Since fall is my favorite season, I decided to see if there’s a microbe that’s unique to pumpkins. A quick search told me no, not really, but I also found that Pseudomonas syringae causes ...
Originally published October 9, 2024. Updated October 15, 2026. Pharmacies and doctors start booking flu vaccine appointments in late August, long before the number of flu cases are on the rise. The C...
When you think of ancient medicine, what comes to mind? Potions? A concoction of herbal ingredients bubbling away? Old books full of recipes? Before modern medicine, people have been creating ways to ...
There’s a day/week/month for everything nowadays. And it’s getting harder to track all of these microbiology related events and historical dates. That’s why I made a calendar o...
I’m so excited to introduce you to my favorite bacteria – and the subject from my PhD research – Helicobacter pylori. After spending the early 2010s growing this somewhat finicky bacterium and s...