A forum for the dissemination and discussion of sarcoma research
Clinical Sarcoma Research (CSR) has launched with BioMed Central. CSR publishes the latest advances on rare solid cancers – sarcomas – and… Read more »
Srimathy Sriskantharajah
Srimathy Sriskantharajah completed a BSc in Microbiology (UCL) and a PhD in environmental microbiology/ atmospheric chemistry (Royal Holloway University of London) before joining BioMed Central. Srimathy blogs about microbiology, infectious diseases and the environment amongst other things.
Latest posts by Srimathy Sriskantharajah (see all)
- Eau d’urea: why mosquitoes feed on cattle urine - 17th June 2022
- BugBitten’s mid-year puzzle page - 10th June 2022
- Scientists of the future: Matteo Gregori discusses his research path into Arctic microbiology - 22nd February 2022
Retrovirology and McFarlin Awards
Retrovirology and McFarlin Awards presented at the 15th International Conference on Human Retrovirology At the recently concluded 15th International Conference… Read more »
Clinical and Translational Allergy: from bench to bedside
Clinical and Translational Allergy, an official journal of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), has launched with BioMed Central… Read more »
A new series on vector-borne canine parasites
In April 2011, leading experts in the field of canine parasitic infections gathered to present and discuss their research at the 6th Symposium of Canine… Read more »
Prevention is better than cure: Elimination of parasitic infections
This year’s World Health Day focuses on combating drug resistance, which is a growing concern throughout the world, as antimicrobial resistance renders… Read more »
Bacteriophage T4 – A series of critical reviews
Bacteriophage T4, a virus that infects E.Coli, has played key roles in some of the major advances in the molecular biology field including the identification of… Read more »
Chronic fatigue and ‘RNA rumor viruses’ – Can we learn from history?
Arguments aired by Robin Weiss in “A cautionary tale of virus and disease”, published in September in BMC Biology, now seem vindicated by four… Read more »
PCR contamination revealed, adding fuel to XMRV debate
Xenotrophic murine leukemia-related virus (XMRV) has been associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a debilitating condition of unknown etiology, and also… Read more »
Death in a unicellular world
Programmed cell death, a decision made by cells to die via a self-governed process, has been extensively studied in metazoans (multicellular organisms),… Read more »
Scientific writing – Conference abstracts : online course announced
Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) has recently announced the launch of an exciting new e-course on writing and submitting conference abstracts:… Read more »