by Eammon Riley and Alex Meeske — Writing this blog entry with a fellow graduate student nearly 3000 miles away taught us both a valuable lesson in communication: it is simply challenging to communicate effectively across great distances. Not so with microbes. Recently scientists have discovered that bacteria can overcome the problems of long-range communication. With the... Read more →
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TWiM #77: Zombie Plants and No Pain, No Gain
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the use of bacteria to build a genetic sensor for heavy metals, and how host sugars help enteric pathogens to expand after antibiotic treatment. Read more →
Talmudic Question #108
Why do you suppose that, to our knowledge, animals have not evolved the ability to break down cellulose without the help of microbes? Read more →