Bacterial symbionts – the key to fighting pests and diseases?
Arthropods such as insects can be devastatingly efficient pests and disease vectors, posing significant challenges to the agricultural and medical communities.… 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)
- Seasons greetings from BugBitten - 24th December 2021
- Une histoire sur un timbre: the recent history of malaria events told through stamps - 3rd December 2021
- From the wild and the tame – zoonotic parasites - 19th November 2021
Bacterial symbionts – the key to fighting pests and diseases?
Arthropods such as insects can be devastatingly efficient pests and disease vectors, posing significant challenges to the agricultural and medical communities.… Read more »
Putting malaria on the MAP
After decades of neglect, the war against malaria has entered an unprecedented era; the disease is high on the policy agenda, international funding is beginning… Read more »
BioMed Central journals committed to publishing breakthrough AIDS Research
HIV infection, the cause of AIDS, has resulted in the death of more than 25 million people worldwide in the last 30 years and, according to WHO, approximately… Read more »
There is still time to register for 23rd Retroviral Pathogenesis Meeting, Montpellier, France
The 23rd Retroviral Pathogenesis meeting will take place in Montpellier on November 2-5, 2011. The meeting is organized by Marc Sitbon, Jean-Luc Battini,… Read more »
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 »
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 »