About this episode

Donna Paznar discusses her research on Streptococcus pneumoniae and the importance of serotype tracking in understanding bacterial spread.

Donna Paznar joins Absolute Gene-ius to discuss her research on Streptococcus pneumoniae, including how children can serve as hidden reservoirs and why serotype tracking matters for understanding bacterial spread. She also shares how molecular tools such as qPCR, nested PCR, and sequencing support surveillance research, along with the tick-borne disease story that first drew her into science.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jordan Ruggieri, Lisa Crawford

Guest: Donna Paznar

Topics covered

• bacterial serotypes
• molecular tools
• qPCR
• nested PCR
• surveillance research
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• disease tracking

Keywords

• qPCR
• nested PCR
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• bacterial spread
• serotype tracking
• molecular tools
• surveillance research
• tick-borne disease

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Streptococcus pneumoniae

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