The Lancet Microbe in conversation with
Episodes
Claas Kirchhelle and Lloyd Czaplewski on AMR governance and financing
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Claas Kirchhelle and Lloyd Czaplewski about the current antimicrobial resistance (AMR) governance (with a historical pe...
Magnus Unemo on Zoliflodacin treatment for gonorrhea
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Pucu from The Lancet Microbe interviews Dr. Magnus Unemo of Örebro University about the clinical implications and key findings from his researc...
Amber Barton on mass drug administration to eradicate yaws in Papua New Guinea
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Ashley-Norman of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Amber Barton about the neglected tropical disease, yaws. Efforts to eradicate yaws were first mad...
Britt Koskella on bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Britt Koskella about bacteriophages and phageome, their role in modulating the bacteriome, thei...
Christian Malaka and Livia Patrono on the surveillance of mpox in the Central African Republic
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Christian Malaka and Dr Livia Patrono on mpox in the Central African Republic and how researchers a...
Sam Lipworth and Nicole Stoesser on genotypic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Dr Sam Lipworth and Prof Nicole Stoesser about the challenges and variability in genotypic predictions of antimicrobial...
Anastasia Theodosiou on controlled human infection with Neisseria lactamica in pregnancy
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Anastasia Theodosiou about performing a controlled human infection study in pregnant women investig...
Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender on bloodstream infections in neonates in South Africa
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender about bloodstream infections in neonates at lower...
Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Luc Samison on surveillance of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment in Madagascar
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Professor Luc Hervé Samison about implementing the WHO Tricycle...
Zoe Dyson and Philip Ashton on Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Zoe Dyson and Dr Philip Ashton about the genomic characterisation of population diversity, anti...
Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh on Streptococcus pyogenes
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh about Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and trans...
Martin Hoenigl on climate change and fungal diseases
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks with Professor Martin Hoenigl about the impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal diseases...
Nancy Chow on sporotrichosis
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Nancy Chow about sporotrichosis and discusses a genomic epidemiology study of this zoonotic fungal ...
Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso on detecting on-SARS-CoV-2 viruses from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso about non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral detection from COVID-19...
Kate Baker on harnessing genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Kate Baker about the challenges, potential, and recommendations for using genomics to monito...
Erica Furhmeister on monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Erica Furhmeister about monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes.Read the full a...
Jie Zhou and Anika Singanayagam on their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Jie Zhou and Dr Anika Singanayagam about their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study.Read the full a...
Hanna Ehrlich on antimalarial drug resistance surveillance
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Hanna Ehrlich about antimalarial drug resistance surveillance and her recent cross-sectional st...
Fabrice Somé sur la surveillance de la résistance aux médicaments antipaludiques (en français)
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia du The Lancet Microbe converse avec Dr Fabrice Somé sur la surveillance de la résistance aux médicaments antipaludique et son é...
Nichola Calvani on gender equity in science
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Nichola Calvani about gender equity in science and Herminthology, an online initiative that produces...
Michael Otto on using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Michael Otto and his and his collaborators’ placebo-controlled phase 2 trial that used the probiot...
David Cameron on phage therapy
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr David Cameron about phage therapy and his and his colleagues’ recent systematic review and me...
Samuel Lipworth on Mycobacterium abscessus
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Blott talks to Dr Samuel Lipworth about his and his collaborators' investigation of the epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus in Engla...
Adrian Martineau on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Hellier talks to Prof Adrian Martineau about his and his collaborators’ study that identified Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-...