Understanding Microbes and How Fungi impact Us, ft. Alex Soare
Episode description
In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of having yet another smart scientist on the podcast. Alex Soare is on to discuss a bit of basic immunology and microbiology for the first half of the podcast, then we dive into fungi and her expertise on mucormycosis. I hope this proves as informative as I found it (considering I knew nothing about fungi).
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Time Stamps:
2:41 - Alex Education
4:34 - What is a microbe?
7:13 - Is a microbe a pathogen?
9:05 - Pathogen in a Host always causing disease?
15:53 - How do we fight disease? 21:53 - What is a fungus?
27:09 - Increase in fungal infections in the news - why?
31:57 - Do fungi mutate? 32:59 - What is Mucormycosis?
37:45 - How does it affect the body?
40:45 - Cures for Mucormycosis?
43:25 - Fungal infections are rare although they’re everywhere, why?
46:11 - Where is fungal research headed?
48:50- Is there an area in fungal research you’re excited?
50:32 - AWIS background
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