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Editors in Conversation

American Society for Microbiology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Clinical Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Public Health
Candida Auris
Cyclospora
Rhodococcus
Case Reports
ASM Case Reports
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Lophomonas
Measles
Epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Cyclosporiasis
Pneumonia
Clinical Trials
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
At-Home Testing

Editors in Conversation is the official podcast of the American Society for Microbiology Journals. Editors in Conversation features discussions between ASM Journals Editors, researchers and clinicians working on the most cutting edge issues in the microbial sciences. Topics include laboratory diagnosis and clinical treatment of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology of infecti... more

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Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections remain one of the most urgent public health challenges worldwide, with some infections approaching the limits of available treatment options. In this special edition of Editors in Conversation, we celebrat... more

New imaging and measurement approaches are revealing previously hidden aspects of microbial life, challenging long-held assumptions and creating opportunities to answer questions that were once out of reach. Marvin Whiteley, Heran Darwin and Jeffrey ... more

It starts out with a couple of stomach twinges, maybe a little nausea, maybe some sharp pains, and then… before you know it, you are running to the closest toilet with which you become very, very familiar. Cyclospora causes frequent watery diarrhea w... more

So, you think you want a career in clinical microbiology? This field demands more than technical skill—it's driven by curiosity, growth, and the confidence to lead. From mastering diagnostics to pushing innovation and mentoring the next generation, s... more

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Recent Guests

Laurent Poirel
Senior Researcher, Medicine Section, University of Fribourg; Director, National Antibiotic Resistance Center, Switzerland
University of Fribourg; National Antibiotic Resistance Center, Switzerland
Episode: Gram-Negative Resistance: A Decade of Evolution with Laurent Poirel, Ph.D.
Jeff Moffitt
Guest, researcher focused on Merfish technology and RNA imaging in microbiology
Merfish Lab / collaborator with Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Episode: Technology and Discovery in Modern Microbiology
Dan Rhoads
Editor for JCM and associate professor at Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic, JCM editor
Episode: Cyclospora In The Lab
Marc Couturier
Director of Microbiology
Maine Health
Episode: Cyclospora In The Lab
Amor Dix
Professor of Medicine at Tufts
Tufts University
Episode: Cyclospora In The Lab
Amanda Roth
Clinical microbiology fellow
NIH Clinical Center
Episode: Next Gen Careers in Clinical Microbiology
Janiece Glover
Clinical microbiology fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Episode: Next Gen Careers in Clinical Microbiology
César de la Fuente
Presidential Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Director of the Machine Biology Group
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: AI and Antibiotic Discovery
Rebekah Dumm
Medical director of bacteriology, AST and molecular syndromic ID tests
Barnes-Jewish Hospital; Washington University
Episode: Why Your Lab QC Might Be Missing Critical Errors

Hosts

Marvin Whiteley
Host focusing on Editors in Conversation with affiliation to InBio/ASM ecosystem
Romney Humphries
Editor-in-chief / JCM editor-in-chief, frequent host
César Arias
Editor-in-Chief of AAC; ASM editor
Elitza Theel
Co-host, JCM editor

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 56 ratings
  • Geared toward clinical and bench researchers and MDs, the hosts interview researchers who recently published in ASM journals. The research is high quality, the interviews are informative, and the podcast quality is high.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    Napaaqtuk
    2 years ago
  • Excellent podcast for clinical microbiologists

    This is an excellent podcast for clinical microbiologists. Topics are carefully chosen and the discussion featuring ASM Journal Editors is always interesting.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Rémi Le Guern
    France5 years ago
  • A great podcast for learning and keeping up to date

    Love this podcast it’s great to listen too at work, I’ve done a degree in biomedical science and I just want to hear something that is more scientifically based than mainstream media

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jayden Newell
    Australia6 years ago
  • Quality

    Excellent podcast. Make more!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    D20chick
    United States9 years ago

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Content is highly technical and data-driven, appealing to professionals but may be dense for casual listeners.
Guests are often editors or senior researchers, which adds credibility.
Experts consistently deliver deep dives into current lab practices and diagnostics.

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Gram-Negative Resistance: A Decade of Evolution with Laurent Poirel, Ph.D.
Q: What were the major shifts in gram-negative resistance over the last decade?
Dr. Poirel outlines a progression from ESBLs to carbapenemases, driven by genetic elements like integrons, and amplified by global dissemination of key enzymes such as NDM1, KPC, and OXA-48, alongside evolving inhibitors and diagnostic approaches.
Technology and Discovery in Modern Microbiology
Q: Jeff, could you introduce yourself and share how you got into biology?
Jeff describes his transition from physics and biophysics into microbiology, emphasizing how his background informs his approach to imaging and understanding bacterial cells, and notes the path toward applying advanced RNA imaging to single-cell microbiology.
AI and Antibiotic Discovery
Q: What exciting future directions do you foresee, including quantum computing?
Quantum computing is in very early stages for this work, but collaborations are exploring its potential to accelerate optimization and simulation tasks. The broader trend is crossing disciplinary boundaries to leverage new technologies and combinations of AI, high-throughput experimentation, and evolutionary biology to uncover unprecedented therapeutics.
AI and Antibiotic Discovery
Q: What are the main challenges to translating AI discoveries to the clinic and how are you addressing them?
Key challenges include securing investment, navigating IND-enabling studies, and building a path to clinical trials. We've started a company-based effort to push promising candidates toward real-world development while continuing academia-led discovery in parallel to diversify funding and risk.
AI and Antibiotic Discovery
Q: How has compute evolved in your work and what breakthroughs did GPUs enable?
We transitioned from a handful of CPUs to building a dedicated GPU cluster, enabling deep learning models and foundation models to run at scale, dramatically accelerating discovery timelines from years to minutes or hours for candidate identification.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Editors in Conversation

What is Editors in Conversation about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A technically focused show that brings editors, researchers, and clinicians together to discuss cutting-edge issues in microbiology, with frequent emphasis on laboratory diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, and translational biology. Episodes cover single-cell technologies, AI-driven antibiotic discovery, quality control and standardization in susceptibility testing, phage biology, novel diagnostic approaches (including urine HPV testing and MALDI-TOF-based predictions), and the environmental dimensions of microbiology such as the aerobiome and climate impacts on fungi. Noteworthy is the ongoing collaboration between journals, laboratories, and researchers to translate lab insights into clinical practice, plus a steady stream of practitio... more

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1. Laurent Poirel
2. Jeff Moffitt
3. Dan Rhoads
4. Marc Couturier
5. Amor Dix
6. Amanda Roth
7. Janiece Glover
8. César de la Fuente

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