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Tag Archives: virology
Microbe Talk: October 2016
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) building in Boston is a high-tech facility for the study of emerging, and re-emerging, microbial diseases of humans and animals. The building, part of Boston University, is equipped up to Biosafety level 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, Podcast, Virology
Tagged Emerging Diseases, virology, viruses
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New to Science: January 2015
Each month, the Society for General Microbiology publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are a few of the new species that have been discovered, and the places they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged archaea, bacteria, microbiology, new species, species discovery, virology, viruses
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Should we curb our appetite for beef?
In 2012, Nobel Prize winner Harald zur Hausen noted the volume of research suggesting a causal link between beef consumption and colorectal cancer. This disease predominantly occurs in high-income countries where Western-style diets incorporate large amounts of red meat. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemiology, Food Microbiology, Virology
Tagged Beef, cancer, Meat, Mince, Papillomavirus, Polyomavirus, Steak, virology
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New to Science: October Edition
Each month, the Society for General Microbiology publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are a few of the new species that have been discovered, and the places they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged archaea, bacteria, cave, Cleanroom, Discovery, Kennedy Space Centre, microbiology, Romania, virology, viruses
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World Hepatitis Day 2014
Today is World Hepatitis Day, which is marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness of a disease that continues to claim millions of lives around the world every year. Predominantly a viral disease, hepatitis is primarily characterised … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Virology
Tagged Hepatitis, liver, virology, world hepatitis day
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Microbe Talk: November 2013
[gigya src=” http://microbetalk.podomatic.com/swf/joeplayer_v20a.swf ” flashvars=” minicast=false&jsonLocation=http%3A%2F%2Fmicrobetalk.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2013-11-11T02_01_48-08_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26facebook%3Dtrue%26height%3D85%26minicast%3Dfalse%26objembed%3D1%26width%3D440″ wmode=”tranparent” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowFullScreen=”true” width=”440″ height=”85″] A few weeks ago, we were kindly invited by the European Society for Virology to go to their congress in Lyon. Ben got to interview several virologists about vaccine … Continue reading
Microbe Video: Julie Pfeiffer
Last month, we were invited by the European Society of Virology to go to their conference in Lyon, France, and interview some of the researchers that were presenting their work. In this video, we spoke to Julie Pfeiffer, Associate Professor … Continue reading
Posted in Video, Virology
Tagged european society for virology, gut microbes, virology, virus
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