Sciences & Technology
The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people
Two young science researchers discuss their investigations of microbes that threaten, respectively, human health and our food supply
Published 18 December 2015
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.
Sciences & Technology
The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people
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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