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tag techniques evolution culture microbiology
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Illuminating Specimens Through Live Cell Imaging
Charlene Lancaster, PhD
| Mar 14, 2024
| 8 min read
Live cell imaging is a powerful microscopy technique employed by scientists to monitor molecular processes and cellular behavior in real time.
Archaea Sport Structures that Shuttle Genes Among Microbes
Natalia Mesa, PhD
| Nov 16, 2022
| 3 min read
Researchers find so-called integrons, previously known only in bacteria, in their distantly related microbial relatives.
Out, Damned Mycoplasma!
Kelly Rae Chi
| Dec 1, 2013
| 8 min read
Pointers for keeping your cell cultures free of mycoplasma contamination
Promoting Protein Partnerships
Ruth Williams
| Sep 1, 2016
| 3 min read
Scientists generate new protein-protein interactions at an impressive PACE.
Protein or Perish
Ruth Williams
| Aug 31, 2016
| 1 min read
A bacteriophage must evolve certain variants of a protein or die.
How Bacterial Communities Divvy up Duties
Holly Barker, PhD
| Jun 1, 2023
| 10+ min read
Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.
Infographic: Sources of Variation in Bacterial Nanotube Studies
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan
| Jun 1, 2021
| 2 min read
Differences in how researchers prepare and image samples can lead to discrepancies in their results.
What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan
| Jun 1, 2021
| 10+ min read
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
Book Excerpt from
When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
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