Listen to the episodeBacteria & Antibiotic Resistence
Patrick Munk
Patrick Munk is microbiologist with +10 years of experience as well as a Ph.D. in data science.
He is an associated professor at the National Food Institute at DTU, where he also researches in antimicrobial resistance and microbes from wastewater and animals.
Patrick is also dedicated to communicate to laymen about science in an understandable way.
About the episode
1.3 million people die every year because the antibiotics meant to treat them no longer work. Unlike a pandemic, resistance builds slowly, even though the urgency is just as real. Patrick Munk explains what antimicrobial resistance (AMR) actually is, and why it's something that happens to bacteria, not to us.
He also explains how resistance genes move between species through direct gene transfer, why a resistant gene picked up from an animal or from wastewater can end up in your gut, and what that means for how well antibiotics will work when you actually need them.
04:20 - What is AMR
10:57 - How AMR is linked to the microbiome through wastewater
16:00 - How to spot AMR in the microbiome
19:45 - How to protect against AMR
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