WorldLEISH 2017: A Post-Doc’s Perspective
The 6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WorldLEISH 6) was the first conference I attended as a fully-fledged scientist (PhD complete and first… Read more »
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Battling antimicrobial resistance at ASM Microbe 2017
BMC Microbiology recently attended ASM Microbe 2017, held by the American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans, USA. This annual meeting attracted… Read more »
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World Refugee Day
June 20th is World Refugee day, designed to bring attention to the large number of people displaced from their homes by violence.… Read more »
8th World Sickle Cell Day and the Potential of Gum Arabic
This June 19th will be the 8th World Sickle Cell Day which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008. This… Read more »
Blood feeding on “Investigator’s arms” reveals the role of light in suppressing mosquito blood feeding
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame University, USA, acted as food for mosquitoes during experiments which shed light on… Read more »
Fetal and infant exposure to severe Chinese famine increases the risk of adult dyslipidemia
Published today in BMC Public Health, a new study examines the evidence on the association between fetal and infant Chinese… Read more »
Could carbamate insecticides save the day?
A field-based study investigates the tenet that insecticide resistance within a mosquito population may fall if the insecticide is… Read more »
Mysterious and rare whale, spotted in new waters
This April saw the first sighting of Pygmy Killer Whales in the waters of Mozambique. These enigmatic creatures are extremely… Read more »
Mapping pastoralists’ women’s roles: colonial and post-colonial impact
A new study published in the SpringerOpen journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice explores the impact of colonization… Read more »
Tracking dengue transmission in Thailand
How to use genetics and serology to understand the spread of dengue infections.