Prof Riggio next to Naked Scientists Logo

Dr Marcello Riggio (Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology, Dental School, University of Glasgow) appeared as a live studio guest expert on Sunday 1st February 2015 on the award-winning radio show The Naked Scientists: http://www.thenakedscientists.com, which is broadcast live each Sunday from 6.00 to 7.00pm on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and worldwide on the internet. The episode of the show was entitled “Outnumbered: Are your bacteria controlling you?”

The Naked Scientists are a group of physicians and researchers based at Cambridge University who make science fun and easy to understand for the general public.

The seven-minute interview, which explains the role of oral bacteria in health and disease, can be heard at: http://www.pressdata.co.uk/ViewBroadcast.asp?a_id=8236371&page=4

It is also available on The Naked Scientists website as a podcast with an accompanying transcript:
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1001125/

The entire one-hour show is available as a podcast at:
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/naked-scientists/show/20150203/

The show was also broadcast on ABC Australia on Friday 6th February and on BBC Radio 5 Live at 5.00am on Saturday 7th February (5 live Science).


First published: 25 February 2015