313: Could Fungal Pathogens Outsmart US?

This Week in Microbiology

From ASM Microbe in Atlanta, Georgia, Arturo joins TWiM to reveal the threats that fungi pose to human health, including the notorious Candida auris and many more and how committed experts are researching ways to save us and our food supplies.

Hosts: Michael Schmidt, Mark O. Martin

Guest: Arturo Casadevall

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/nKJe5xNUocU

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Links for this episode

• Disaster mycology (Biomedica)
• Emergence of C. auris (mBio)
• What if fungi win? (JHU Press)
• Thinking about Science: Good Science, Bad Science, and How to Make It Better (Amazon)
• Recorded at ASM Microbe 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Join us at the next ASM Microbe by visiting us at asm.org/microbe
• Matters Microbial
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