Tonight, I watched another series of London Calling 2024 studio interviews. Zoe McDougall spoke to three researchers. Carika Weldon from CarGenetics in Bermuda explained the healthcare research gaps. Heather Carleton from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained how poop samples can be used to detect outbreaks… including the idea of mobile sampling with a cell phone. Pedro Garrido-Rodriguez from CIBERER Spain was the spotlight winner and is a bioinformatician. They create organoids from liver samples to study and test conditions. Weldon spoke about the barriers to patient studies. Carleton explained how PulseNet has evolved and now can use new technologies to sequence isolates and the possibility of metagenomic approaches. The last segment of the interview was about career trajectories. Carleton emphasized the impact of public health work. Weldon stressed doing something that you want.
