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Episode Synopsis
While we're taking a Thanksgiving holiday break this week, we’re excited to share a special episode of Nice Genes! from our friends at Genome BC.
Our very own Jess joins Dr. Kaylee Byers as they dive into the fascinating world of wastewater surveillance. Along the way, they enlist a seasoned “poo detective,” Dr. Natalie Prystajecky, who wades through some wastewater 101, and how sewage can tip us off to disease outbreaks before symptoms even start. Then, Dr. Yemisi Bokinni brings the investigation to the not-so-small town of Makoko, Nigeria, where a new genome sequencing lab is chasing an old culprit: polio.
From your neighborhood sewers to global health and future pandemics, we're using genomics to identify poo dunnit.
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Episode Resources
1. Wastewater Surveillance– BC Centre for Disease Control
2. Wastewater surveillance tells a quiet story of polio’s return– BMJ
3. Nigeria’s polio battleground'– Nature
4. Makoko: ‘Venice of Lagos’– SmartCities Dive
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Our very own Jess joins Dr. Kaylee Byers as they dive into the fascinating world of wastewater surveillance. Along the way, they enlist a seasoned “poo detective,” Dr. Natalie Prystajecky, who wades through some wastewater 101, and how sewage can tip us off to disease outbreaks before symptoms even start. Then, Dr. Yemisi Bokinni brings the investigation to the not-so-small town of Makoko, Nigeria, where a new genome sequencing lab is chasing an old culprit: polio.
From your neighborhood sewers to global health and future pandemics, we're using genomics to identify poo dunnit.
For more episodes like this one, follow Nice Genes! wherever you listen.
Follow on Apple
Follow on Spotify
Nice Genes! landing page
Episode Resources
1. Wastewater Surveillance– BC Centre for Disease Control
2. Wastewater surveillance tells a quiet story of polio’s return– BMJ
3. Nigeria’s polio battleground'– Nature
4. Makoko: ‘Venice of Lagos’– SmartCities Dive
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