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In the final episode of this 3 part video series on how to optimize antibiotic use and how to minimize the emergence of drug resistant pathogens, Dr. Linda Tollefson, Assistant Commissioner for Science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, goes in depth on the use of antimicrobial drugs in agriculture, their efficacy, and adverse human health consequences. Dr. Stuart Levy, professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine, discusses policy, regulatory and funding issues around antibiotic resistance. Both Dr. Tollefson and Dr. Levy take a handful of questions from the audience.

The series, "Antibiotics: Is a Strong Offense the Best Defense?" was filmed on September 18, 2008 at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C. Parts 1 and 2 can be found at www.microbeworld.org.

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Tags : animals, antibiotics, asm, bacteria, cdc, discussion, health, koshland, levy, linda, microbeworld, microbiology, museum, resistance, science, stuart, tollefson, tufts, university

On September 18, 2008 at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stuart Levy, professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dr. Linda Tollefson, Assistant Commissioner for Science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, discussed how to optimize antibiotic use and how to minimize the emergence of drug resistant pathogens.

In part 2 of this 3 part video series, Dr. Levy discusses how antibiotic resistance develops, the development practices drug companies employ when producing antimicrobials, and how this process may change in the future. Dr. Tollefson outlines how the FDA is encouraging the development of antibiotics in an industry that is mostly focussed on manufacturing drugs for chronic illnesses.

Dr. Levy is Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine where he is the Director of the Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance. He directs research on mechanisms of bacterial antibiotic resistance. Stuart Levy is also Staff Physician at the Tufts Medical Center and he also serves as the president of The International Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics.

Dr. Tollefson is Assistant Commissioner for Science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She previously served as Deputy Director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), where she led CVM's efforts to implement a risk-based approach to address antimicrobial resistance, fulfilling a 2001 Congressional mandate, and was instrumental in the founding of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria. Tollefson also served as Chief of Epidemiology in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition where she successfully investigated numerous outbreaks of food borne disease and served as liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Part 3 will be published next week. To view part one visit www.microbeworld.org

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Tags : animals, antibiotics, asm, bacteria, cdc, discussion, health, koshland, levy, linda, microbeworld, microbiology, museum, resistance, science, stuart, tollefson, tufts, university

Will we become defenseless against bacteria? Will bacteria always find a way to infect and even kill us? The emergence of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria poses an enormous problem around the world. Scientists believe that the overuse of antibiotics is increasing the appearance of these pathogens. In the US, increasing casualties resulting from drug resistant staphylococcus infections received wide media attention.

While antibiotics only work on bacterial infections, many patients and doctors regard antibiotics as a front-line form of treating any type of infection. Antibiotics are often prescribed because the specific pathogen that is causing an illness is often difficult to determine. In some cases they are used as a preventative measure. But is this the best defense? Are there ways to beat bacteria at their own game?

On September 18, 2008 at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stuart Levy, professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dr. Linda Tollefson, Assistant Commissioner for Science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, discussed how to optimize antibiotic use and how to minimize the emergence of drug resistant pathogens.

In part 1 of this 3 part video series, Dr. Levy discusses the basics of microbial pathogens, bacteria, and antibiotic resistance. And, Dr. Tollefson outlines the various types and classes of antibiotic drugs, approved uses, and current levels of effectiveness.

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Tags : ASM, American, Antibiotics, Koshland, Koshland, Levy, Levy, Linda, Linda, Stuart, Stuart, Tollefson, Tollefson, animals, drugs, health, health, microbes, microbes, microbeworld, microbeworld, microbiology, microbiology, museum, museum, resistance, resistance, science, science, society, society

He's been referred to as the "Elvis of E. coli", the "Sinatra of Salmonella," and in this episode of MicrobeWorld Video the "singing toxicologist." Whatever you call him, Carl Winter, Extension Food Toxicologist and Director of the FoodSafe Program at UC Davis, performs parodies of contemporary popular music by modifying lyrics to address food safety issues such as bacterial contamination, irradiation, biotechnology, government regulation, and pesticides. The goal of his songs is to provide science-based food safety information in a fun, accessible way. Thanks to a grant from the USDA, Dr. Winter is now studying how to integrate his music into traditional food safety education programs.

Dr. Winter's music goes beyond simply educating those who work with food and in this video he shares some of his tips to empower the everyday consumer looking to prevent the spread of foodborne illness.

For more information about food safety please visit the following sites:

http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu
www.foodsafety.gov
http://www.usda.gov

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Tags : ASM (1:24) , MicrobeWorld (0:07) , asm, asmcue, carl, conference (1:24) , contamination (4:07) , cross (4:07) , davis, education, educators (1:24) , food (1:03) , food, foodborne (0:53) , gull, harmful (3:21) , health, illness (0:53) , illness, kelly, microbiology, microorganism (3:21) , music (1:03) , music, parodies, prevent (3:21) , safety (1:03) , safety, science, spinach (0:47) , spread (3:21) , uc, undergraduate (1:24) , usda, winter

MicrobeWorld Video 19 - West Nile Virus

West Nile virus entered the United States in 1999 and is now considered a seasonal epidemic that starts in the summer and continues into the fall. First isolated in Uganda in 1937, the virus can cause severe human meningitis or encephalitis in 1% of those infected. In 2007 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported 124 fatalities. The rapid spread of West Nile virus has put local and state mosquito surveillance programs on the front line of public health and disease preparedness.

