Can you imagine a society where every individual and organization acts and works in a way to reduce the impact of antibiotic resistance? A society where everyone is aware of the problem and engaged in trying to resolve it? How would that look to you? For this year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week we bring you the Antibiotic Smart Sweden initiative, a mission-oriented approach to system change, highlighting the importance of antibiotic resistance not just as a medical issue, but as a public health issue that is relevant to the whole society and sustainable development. 

Check out the show notes at www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episodex9/. Follow our updates on twitter on www.twitter.com/uac_uu with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.

Ep X9: Antibiotic Smart Sweden

Welcome to this last episode of 2022! After a super busy and important month of November, we bring you a new episode with quite a Swedish perspective. On November 17th, we attended the Swedish Antibiotic Forum event and were able to talk to Jonas Fuks, an analyst at the Public Health Agency of Sweden, about the 10-year anniversary of the forum and the group behind it, the Swedish intersectoral coordination group. Learn how they have been working, what their goals are, and what their work has meant in the national efforts to reduce the impact of AMR. On the commentary, we also talk about our own experience at this year's forum, and what was covered. In the news section, we bring you two articles by researchers associated with the center, one interdisciplinary article looking at the use of the CRP test in primary care through the light of conversation analysis, and an article shedding light on the phenomenon of antibiotic persistence. We hope you have a good time with us! 

Check relevant links in the show notes at www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode44/. Follow our updates on twitter on www.twitter.com/uac_uu with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.

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Ep44: Jonas Fuks & the coordination group. CRP test and conversation analysis. ProQ and persistence.

Welcome to 2023! Tune in to this episode to hear the work and experience of Professor Nicola Gale, a sociologist with long experience in interdisciplinary work. We learn with her about sociological work, how she applies risk work theory to AMR, and her insights into the intersection between the application of guidelines and the personal experience of healthcare workers. In the news section, we bring you a recent research article looking into the relationship between the fungus in our microbiota and salmonella infections, and an important health policy publication analyzing and proposing a framework for the use of imagery in global health. In this episode, we also say goodbye to our lovely co-host, Dr. Jennifer Jagmann, as she continues onto new adventures. We hope you enjoy this one!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode45. Follow our updates on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu  with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify .

Ep 45: Nicola Gale & sociology. Mycobiota & salmonella infections. Use of imagery in global health.

Ready for a new episode? This month of March we bring you an interview with Alison Prendiville, Professor of Service Design at London Colleague of Communication, University of the Arts, London. With Alison, we learn the importance of co-creation and design when working with implementation, and how crucial communication is in various forms for interdisciplinary research. Tune in to learn the journey that took her from working on designing in transport to applied work on AMR, and much more.

In the news section, we talk about a recent research article estimating current trends of antimicrobial use on food-producing animals, and an article studying how antibiotic use shapes bacteriuria during COVID-19 ICU stays.

In this episode, we also introduce you to our new co-host, PhD student Elin Fermér. We hope you have a great time with us this month!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode46 . Follow our updates on twitter on http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu  with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify .

Ep 46: Alison Prendiville & service design. Antimicrobials in food animals. Bacteriuria & ICU stays.

In this episode, we bring you a double interview with two women deeply involved in patient advocacy and AMR. Tune in to hear the story of Pernilla Rönnholm, chair and founder of Mirakel, an association advocating for premature babies and their families, and the work that Laura Cigolot is doing within the AMR patient group, a cross-European initiative to bring awareness of AMR to many kinds of patients. We learn their perspectives, synergies, and what they hope for the road ahead.

In the news section, we cover an article looking into the potential financial incentives for antibiotic prescribing in Austria, and a study exploring the potential effects and uses of collateral phenotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We wish you a lovely month of April!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode47 . Follow our updates on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu  with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify

Ep 47: P. Rönnholm & L. Cigolot. On-site pharmacies. Collateral phenotypes in M tuberculosis.

