Pneumococcal Bacteria Evolution and Vaccine Development - Associate Professor Stephanie Lo
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Associate Professor Stephanie Lo about her research into Pneumococcal diseases, the formulation of more effective vaccines and the impact those vaccines can have on reducing our reliance on antibiotics.
00:00 Introduction
00:40 How did you become interested in microbiology?
01:13 What were you looking at for your PhD?
01:34 What is antimicrobial resistance?
02:09 Studying the transfer of bacterial resistance to antibiotics between animals and humans.
02:59 What are plasmids?
03:42 How did Next Generation Sequencing help with your work?
05:32 What’s the goal of the Pneumococcal Sequencing Project?
07:10 What is pneumococcal bacteria and why are we worried about it?
07:43 What did you find when you studied pneumococcal bacteria genomes?
08:44 Studying bacterial evolution to improve vaccine formulations.
12:13 How can vaccines reduce antimicrobial resistance?
12:57 What’s the ultimate goal of your research?