The accident that changed the world - Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu
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In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri dish he’d forgotten to place in his incubator. And around this colony of mold was a zone completely and surprisingly clear of bacteria. What was this mysterious phenomenon? Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu detail the discovery of penicillin and how it transformed medicine.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Allison Ramsey, Mary Staciu
- Director WOW-HOW Studio
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
- Storyboard Artist Andrii Dudko, Anastasiia Novikova, Konstantin Bunovsky
- Animator Andrii Dudko, Anastasiia Novikova, Konstantin Bunovsky
- Producer Daria Kachan , Tatiana Koroleva, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Art Director Marianna Murashko
- Illustrator Andrii Dudko, Anastasiia Novikova, Konstantin Bunovsky
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Fact-Checker Liz McGlone
