We took the opportunity to sit down to catch a breath, and catch up, with some friends and colleagues whom we have not seem for a while! Listen to the updates from Andrea Caputo Svensson, Marius Linkevicius, Po-Cheng Tang & Chri...
May 31, 2024•35 min
Welcome to April dear listeners! In this episode, we bring you an interview with Dr. Alberto Antonelli, researcher at the University of Florence doing a very important job: taking care of testing and optimizing new diagnostic technologies in high AMR-impacted settings such as Italy. Tune in to listen his path to his research field, the challenges he faces and what we should be looking forward to in the future. In the news section, we first cover a recent comment article by Otto Cars and Matti Ka...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min
After a short hiatus, we are back with our regular episodes, and with a pop-up guest co-host! Tune in to our first of 2024, where we learn about surveillance and use of health data for its automation with Suzanne Ruhe-van der Werff, research specialist at Karolinska Institutet. In this interview, we learn about Suzanne’s path from parasitology to infection prevention and control and talk about the future of infectious diseases and resistance surveillance through her current research, which looks...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min
How can we prevent antibiotic resistance together? For this World AMR Awareness Week 2023, we focus on this togetherness by highlighting Community Engagement in AMR, with 8 guests bringing us their perspectives on what communities and community engagement are, how community engagement can be essential on the road to mitigate the effects of resistance globally, and what they hope happens in this area in the short future. We truly believe that meaningfully engaging communities and civil society ac...
Nov 21, 2023•32 min
Welcome to November! In this episode, we bring you the work of Álvaro San Millán, group leader at the National Center for Biotechnology in Spain, where he researches the role of plasmids in antibiotic resistance. In this interview, among other things, we talk about how understanding plasmid biology can lead to new ways of tackling resistance, and learn about his impressions of being a young group leader and setting up a multidisciplinary team. In the news section, we are being very “communicativ...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to a new episode, albeit the slight delay! Tune in this October to listen to Elin’s first interview ever! She had the chance to sit down and talk to Jakob Altgärde, infectious diseases physician with experience in hospital work around infections and resistance in both Sweden and Nepal. With him, we learn how an ID physician works day-to-day, and the main differences between Sweden and Nepal when it comes to his work and AMR. In the news section, we first talk about a recent massive high-...
Oct 16, 2023•56 min
We are back from summer break with a new discipline at our studio, ethnobotany! Click play to hear about the work of ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave, a.k.a. The Plant Hunter, in her quest to find new antibiotics, anti-infectives, and biofilm inhibitors in plants used in traditional medicines around the world. We learn with her about the vast chemical world still yet to be studied, and how a horizontal lab works with its collaborators. In the news section, we bring you two recent research articles ...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to our July episode, just before the holidays! This month, we bring you an interview with Sophia Wood, designer, and teacher at the Beckmans College of Design. Sophia led a group of design students through the “interdisciplinary waters” as they prepared to make an exhibition about AMR which they named “Are We There Yet?”. Tune in to learn about her background, their process, and what this exhibition is all about. In the news section, we first bring you a scientific article about a compou...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min
June comes with a bang! Tune in to this episode to hear the insights of the incomparable Dame Sally Davies, former UK Chief Medical Officer and current UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance. We chat with her about her path to being a global advocate on AMR, the need for better global governance, and what her vast experience has taught her. Talking to her was a truly inspirational experience. In the news section, we bring you a very cool article using deep learning and computational metho...
Jun 12, 2023•55 min
Spring is back in Sweden, and so are we in your ears! This month of May we bring you an interview with Anna Sjöblom, director of ReAct Europe, a branch of an international organization working to promote and deliver action on antibiotic resistance. We learn about Anna’s background, the path that led her to ReAct, and many of the activities that ReAct has done and have currently ongoing. In the news section, we cover the latest expert policy brief published by ReAct, a recent article looking into...
May 08, 2023•1 hr
The AMR Studio goes on a field trip! Join our hosts Eva & Elin on their adventures in Copenhagen at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (a.k.a. ECCMID) this year. From 15th to 18th of April, more than 13.000 people came together to talk about the most recent advances in infectious diseases, including antimicrobial resistance. Listen to this special episode to peek into the crazy days that it was, and some of the things we learnt along the way. Check out the...
