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 ...
This post is part of the Meet a Microbe series on the blog, which serves as a primer on the many members of the microbial world. Check it out to meet other microbes! Cyclospora cayetanensis is making ...
Study of Aerosols and Microbial Contamination from Wind Instruments Spurred by the COVID-19 Pandemic
For the last two decades, I’ve sat in the middle of the clarinet section of orchestras, oblivious to the possibility of microbes swirling around me amidst the melodies and harmonies that fill the air....
Vaccines in the past typically work by using a weakened virus or a purified viral protein from the virus to stimulate our immune response. But, the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines we’ve been hearing about work...
A dog’s nose knows, and it might just know when you’re emitting the scent of infectious disease. With its 300 million scent receptors, the dog’s most recent detective work involves COVID-19. Dogs are ...
