We’ve prepared this quick tour for you, with brief visits to all the major articles we posted since our May, 2011, retrospective.
Microbial Behavior
Are You Me or Am I You? Proteus mirabilis is one sentient bug: it can distinguish ...
by Elio
From December 16, 2010, to May 16, 2011. Another six months, another 50-plus posts, another retrospectiv....
Ecology and Evolution
Energetics of the Eukaryotic Edge. Frank Harold discusses why eukaryotes have differentiate...
From the Library of Congress Shop (modified). Frontpage: Photo Credit Unhindered by Talent
Readers may be interested in learning that STC is being archived at the Library of Congress, thus its contents will be available in perpetuity...
by Elio
Would you like to read a concise and well-written review about how genomics has influenced our understanding of infectious diseases? Click here for a satisfying account by David Relman, one of the leading contributors to this...
We continue our semi-annual ritual and post this quick tour of featured blog postings since our December, 2011, Retrospective.
Viruses
It’s Raining Viruses! (Merry) Metabolic genes acquired from their hosts are one strategy used...
by Elio
Bill Gates interviewed at ASM Microbe 2016 by ABC News' Chief Health and Medical Editor, Dr. Richard Besser. Photo by Profvrr
This year’s annual ASM meeting was different in that it combined the usual General Meeting with ...
by Ananya Sen
Figure 1. Phage meeting at the shore of Lake Mendota, Madison, WI. Source
The "Phage Meetings" have a long tradition. The first one was organized by Max Delbrück and held at Cold Spring Harbor in 1950. The meet...
Scars are not injuries… A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.– China Miéville, The Scar
by Daniel P. Haeusser
Last year Small Things Considered was hurt by the loss of one of our regular contributors,...
by Roberto
What with the all the talk about CRISPR, the renewed interest in phage therapy, the widespread occurrence of huge phages (to mention but a few of the reasons phage are constantly in the news these days), it's no exagger...
Comment by T. Galanti on “Six Questions About CRISPRs”
Posted by: T. Galanti | March 19, 2013 at 02:13 AM