Engaging and educating the public on environmental science
To celebrate Earth Week 2017 and Earth Day, Dr Srimathy Sriskantharajah, the Associate Publisher of Life Sciences, and Chris McEntee, Journal Development Editor… 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)
- Climate change and infectious diseases – a partnership made in hell? - 30th August 2019
- Malaria elimination: are we nearly there yet? - 25th April 2019
- Surprises galore – Bugbitten’s New Year quiz - 4th January 2019
Can furry pets reduce infant obesity?
Pet owners often wax lyrical about how their pets enrich their lives, but did you know pets can affect us at a more microscopic level? Research published today… Read more »
Sweetcorn – amaizing attraction for malaria mosquitoes
Maize pollen, an important food source for mosquito larvae, produces chemicals that encourage egg- carrying Anopheles arabiensis to lay their eggs in maize… Read more »
Science meets fiction: the microbiome and super powers
Our microbiomes have evolved with us over the millenia - or perhaps it is we that have evolved with them. In any case, our relationship with our microbiome is… Read more »
Happy 3rd Birthday BugBitten!
BugBitten celebrates its 3rd birthday this month, so lets look back at some of our memorable blogs and the people behind these blogs...
Dam, dam, dam – Three Gorges Dam is helping to reduce schistosomiasis
The Three Gorges hydroelectric dam is a feat of modern engineering: providing power to a vast region, lowering flood risks along the Yangtze and increasing the… Read more »
Interview with Filipe Dantas-Torres – OBMP winner
We talk to Filipe Dantas-Torres, winner of one of the 2016 Odile Bain Memorial Prizes, about his career to date, the inspiration behind his interest in… Read more »
Emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris
Candida auris, first isolated in 2009, is emerging as a multidrug resistant pathogen, causing outbreaks and deaths in several countries across the world. In the… Read more »
Quiz: Can you answer these questions about malaria?
April 25 is a day when World Malaria Day takes place, highlighting the impact that malaria has had and continues to have around the world. How much do you know… Read more »
Taming of beasts: the domestication of pathogens
In the past, whenever humans have come across threats from large carnivores, we have killed them or tamed them. Nowadays, our biggest threat to survival is not… Read more »