Bacteria and Antibiotics: Revenge of the Microbes
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 4 Μαρ 2015
What
are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about
increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and
novelist,investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday
Evening Discourse event from the Ri.
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Bacteria
are our ancient enemies, evolving ever more clever ways of
outmanoeuvring our natural defences and scientific technologies. For
millennia, a simple cut or cough could kill. With the development of
antibiotics, it seemed we would reign supreme.
But now the bacteria are again gaining ground.
With
antibiotic resistance on the rise, and the development of new drugs
having stagnated for decades, we humans might be in a lot of trouble
very soon. Why are bacteria so insidious, what tricks do they employ to
get the upper hand, and what can we do to stop them? Join Dr Jenny Rohn
to explore these questions.
Dr Jenny Rohn received a BA in
Biology from Oberlin College, Ohio, where she developed an interest in
viruses and cancer before moving to the University of Washington for her
PhD research into the evolution of feline leukaemia virus.
After
working as a researcher at Cancer Research UK and working in the
biotechology industry in The Netherlands, Jenny gained a Wellcome Trust
fellowship to study cell shape and architecture at University College
London. She is now head of a cell biology lab where she studies how the
cells of our body interact with invading bacteria.
This event took place at the Royal Institution on Friday 30 January.
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are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about
increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and
novelist,investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday
Evening Discourse event from the Ri.
Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
Bacteria
are our ancient enemies, evolving ever more clever ways of
outmanoeuvring our natural defences and scientific technologies. For
millennia, a simple cut or cough could kill. With the development of
antibiotics, it seemed we would reign supreme.
But now the bacteria are again gaining ground.
With
antibiotic resistance on the rise, and the development of new drugs
having stagnated for decades, we humans might be in a lot of trouble
very soon. Why are bacteria so insidious, what tricks do they employ to
get the upper hand, and what can we do to stop them? Join Dr Jenny Rohn
to explore these questions.
Dr Jenny Rohn received a BA in
Biology from Oberlin College, Ohio, where she developed an interest in
viruses and cancer before moving to the University of Washington for her
PhD research into the evolution of feline leukaemia virus.
After
working as a researcher at Cancer Research UK and working in the
biotechology industry in The Netherlands, Jenny gained a Wellcome Trust
fellowship to study cell shape and architecture at University College
London. She is now head of a cell biology lab where she studies how the
cells of our body interact with invading bacteria.
This event took place at the Royal Institution on Friday 30 January.
Find out about more events taking place at the Royal Institution in London: http://www.rigb.org/whats-on
Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
Watch more science videos on the Ri Channel http://richannel.org
The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science
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