2012-08-13 06:31
Misfolded proteins are not just useless — they can be toxic. Some of them form linear aggregates known as amyloid fibres that can lead to disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parki… Read More
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A blog about actinomycetes (a group of bacteria) and the biosynthesis of natural products (antibiotics, antitumor agents, etc.).
2012-06-10 09:46
The following video is a presentation by Alan J. Cann for Editing in the Digital World, 11th EASE General Assembly and Conference Tallinn, Estonia, 8-10 June 2012. Abstract of the presentati… Read More
2011-09-11 10:42
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. This sounds great, let's celebrate and protect the variety of life on Earth! We must learn more about current (… Read More
2011-09-01 16:33
Bertalan Meskó (@Berci) has compiled a list of microbiology blogs that you may find useful: Microbiology in the Blogosphere.
Envious, I decided to make my own list of microbiology blo… Read More
2011-08-25 10:50
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that causes neurological disability in young adults. Several environmental and genetic factors have been linked to t… Read More
2011-01-24 09:21
Please watch the following video made by Nick Lariontsev, and then let me know if you don't think that microbes are fascinating things.The video was made using time-lapse photography, with s… Read More
2010-12-16 08:51
Every December, the journal Environmental Microbiology publishes a collection of humorous quotes made by peer reviewers while assessing manuscripts submitted to the journal. Some of them are… Read More
2010-10-15 11:30
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to "ideas worth spreading." They are mostly known because of their growing collection of fascinating talks about a wide array of topics, including sci… Read More
2010-10-11 10:17
It seems that Wisconsinites are not getting their own state microbe after all. What a shame!Transcripts of these radio podcasts are available at the NPR website:- A state microbe for cheese… Read More
2010-10-07 07:40
The journal PLoS Biology has launched a new series of articles on education "to present innovative approaches to teaching critical concepts, developments, and methods in biology." The title… Read More
2010-09-04 19:47
As I mentioned in my previous post, thanks to the internet, I could peek into the meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), recently held in California, from the comfort of my… Read More
2010-09-04 19:47
As I mentioned in my previous post, thanks to the internet, I could peek into the meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), recently held in California, from the comfort of my… Read More
2010-09-01 08:05
This post is about pneumonia and pneumococci, fratricide at the cellular level, and a pretty protein. And there's a video too!First things first. Pneumonia is a common disease characterized… Read More
2010-08-19 14:44
The March issue of International Microbiology included a very nice article by Roberto Kolter, professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School. The title is Biofilm… Read More
2010-06-25 13:26
Via my Daily on Twitter >>> Michael Banks (Twitter) >>> Rocking the physics message (physicsworld.com) >>> They Might Be Giants (ParticleMen, YouTube) Read More
2010-06-20 08:32
Lots of conferences and meetings on science-related topics are held every year, all over the world. Many of them cover wide topics with potential to excite the curiosity of a great number of… Read More
2010-06-19 09:00
Lucky me, I am enjoying a few weeks with my partner in Geneva, Switzerland. During one of our first walks around the city, we noticed a big purple balloon on a small island in the Rhone rive… Read More
2010-06-07 18:13
The above image is a word cloud generated from about 1200 tweets (that is, messages posted on the microblogging service Twitter). All these tweets are related to the general meeting of the A… Read More
2010-05-21 08:35
A science journalism congress was held last week in Madrid, Spain, under the name Media for Science Forum (MFSF). This was a European congress dealing "with strategic issues about science co… Read More
2010-05-15 12:04
During the last couple of years I've been collecting some YouTube videos related to microbiology. My microbiology playlist includes now over 70 videos of very different styles, including not… Read More
2010-04-21 09:26
This comic strip by Garry Trudeau was published in 2006, so you may already know it. Here, a doctor offers two antibiotic choices to a patient suffering from tuberculosis (TB). The choice ap… Read More
2010-04-14 07:28
Vincent Racaniello is a well-known Professor of Microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center, New York. As a complement to his research and his classes on virology, he successfully use… Read More
2010-04-08 11:11
I was browsing the printed edition of a local newspaper (for a London borough), and a brief story caught my eye: Top genes expert is UK Miss India.To be honest, I had to read the headline tw… Read More
2010-03-24 19:01
Today is World TB Day, an excellent time to watch the following video (available at the World Health Organization YouTube channel):You can read about the current state of the disease -- whic… Read More
2010-03-09 07:59
A few days ago, the UK postal service issued a new series of stamps featuring 10 eminent scientists to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. The image above shows two of the… Read More
2010-03-03 19:50
I love this video. Please watch it.From the YouTube page:The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science e… Read More
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