We talked to Dr. Claire Chewapreecha and Dr. Kate Baker on tips on effective communication, presentation skills and how they have both adapted to the new zoom environment. ResourcesTed talk by Marcus Alexander Velazquez on effective communication: https://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_alexander_velazquez_the_art_of_effective_communication_jan_2020Forbes Article on effective communication within a company by Naira Velumyan: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/09/04/how-to-develop-effective-communication-within-a-company/Guest informationDr. Claire Chewapreecha is a Wellcome Intermediate and Sanger International Fellow based at Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand. She works on melioidosis, a grossly under-recognised tropical disease, caused by a soil bacterium. Her team investigates the relationship between the host and bacterial genomics that determine melioidosis susceptibility and severity. Connect with Claire on twitter @chewapreechaDr. Kate Baker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool who leads a research group on the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. She has won over £8m of research funding, published prolifically, and influenced public health policy and practice. Connect with Kate on twitter @ksbakes. More info on Kate: https://baker-lab.github.io/AcknowledgementsEditing by Mariana Vaz, https://www.marianacpvaz.com/Research: Christine BoinettProducers: Christine Boinett (Creator and Executive producer), Alice Matimba (Senior Producer), Isabela Malta (Producer and Research Lead), Emmanuela Oppong (Producer), Catherine Holmes (Marketing Lead).Host: Christine BoinettMedia and Marketing: Catherine HolmeMusic: https://freesound.org/s/477388/ Contact usEmail: enquiries@yourdigimentor.net Twitter: @mentor_podcast SupportWCS: https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/WSI: https://www.sanger.ac.ukSESH: https://www.seshglobal.org/