Synthetic "poop" as a treatment for C. Difficile published in new journal Microbiome
A new treatment for superbug Clostridium difficile is published today in the launch issue of Microbiome. Canadian researchers have developed a… Read more »
Ben Johnson
Dr Ben Johnson is Head of Communities & Engagement at Springer Nature. He runs all online community blogs, including the Nature Research and Springer Nature communities and the BMC blogs. He has a PhD in influenza virus from the University of Reading and Public Health England and was a postdoc at Imperial College London before entering publishing as an Acquisitions Editor and then Associate Publisher at BMC, where he launched new open access journals. He is based in our London office.
Latest posts by Ben Johnson (see all)
- Zika virus – a Brazilian perspective on a global health emergency - 4th February 2016
- Sun, Sand and Viruses – highlights from the Brazilian Congress of Virology - 28th October 2015
- Sealed with a kiss – and 80 million oral bacteria - 17th November 2014
New Editors for Virology Journal
Professor Linfa Wang has joined Virology Journal as Editor-in-Chief. Professor Wang is a leading researcher in emerging infections, including the discovery of… Read more »
New animal model to study chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Research published today in Virology Journal describes a new model to study chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, which could be used to determine risk… Read more »
Convergent evolution in eukaryotic viruses
Research published today in Virology Journal shows the remarkable evolutionary history of an important group of viruses. The Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA… Read more »
Microbiome announcements – a new article type from Microbiome
New journal Microbiome now accepts short reports of metagenomic datasets and their associated clinical or environmental data, such as those recently used for… Read more »
Perioperative Medicine launches with new guidelines on fluid management during high-risk surgery
Perioperative Medicine launches today with important guidelines for fluid management during surgery. The consensus statement was agreed by the Clinical Leaders… Read more »