You asked, we answered! Explore the science behind hit television show and video game The Last of Us in this AMA with mycologist and molecular biologist Jessie MacAlpine!

About the Speaker

Jessie MacAlpine is a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. Her research investigates the interactions between commensal bacteria and human fungal pathogens with the goal of discovering novel antifungal therapeutics. In her spare time, Jessie is passionate about science communication and she is currently a freelance journalist with engineering.com and a writer and actor on the TVOKids science show, Blynk & Aazoo. In her spare time, you can often find her outside hiking, trail running and foraging for fungi.

Interested in learning more or brushing up on your fungi knowledge? Check out Fungi: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or A Microbiologist's Guide to Zombies!