Apr 24, 2023•29 min
In this episode, we bring you a double interview with two women deeply involved in patient advocacy and AMR. Tune in to hear the story of Pernilla Rönnholm, chair and founder of Mirakel, an association advocating for premature babies and their families, and the work that Laura Cigolot is doing within the AMR patient group, a cross-European initiative to bring awareness of AMR to many kinds of patients. We learn their perspectives, synergies, and what they hope for the road ahead. In the news sec...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Ready for a new episode? This month of March we bring you an interview with Alison Prendiville, Professor of Service Design at London Colleague of Communication, University of the Arts, London. With Alison, we learn the importance of co-creation and design when working with implementation, and how crucial communication is in various forms for interdisciplinary research. Tune in to learn the journey that took her from working on designing in transport to applied work on AMR, and much more. In the...
Mar 06, 2023•59 min
Welcome to 2023! Tune in to this episode to hear the work and experience of Professor Nicola Gale, a sociologist with long experience in interdisciplinary work. We learn with her about sociological work, how she applies risk work theory to AMR, and her insights into the intersection between the application of guidelines and the personal experience of healthcare workers. In the news section, we bring you a recent research article looking into the relationship between the fungus in our microbiota ...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to this last episode of 2022! After a super busy and important month of November, we bring you a new episode with quite a Swedish perspective. On November 17th, we attended the Swedish Antibiotic Forum event and were able to talk to Jonas Fuks, an analyst at the Public Health Agency of Sweden, about the 10-year anniversary of the forum and the group behind it, the Swedish intersectoral coordination group. Learn how they have been working, what their goals are, and what their work has mea...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Can you imagine a society where every individual and organization acts and works in a way to reduce the impact of antibiotic resistance? A society where everyone is aware of the problem and engaged in trying to resolve it? How would that look to you? For this year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week we bring you the Antibiotic Smart Sweden initiative, a mission-oriented approach to system change, highlighting the importance of antibiotic resistance not just as a medical issue, but as a public h...
Nov 21, 2022•30 min
Coming in hot for this November month! Today we have with us Dr. Vaughn Cooper, professor and director of the Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Tune in to learn about his deep love for evolution, his background at the Lenski lab, and his current work studying biofilms. For the news section, we first bring you Jenny's recent paper looking at the evolution of resistance to tigecycline and then move on to a UAC paper on the evolution of chromosomal hybrid...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr
In this October episode, we bring you an interview with Dr. Björn Ronnerstrand, a political sciences researcher who brings to us how political sciences and AMR intersect and his work on the possible role of the EU in AMR policy. We also discuss the need for more political science research in this area and how AMR can be a fantastic starting point for theoretical work, not just practice. In the news section, we talk about a recent article on the role of trust in the non-prescribed acquisition of ...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this September episode, we bring you a 2-for-1 interview! Listen to Bruce Blough & Elliott Pauli talk about the Chemistry Center for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (CC4CARB) project they are working on, an innovative chemistry center focused on the synthesis, acquisition, and distribution of rationally designed, focused libraries free-of-charge to the global scientific community for use in Gram-negative antibacterial drug discovery programs. In this interview, we learn about Bruc...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back to the AMR studio after our short summer break! For this episode, we are bringing you an interview with Dr. John Jernigan, physician and director of the Office of Hospital Acquired Infections Prevention Research and Evaluation Division at the CDC. We talk with him about the new innovative approaches that the CDC is working on when it comes to AMR, with a focus on decolonization. Learn with us about why decolonization is important and how it can help the reduce the burden of AMR. In ...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to this June episode! This month we bring you a story and theme we consider very important in the efforts to control AMR: patient advocacy. Tune in to listen to the story of Vanessa Carter, a patient who suffered from the consequences of antibiotic resistance during her recovery after a car accident, and saw first hand the shortcomings of how resistance is communicated in healthcare. We talk to her about her experience and how she, after this traumatic event, focused on raising awareness...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Happy month of May! Happy month of May! In this one-health oriented episode we bring you the work of Carl-Fredrik Flach, who is an expert on sewage surveillance applied to AMR. In this interview, we chat with him about the overall role of the environment in AMR, what its dimensions are, and learn how sewage surveillance could be an asset to drive empirical treatment, especially in poor-resource settings. In the news section, we bring you a recent article looking into the potential effect of wate...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to our slightly delayed April episode! For this one, we bring you an interview with Dr. Celia Souque, an evolutionary biologist with a love for board games. We talk with her about evolution, antibiotic resistance and her great outreach board game project "Drugs vs. bugs" where she worked to design not only an educational tool, but also a beautiful, fun, and engaging game for anyone to play. In the news section, we first comment on a recent research article looking into the role of silver...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min
