An extended chat about good bacteria | Shed Science

0:08 Tell me about how you got into doing your PhD 1:23 What questions did you want to answer? 1:57 What did we already know about good bacteria? 3:18 What animal are you working in? 3:45 Where do you get the worms from? 4:28 Why did you name your worms after me? 5:04 What does C. elegans do in the wild? 6:11 Why did you choose to study C. elegans? 7:20 Where does S. aureus hang out? 7:52 Are we always infected with Staph? 8:27 What are the nice bacteria? 8:30 If everyone has both bacteria, is it just the numbers that make you ill? 9:00 Why did you put human bacteria inside worms? 9:53 Show me around your lab 10:28 #OOTD? 11:50 Why are your findings important? 12:59 A successful bacterium doesn't want to kill its host. Discuss (12 marks) 14:15 Why does the good bacteria want to kill the bad bacteria? 14:48 How can something infect us without making us ill? 16:01 How long before we infect humans with bacteria to treat disease? 16:56 Bacteria can catch the flu? 18:27 Do probiotic yoghurts actually work? 19:28 What can we do to look after our nice bacteria? 21:12 What are you up to next in life?