Highlights of the BMC series: May 2018
Oxytocin receptor gene methylation in social and emotional functioning • Safe smart phone sound levels •Causes of death among street-connected… Read more »
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The Creative Reactions Project
An artist and a scientist undertake a fruitful collaboration to inform the public about tsetse fly transmission of trypanosomes
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Folic acid supplements and gut bacteria
How does the supplement folic acid get into our bodies? I had assumed it was taken up in the same way as natural folates found in… Read more »
BMC Ecology Image Competition Announcement 2018
We are delighted to announce that the 6th annual BMC Ecology image competition launches today! We are calling for ecologists… Read more »
“Glocalized” teaching and learning to investigate global processes through local examples in disease ecology
In this post, Krisztian Magori discusses "glocalized" education as a potential way to help students better appreciate global… Read more »
Transposon Day Quiz: How much do you know about the field’s founder, Barbara McClintock?
Barbara McClintock is widely recognized as the founder of the field of transposable elements research and the scientist who… Read more »
Barriers to trypanosome transmission by tsetse flies
Exciting new research uncovers some reasons why very few tsetse flies develop salivary gland infections.
First record of bottlenose dolphins in Canadian Pacific waters
Authors of a recent Marine Biodiveristy Records publication describe a very special and surprising sighting of bottlenose dolphins… Read more »
How a salmon gets its spots
Did you know that spot number can be used to sort escaped farmed salmon from wild salmon? A recent study published in BMC Ecology… Read more »
Take a deep breath: Sex differences may play a significant role in the onset and treatment of lung disease
The winner of the OSSD Biology of Sex Differences Publishing Award, Joanna Floros, provides insights into how sex differences… Read more »