Happy Friday! New episode out now 🎙️🧫 Not everything in microbiology fits perfectly into an SOP. Luis talks with Dr. Christopher Doern and Dr. Alexandra Bryson about the CMPH wound culture guidelines and critical thinking at the bench. directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Episode alert! New episode tonight at 7 PM 🎙️🧫 Wound cultures can get messy. How do you decide what to work up? Luis talks with Dr. Christopher Doern and Dr. Alexandra Bryson about the CMPH wound culture guidelines and practical tips for navigating polymicrobial cultures.

What’s your favorite bug? On this episode about lab advocacy, visibility, and Little Lab Learners, Aaron Odegard shares his pick: Chromobacterium violaceum 🟣 That purple pigment never gets old. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🎉 Happy Friday! 🎉 A new MicroMinutes episode is out. We dive into Gram stains and what can influence how organisms appear on the slide — from culture age to decolorization technique. 🧫 Sometimes Gram Stains Lie 🎙️ Listen now: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🚨 7 PM Episode Alert 🚨 What can influence how organisms appear on a Gram stain? Tonight’s MicroMinutes explores factors like antibiotic exposure and decolorization technique. 🧫 Sometimes Gram Stains Lie 🎙️ New Let’s Talk Micro at 7 PM.

AI is bringing new talent and new possibilities to antibiotic discovery. In this Let’s Talk Micro episode, Jim Collins explains how AI may be helping launch a new golden age of antibiotics. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🎉 Happy Friday, lab friends! This week on Let’s Talk Micro: lab advocacy and storytelling—from Little Lab Learners to the SuperStat Podcast. 🔗 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... #HappyFriday #LetsTalkMicro #LaboratoryMedicine #LabAdv

🎙️ Episode Alert — Tonight at 7 PM “There’s a gap in STEM education when it comes to laboratory medicine.” Tonight on Let’s Talk Micro: the story behind Little Lab Learners and the SuperStat Podcast—advocating for lab visibility. #LetsTalkMicro #LaboratoryMedicine #LabAdvocacy

AI and drug discovery? Jim Collins says AI can aid antibiotic discovery, but real breakthroughs come from teams combining data, multidisciplinary expertise, and human intelligence. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

What’s your favorite bug? In this Let’s Talk Micro episode, Mohammed Al Musawa explains why Acinetobacter baumannii stands out as one of the most challenging, resilient resistant organisms. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

✨ Happy Friday ✨ A new episode of Let’s Talk Micro is out now. Dr. Joel Mortensen joins me to discuss intestinal parasites, pediatric infections, and the global health realities of diagnostics in Guinea, West Africa. Listen here: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🚨 EPISODE ALERT — Tonight at 7 PM 🚨 Many pediatric infections, including diarrheal disease, are preventable. On Let’s Talk Micro, Dr. Joel Mortensen joins me to discuss intestinal parasites and global health.

Have you checked out this episode of Let’s Talk Micro? In this episode, Callan Bleick discusses aztreonam–avibactam and its activity against resistant gram-negative organisms. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🎙️🧫 Micro-friends and science lovers — come hang out! Let’s Talk Micro is where microbiology meets real lab talk, great guests, and good vibes. 🎧 Listen here 👉 directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/i... 🔬✨🧫

🌞 Happy Friday! A new episode of Let’s Talk Micro is now available! 🎙️ Krisandra Allen breaks down how genomics pairs with epidemiology to understand outbreaks. 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🚨 Episode Alert — Tonight at 7 PM EST! 🎙️ What is genomic epidemiology? Krisandra Allen explains how genomics layers onto traditional epidemiology to track outbreaks, connect cases, and understand disease patterns. 🧬📊 Don’t miss it!

Happy Friday, Micro friends! 🎙️🧫 In the latest episode of Let’s Talk Micro, Jhoan Moncada shares the hiring perspective and how UF’s new CLM program is opening new pathways into clinical microbiology. 🎧 Listen here: 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🚨 Episode Alert — Tonight at 7 PM! 🎙️🧫 NAACLS created a new accreditation pathway focused 100% on microbiology — and UF became the first approved CLM program in the country. We dive into training, certification, and the future of clinical microbiology on Let’s Talk Micro! 🎧 Listen tonight!

Kyle Rodino, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Director of Microbiology, joins @letstalkmicro.bsky.social for a lab-focused discussion on tick-borne disease diagnostics. asm.org/podcasts/let...

🏥 As lab testing becomes more centralized, students are getting fewer hands-on experiences at smaller sites. In this Let’s Talk Micro episode, Emily Matthys explains how simulation labs help supplement clinical training. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

📱 Many students prefer texting, but in the clinical lab, critical communication still happens by phone across all departments. In this Let’s Talk Micro episode, Emily Matthys discusses how simulation labs prepare students for real lab life. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Hi Micro friends! Anybody attending #IMARI26 ? If so, see you there!

🦠 We always like to end each episode with a fun question — favorite bug! Dr. Rodino shares his favorite bug — find out why in this great episode on tick-borne diseases! What is your favorite bug? 🎙️ Tick-Borne Diseases: The Lab and Diagnostics 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Happy Friday! 🎉 Our latest episode is out. In the latest episode of Let’s Talk Micro, we discuss why suspected tick-borne disease shouldn’t wait—diagnostics matter, but early treatment is critical. 🎙️ Tick-Borne Diseases: The Lab and Diagnostics 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

🚨 Episode Alert — 7 PM 🚨 Tick-borne diseases are hard to diagnose because they often look the same clinically. In you this episode, Kyle Rodino joins me to discuss tick-borne diseases, diagnostics, and the role of the clinical lab—and why timing matters. 🎧 New episode drops tonight