The AMR Studio goes on a field trip! Join our hosts Eva & Elin on their adventures in Copenhagen at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (a.k.a. ECCMID) this year. From 15th to 18th of April, more than 13.000 people came together to talk about the most recent advances in infectious diseases, including antimicrobial resistance. Listen to this special episode to peek into the crazy days that it was, and some of the things we learnt along the way. 

Check out the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episodex10/ . Follow our updates on twitter on http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu  with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Music by Chillmore at Pixabay.

Ep X10: Live from ECCMID23!

Spring is back in Sweden, and so are we in your ears! This month of May we bring you an interview with Anna Sjöblom, director of ReAct Europe, a branch of an international organization working to promote and deliver action on antibiotic resistance. We learn about Anna’s background, the path that led her to ReAct, and many of the activities that ReAct has done and have currently ongoing.

In the news section, we cover the latest expert policy brief published by ReAct, a recent article looking into how antibiotic use at a country level can affect the gut microbiome, and a study revealing that the evolutionary pathways of plasmids in a clinical setting might be more difficult to predict than previously thought. Thanks for tuning in!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode48 . Follow our updates on twitter on http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu  with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify .

Ep 48: Anna Sjöblom & ReAct. Population ab use & the gut microbiome. Host-specific plasmid evolution

June comes with a bang! Tune in to this episode to hear the insights of the incomparable Dame Sally Davies, former UK Chief Medical Officer and current UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance. We chat with her about her path to being a global advocate on AMR, the need for better global governance, and what her vast experience has taught her. Talking to her was a truly inspirational experience.​

In the news section, we bring you a very cool article using deep learning and computational methods (hello Artificial Intelligence!) to find a potential antibiotic against Acinetobacter baumanii, and a brief study presenting the results of a new antimicrobial susceptibility testing that is independent of growth by analyzing bacterial nano-movement

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode49. Follow our updates on twitter on http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.

Ep 49: Dame Sally Davies & global governance. AI for antibiotic discovery. Nanomovement diagnostics.

Welcome to our July episode, just before the holidays! This month, we bring you an interview with Sophia Wood, designer, and teacher at the Beckmans College of Design.  Sophia led a group of design students through the “interdisciplinary waters” as they prepared to make an exhibition about AMR which they named “Are We There Yet?”. Tune in to learn about her background, their process, and what this exhibition is all about.

In the news section, we first bring you a scientific article about a compound reducing the mutagenesis that results from the use of ciprofloxacin, and two important news related to policy: a recommendation recently adopted by the Council of the European Union, and a priority research agenda brought forward by the World Health Organization. We hope you enjoy this month, we see you back in September. Have a lovely summer ahead!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode50. Follow our updates on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.

Ep 50: Sophia Wood & an AMR exhibition. Preventing resistance evolution. Policy briefs at EU & WHO.

We are back from summer break with a new discipline at our studio, ethnobotany! Click play to hear about the work of ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave, a.k.a. The Plant Hunter, in her quest to find new antibiotics, anti-infectives, and biofilm inhibitors in plants used in traditional medicines around the world. We learn with her about the vast chemical world still yet to be studied, and how a horizontal lab works with its collaborators.

In the news section, we bring you two recent research articles looking into the effects of antibiotics in two different ways: how broad-spectrum antibiotics use can influence the growth of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria, and how the presence of sub-MIC antibiotics changes the structure and diversity of river biofilms.  Enjoy!

Check relevant links in the show notes at http://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episode51. Follow our updates on Twitter/X at http://www.twitter.com/uac_uu with the #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: http://www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.

Ep 51: Cassandra Quave & ethnobotany. Antibiotics & CRE growth in the gut. Sub-MIC & river biofilms.

The AMR Studio is a podcast dedicated to the current multidiciplinary research on antimicrobial resistance, hosted by the Uppsala Antibiotic Center. The AMR Studio podcast is co-led by Eva Garmendia & Elin Fermér.

Ep 47: P. Rönnholm & L. Cigolot. On-site pharmacies. Collateral phenotypes in M tuberculosis.

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