Germ warfare: Young researchers combatting diverse microbe threats

In this special PhD episode of Up Close, two young science researchers discuss their investigations of microbes that threaten, respectively, human health and our food supply.

We chat with Claire Gorrie about aspects of drug-resistant bacterium Klebsiella Pneumoniae, and how it’s implicated in serious infections.

And Rebecca Vandegeer tells us how the Barley Yellow Dwarf virus strips our wheat crops of their defences, posing a threat to food security.

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