Category: Blog News and Updates
It’s a microbial world!
If you’re a frequent reader of the blog, you’ve probably realized that microbes are everywhere and they do all sorts of things on earth. They can make peppers spicy, turn snow pink causing it to melt faster, and ferments bread dough to make sourdough.
Since the blog is now three (!!) years old, it’s about time I thought about a logo. My drawing skills are normally stick figures and lopsided circles so I needed some help. Who better turn to than my friend, scientist, and artist, Tyler Ford. I wanted to play with the tagline “exploring the microbial world around us” so I gave him some embarrassing things I drew myself including various microbes and the earth as rough ideas. (You would think that after graduate school, I would be able to kind of draw a microbe.. but no.) (more…)
Our Most Popular Microbiology Stories from 2018
As 2018 reaches its last hours, we reflect on the past year and set goals for the upcoming year. At The Microbial Menagerie, the last year showcased a menagerie of microbes in all sorts of environments: within zombie worms in the depth of the ocean, within sourdough starters all over the world, and within sap-feeding insects. (more…)