Channel: The Royal Institution

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: Viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa all want to infect your body and don't mind if they kill you so long as you pass on the infection. John's book "Infectious" is out now: geni.us/infectious Watch the Q&A: youtu.be/P6x0QseBo_k John Tregoning is reader in respiratory infections at Imperial College London. His research focuses on how virus and bacteria infect our lungs. He has published over 60 academic papers, collectively cited over 3,500 times. He is also well-established writer on academic careers, regularly writing commissioned articles for Times Higher Education, has a weekly column in Nature and has also published in Science. A recent article was viewed over 100,000 times and was in the top 150 most discussed articles of the year. Dr Tregoning remains at the forefront of infectious diseases research and is based at Imperial College London where he runs a research group. He has presented his work at the Pint of Science festival as well as being invited to speak at conferences and universities both in the UK and overseas. Amongst other outlets, he has been interviewed by the BBC, Bloomberg and The Sunday Telegraph. This talk was livestreamed on 14 October 2021. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: William Hudson, Thomas Gønge, Richard Hawkins, Don McLaughlin, Jonathan Sturm, Microslav Jarábek, Michael Rops, Adam Leos, Alan Latteri, Andrew McGhee, Anonymous, Ben Wynne-Simmons, Dave Ostler, David Lindo, David Schick, efkinel lo, Frances Dunne, Gou Ranon, Greg Nagel, Ivo Danihelka, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Joe Godenzi, John C. Vesey, jonas.app, Jonathan Killin, Kevin Winoto, Lasse T. Stendan, Martin Paull, Matt Townsend, Osian Gwyn Williams, Paul Brown, Paulina Barren, Rasiel Suarez, Rebecca Pan, Robert Reinecke, Roger Baker, Scott Edwardsen, Stephan Giersche, Supalak Foong, Taylor Hornby, Tim Karr, and William Billy Robillard. --- Subscribe for regular science videos: bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The Ri is on Patreon: patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: ri-science.tumblr.com Our editorial policy: rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.