Malaria Day, every day
April 25th is World Malaria Day, a day to focus on a disease that impacts half the world's population, but for scientists working to tackle the disease, malaria… 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.
Srimathy is the Executive Publisher for Parasites & Vectors, Malaria Journal and other microbiology/ infectious diseases journals at BioMed Central.
Srimathy is the Executive Publisher for Parasites & Vectors, Malaria Journal and other microbiology/ infectious diseases journals at BioMed Central.
Latest posts by Srimathy Sriskantharajah (see all)
- Fungal compound inhibits transmission of malaria to mosquitoes - 4th October 2024
- Toxoplasma gondii – the good guy? - 16th August 2024
- Beauty and the Beast: malaria and its devastating impact on Hawaiian honeycreeper birds - 12th July 2024
Did you catch these biology highlights in February?
February might have been a short month, but we certainly were not lacking in scientific highlights. Food, senses and Africa are among the highlights from BioMed… Read more »
Buzzkill: suppressing mosquito populations by feeding them
Steve Whyard and colleagues have developed a sterile insect technique that uses double stranded RNA to target the testis gene and female sex determinant gene… Read more »
The enemy within: mosquitoes killing their own
Research published by Mains and colleagues in PLoS NTD explores a new method for auto-dissemination of insecticides, employing the male Aedes albopictus… Read more »
World AIDS Day 2014: can better access help Close the Gap?
There is great inequality in the world, and today, on World AIDS Day, the inequality in healthcare is plainly obvious as many people do not have access… Read more »
Humanitarian mapping – for when location really does matter
In the UK, we take it for granted that we will be able to find a certain place either by using a paper map, road signs or online route planners. However, there… Read more »
How global are you?
Once upon a time, the letter was the fastest and widely accessible mode of communicating information for the majority of the world. And then the internet came… Read more »
Fungal all the way: kicking off #fungalfortnight
Let me ask you all a question. What have fungi ever done for you? Well, from that slice of toast you had for breakfast to inspiring a medical breakthrough that… Read more »
BugBitten and the art of war
According to Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military general, strategist and author of Art of War, the key to winning a battle, is knowing your enemy. And… Read more »
Ebola outbreak takes its toll on West Africa
This is an aerial photo of a river just like any other river – except that this rather innocuous looking waterway lends its name to the deadly Ebola virus… Read more »