Lab Culture Podcast

Lab Culture Ep. 22: Life as a public health lab scientist testing for COVID-19

Jessica Bauer and Matt Sinn are scientists at the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory. On this episode, they shared their experiences performing COVID-19 testing, working…

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Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review

December 16, 2019

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Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners…

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Lab Culture Ep. 20: 20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network

October 17, 2019

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This year marks 20 years since the inception of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). Founded by APHL, CDC and the FBI, the LRN exists to…

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Lab Culture Extra: Progress in Sierra Leone

August 21, 2019

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APHL has a long history of involvement in Sierra Leone where we’ve provided technical assistance to strengthen the nation’s laboratory system for over a decade.…

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Lab Culture Ep. 19: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha- Storytelling and the Flint Water Crisis

June 13, 2019

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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, joins us for an…

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Lab Culture Ep. 18: Alaska state virology lab — Freezing temps, wild animals, and extremely dedicated staff

April 24, 2019

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Every area of our country is unique in ways that make public health laboratory work vary from one state or locality to another. But just…

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Lab Culture Extra: How the Wisconsin state lab developed a test for brodifacoum and why it matters

April 3, 2019

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In the spring of 2018 patients suffering from profuse bleeding swamped emergency rooms in Illinois and Wisconsin. The cause? Synthetic cannabinoids laced with rat poison…

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Lab Culture Extra: Surge of West Nile Virus in North Dakota

February 19, 2019

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What happens inside a public health lab when a health threat sends it into overdrive? Find out how the North Dakota lab met a surge…

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Lab Culture Ep. 17: Exploring bioinformatics: From fellow to full time in Virginia

February 8, 2019

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Kevin Libuit went from the APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowship to a contractor to working full-time as a bioinformatician at the Virginia state lab (VA Division of…

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Lab Culture: Introducing PKU Life Podcast with Kevin Alexander

December 3, 2018

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Fifty-five years ago, newborn screening was born. At the time, though, that little heel prick was performed to screen for only one condition: phenylketonuria (PKU).…

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