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Scientists suspect the rapidly spreading beech leaf disease is due to an unidentified microbe.

The energy-producing organelles also send out parcels with antimicrobial compounds to help destroy pathogen invaders in macrophages.

Bacteriologist Alice Evans identified the pathogen that causes undulant fever, leading her to push for the pasteurization of milk.

Cryo-electron tomography reveals how Salmonella sets up physical interactions with host cells.

By combining experimental data with computer models, researchers were able to predict a pathogen’s evolution toward more virulence.

Some beetle species may have evolved to tunnel into the ground to escape the pathogens that abound on dead and rotting animals.

The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.

A new technique could allow researchers to better understand bacteria-host interactions over the course of an infection.

See the University of Pennsylvania's David Roos explain the process of parasite replication.

Researchers reconstruct images of a virus that infects Escherichia coli bacteria.

Only a few labs will earn funding for such “gain-of-function” research on SARS, MERS, and other deadly diseases.

Researchers explore how blood platelets sweep bacteria into aggregate bundles at sites of infection to help phagocytic cells dispose of them. 

Lab experiments and metagenomic analyses of flies’ resident bacteria indicate that the insects carry microbes from place to place on their legs.

Emerging infections provide clues about how pathogens might evolve when farm animals are protected from infection.

Tracking the myxoma virus in the wild rabbit populations of Australia has yielded insight into how pathogens and their hosts evolve.

Intensive aquaculture favors increasingly virulent forms of certain fish-infecting parasites and pathogens, studies show.

A family’s collection of antique microscope slides became a trove of genetic information about the eradicated European malaria pathogen.

Increases in oceanic populations of these bacteria—both pathogenic and not—is an effect of climate change, scientists show.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT. Age: 34