BacterioQuiz: the Graduate School 1H-EID joins the Double•Science Festival

Inspired by the Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop (Fresque de l’Antibiorésistance), an educational format already successfully deployed by the Graduate School, notably during the One Health Summit, the BacterioQuiz offers an interactive way to explore the challenges of antimicrobial resistance.

Alongside Nicole Bertola, project manager of the Graduate School One Health – Emerging Infectious Diseases (1H-EID), and Professor Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, participants were able to test their knowledge through 15-minute rounds featuring two teams competing on 15 questions.

The quiz covers a wide range of topics, including the appropriate use of antibiotics in everyday life, the biological mechanisms of bacterial resistance, as well as striking figures such as the global health and economic impact of antimicrobial resistance by 2050, and policies implemented in certain countries to drastically reduce antibiotic use in livestock farming.

This activity is fully aligned with the One Health approach, which is based on the idea that human, animal, and environmental health are closely interconnected. Faced with global challenges such as antimicrobial resistance, this approach encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration, the sharing of scientific knowledge, and coordinated prevention efforts. Antimicrobial resistance is now recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the major global health threats.

With the BacterioQuiz, the Graduate School 1H-EID continues to pursue a simple goal: to make a complex scientific topic accessible and to raise awareness among all audiences about the actions that help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics.