 My name is Cristina Arendtias, I came from Spain and now I'm working in the hospital Ramónica Hall in Madrid. About my research, I started in a more biotechnological science part with the polyhydroxial canoide producing bacteria. I studied predatory bacteria and use it like a litig tool. I'm from there, I moved for the more clinical application. And now I'm working on developing a new therapeutic approach to fight anti-microbial resistance with different tools in the lab. So then the topic of this summer school is very close to the... Yes, I think so. And so how have you found the experience of the last ten days here? Have you enjoyed it? What kind of aspects do you remember most? So it's super, super interesting this summer school. I didn't know all the topics because they touch a lot of parts of the science. A lot of different mentors. Yes, yes, yes. A lot of approach. And I think I can apply most of this basic knowledge, this basic mechanism that they describe and that they are working on. We can be applied like in a more clinical thing to fight the anti-microbial resistance. So is that your main takeaway then, do you think, from this summer school? Yes. Looking at mechanisms you can use in your own research? Yes, and also make the collaboration because I met here a lot of people from different data analysis. And people that work with different bacteria, with different resistance, with different mechanisms. So I think it could be a good place to make the network. And now I know to whom I have to ask if I have to... So now there are people that you can go to with your questions. Yes. People postdocs at the same level, looking at similar stuff. And then mentors who can help you advance or not. Yes. Ok, so when you go back to your lab and your team, is there anything you want to try immediately that you've had ideas about when you've been here? Yes, there are a lot of inspiring talks with mentors that give me some ideas about one of the projects that I'm working on already. That we are kind of broke because we don't know in which direction we want to go. So we're stuck now. So maybe for sure I will apply these strategies to... Ok, so what's the strategy? So for instance we have here a lot of persistence experts. And I work now with collateral sensitivity phenomenon. And I was thinking if the mechanism could be in the other way around. So if the techniques that they use, like to measure the rows or the membrane damage or the intracellular pH, could be also be related with the mechanism of the collateral sensitivity that it's when the bacteria death earlier than the counterparts. So maybe it could be, but in the other way. I mean, it's a very informal space here, isn't it? So you can try to meet everyone and chat about everything. So could you sum up the summer school in three words? What would be the three words you choose to describe it? Multidisciplinary, close. Close and intimate. We are super close and we feel super confident. And very inspiring. Inspiring. Ok, that's a good three words. Yes. And so yeah, with your research when you go back, what's the kind of direction that you're moving into? Like what field will you take the research into? Do you think over the next few years? Mine? I like a lot the searching for new approaches to fight the anti-bicarbon resistance. So I'm always belong to a more basic science lab, but I like more the applicability. So I wanted to apply the knowledge that I learned, but in a real scenario. With real pathogens, clinically isolates, real antibiotics, not the ones that we get from the industry. Maybe the ones that has the recipes and the things that make the... Ok. And do you have any compounds or any sort of promising directions for sort of new antimicrobial? No, I don't know if I have no jet. Awesome. And what's your favourite memory of this last ten days? Is there one thing that stands out? But the place is super nice, the atmosphere. And I don't know, I think we made a super great team in here. Like we match and we perfectly stay because we are like from the different parts of the world and different parts of the science and I feel super comfortable here. I think this is a sad experience. But the most important thing is that I feel confident, that I don't feel like the people just me. And this is super nice when you are in science that we have always to demonstrate that we know the things. So here they are creating this atmosphere and it is super nice. Awesome. Well, thanks for your time today. Thank you. And I hope you enjoy the next day or two left of the summer school. Ok. And it's been good to chat. So thank you for joining me in this interview chat. Thank you, Jo.