In this episode, MicrobeWorld Video interviews Dr. Jorge Arias, an expert in vector-borne diseases of the Americas. Arias currently serves as the Environmental Health Supervisor of the Fairfax County Health Department in Northern Virginia. In this role, he is responsible for directing the Disease-Carrying Insects Program which focuses on West Nile virus and Lyme disease.

For more information about West Nile Virus, please visit:

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
National
National Pesticide Information Center - http://npic.orst.edu/wnv/
Fairfax
Fairfax County Health Department - http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/westnile/

This

This episode was filmed at the Marian Koshland Science Museum, the Fairfax County Health Department, Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax, Va., and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

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Tags : ASM, American, Arias (1:17) , CDC (1:32) , CO2 (1:39) , Gravid (2:56) , Huntley (0:50) , Jorge (1:17) , Joshua, Koshland (0:01) , Koshland, Light (1:32) , Meadows (0:50) , MicrobeWorld (0:08) , Microbiology, Museum (0:01) , Museum, Off (4:15) , Park (0:50) , Science (0:01) , Science, Smith, Society, Trap (2:56) , Trap (1:32) , arias, birds, breeding (3:39) , county, deet (4:15) , department, dunkins (3:58) , encephalitis (1:07) , fairfax, health, identification (2:35) , jorge, lab (2:35) , meningitis (1:07) , microscope (3:18) , mosquito (0:55) , mosquito (1:26) , mosquito (2:17) , mosquito (2:35) , mosquito (3:39) , mosquito (3:58) , mosquito (4:15) , mosquito, nile (0:55) , nile, prevention, public, repellant, reprellant (4:15) , sites (3:39) , surveillance (1:26) , surveillance, traps (2:17) , virginia, virus (0:55) , virus, west (0:55) , west

ReGenesis is an award winning science drama produced by Toronto's Shaftesbury Films that centers on the fictitious North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission. NorBAC's special operations team, headed by the brilliant but unpredictable Molecular Biologist Dr. David Sandstrm (Peter Outerbridge) and supported by a cast of forensic specialists and CIA operatives, investigates new strains of disease, genetically modified bacteria, and potential bioterror threats or agents. In essence, the show is about microbial forensics and the lives of the people who work in and around the lab.

ReGenesis is also one of the first dramas to feature full media convergence and was recently awarded with the 2007 International Emmy in the Interactive Program category and the 2006 Gemini Award for Best Cross Platform Project. Visitors to the website can tour the NorBAC laboratory, partake in the laboratory's problem solving, and get insight into each episode's health and science issues by getting the "Facts Behind the Fiction" and ""Science and Society" fact sheets, where episodic drama is analyzed by leading scientists compliments of the Ontario Genomics Institute.

The series will launch in the US this September and can be seen on television stations affiliated with ABC, Belo, CBS, Granite, Fox, Hearst, LIN TV, and the Tribune and Young group. ReGenesis is set to become the first complete, original HDTV series offered for weekend syndication. To watch ReGenesis in your area, please check your local listings.

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Tags : biology, canada, canadian, education, educational, health, microbeworld, microbiology, regenesis, science, show, television, tv, video

This video, produced in partnership with Global Health TV, showcases the American Society for Microbiology's laboratory capacity building initiatives in Zambia. The film focuses on ASM's support to the Zambian Ministry of Health and US government agencies in the strengthening of clinical microbiology services with the objective of integration of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS laboratory infrastructure. Consultants representing ASM have traveled to Zambia to train researchers on diagnostics for TB, blood culture, and basic bacteriology. For more information about ASM's international activities, please visit www.asm.org

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Tags : TB, africa, biology, education, educational, health, microbeworld, microbiology, podcast, science, tuberculosis, video, zambia

Six Science bloggers talk about why they blog, the role of blogging in science, feedback they've received, and the greatest microbiological discovery in the past decade.

Bloggers featured include:

John Logsdon
Sex, Genes & Evolution
http://www.johnlogsdon.blogspot.com

Jonathan

Jonathan Badger
T. Taxus
http://ttaxus.blogspot.com

Yersinia
http://www.myspace.com/lenore138

Moselio

Moselio Schaechter
Small Things Considered
http://schechter.asmblog.org

Tara

Tara Smith
Aetiology
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology

Larry

Larry Moran
Sandwalk
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com

Also

Also featuring:

Wojtek Zawada as the Skater

The Song "Bacteria" is by Jonathan Coulton, www.jonathancoulton.com, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network at
http://music.podshow.com.

Filmed

Filmed and produced by Chris Condayan and Garth Hogan for the American Society for Microbiology.

For more video and audio podcasts visit www.MicrobeWorld.org

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MicrobeWorld and the Koshland Science Museum present a video podcast of comedian Brian Malow that includes excerpts from his science comedy act on infectious disease and an interview about the geek mystique of science.

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Tags : biology, brian, comedian, comedy, education, educational, funny, health, malow, microbeworld, microbiology, science, stand, up, video