Making the lab understandable to the public starts with storytelling. Real medical cases. Plain language. Science without the jargon. When people understand the lab, they understand its value. 🎧 Classic Let’s Talk Micro episode featuring Alan Wu directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

What if the lab had its own TV show? A scripted drama centered on a clinical lab director using science to solve medical problems and prevent errors — think CSI, but for laboratory medicine. 👉 Classic Let’s Talk Micro episode featuring Alan Wu 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

👀 Have you checked out the latest episode? Metagenomics doesn’t replace cultures, PCR, or serology. Its value is knowing when to use it—on the right patient, with the right sample, at the right time. 🎙️ Let’s Talk Micro 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... #DiagnosticStewardship #Metagenomics

🎉 Happy Friday! A new episode is out 🎉 ( A pediatric, immunosuppressed patient with recurrent meningoencephalitis went undiagnosed after repeated admissions. Metagenomic sequencing finally identified leptospirosis, changing the course of care.

🚨 New episode — tonight at 7 PM 🚨 Who benefits most from metagenomic NGS? Hospitalized and immunocompromised patients with complex infections—where opportunistic pathogens make diagnosis difficult. #Metagenomics #ClinicalMicro #mNGS #IDTwitter

Hope you enjoyed the holidays! Let’s Talk Micro returns this week. Catch up on past episodes — download one or download them all. 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/i...

Happy Friday, micro friends 🧫✨ This week’s MicroMinutes is out! 🎙️ Don’t Let PEA Fool You Why PEA can actually be a good recovery plate for Pseudomonas aeruginosa 🎧 Listen here: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... #MedLab #ClinicalMicro #MicroMinutes

🚨 Tonight 7 PM ET 🎙️🧫 MicroMinutes: Don’t Let PEA Fool You Why growth on PEA ≠ Gram+ Why PEA can actually be a good recovery plate for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Syndromic trends are a strong epi-surveillance tool. Public data shows 2 years of U.S. respiratory & GI virus trends. Subscribers get deeper insights — BCID, pneumonia & GI panels — by region and state. Brought to you by bioMérieux 🎧 asm.org/podcasts/let... @biomerieux.com

Missed this episode? Rapid AST vs fast AST: often used interchangeably for phenotypic AST from positive blood cultures (~8 hrs). Historically, “rapid” meant ~30 min — today the terms overlap. Brought to you by bioMérieux 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... @biomerieux.com

Dengue symptoms usually appear after a 5–7 day incubation period. Fever, nausea, rash, fatigue, eye pain — and sometimes severe pain known as “breakbone disease.” 👉 Want to learn more? 🎧 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Happy Friday! 🎉 Episode 216 drops some serious collabroenthusiasm — Dr. Robert Tibbetts’ perfect word for the AMR Summit 2025. Real collaboration. Real enthusiasm. Real momentum against AMR. 🎧 Episode 216 – One Health, One Fight 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Episode drops tonight at 7 PM! 🎙️🔥 AMR Summit 2025 was built to bring experts together and spark real momentum in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Featuring Dr. Lauren Hunt, Dr. Linoj Samuel, and Dr. Robert Tibbetts. Episode 216 – One Health, One Fight

Better diagnostics require more voices. Researchers, clinical microbiologists, public health, bench MLS, stewardship, infection prevention, and point-of-care teams all bring something unique. When we collaborate, patients win. Episode: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Happy Friday. Episode 215 is out now. When breakpoints are missing or outdated, veterinary labs lose interpretive confidence. As Dr. Kelli Maddock notes, a drug once considered reliable may no longer be interpretable. 🎧 Episode here: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Episode 215 premieres tonight at 7 PM. As Dr. Stephen Cole explains, there’s no agreement on what “multidrug resistance” means across sectors—creating inconsistencies in AMR interpretation. New episode drops tonight.

Missed the bioMérieux series? Start with Episode 1 — a look at AST history, breakpoints, and today’s challenges. As Andrea Prinzi notes, manufacturers aren’t just observers — they engage with CLSI, FDA, and regulatory teams to stay aligned with changes. 🎙️ Episode: asm.org/podcasts/let...

🎙️ Want to be a guest on Let’s Talk Micro? If you’re working in microbiology, infectious diseases, diagnostics, public health, or research and have a topic you feel would make a great episode, I’d love to hear from you! 👉 Apply here: forms.gle/pfy6QKHV76YT...

Silos hold us back. When we work in isolation, we lose the ideas and collaboration that drive diagnostic innovation and better patient care. Breaking down silos helps us move forward together. Episode: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

“Get involved. Show up. Talk to people.” Janet Hindler’s message to early-career microbiologists: networking at local ASM branches and national meetings can open doors you didn’t even know existed. 🔬✨ Episode: asm.org/podcasts/let...

This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for the incredible Let’s Talk Micro community — laboratorians, educators, students, and mikro-nerds who make this space what it is. Taking time to rest and recharge. 🎙️ New episodes return next week. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🧫

“Self-taught… and certified.” Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH memorized Koneman, shadowed senior techs after her shift for over a year, and earned her ASCP A reminder that passion + persistence can open doors in microbiology. Episode: asm.org/podcasts/let...

Happy Friday! 🧫 Diagnostic stewardship = smarter testing. Right test, right patient, right time. 🎙️ Episode 214 is out now! 👉 directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... Brought to you by bioMérieux.

Episode alert! Small workflow fixes = big impact. Tonight at 7 PM, we dive into eliminating waste + reducing variability in the micro lab. 🎙️ Episode 214 drops at 7 PM! Brought to you by bioMérieux. @biomerieux.com

Happy Friday! 🎉 New episode is out now — and yep, bacteria break the rules. Mucoid E. coli, lactose-negative & indole-negative strains, and even oxidase-negative Pseudomonas 👀 Listen now: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... 🎙️🧫