Matt Buley: Column on raw milk challenged Oct 28, 2009
Pasteur is, indeed, as Eberhard notes, the "father of microbiology.". It is, however, very hard to believe that there is a public health crisis when you wait 22 years to apply cutting-edge science. (Athens Banner-Herald)
RI tracking swine flu through electronic records Oct 27, 2009
Andrew Pekosz, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said it makes sense to give states another vehicle for monitoring the illness, but cautioned that there could be inherent gaps in the data. Assuming, for instance, that doctors are following federal guidelines and being conservative in their distribution of Tamiflu, the data could potentially underreport the actual number of people sick with flu, Pekosz said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Relationship between Chickenpox and... Oct 26, 2009
Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy. Pearson Benjamin Cummings. (Suite101.com)
Obama Declares Swine Flu A National Emergency Oct 26, 2009
"I think the term emergency declaration sounds more dramatic than it really is," said Dr. Peter Hotez, a research professor and chairman of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine at George Washington University. "It's largely an administrative move that's more preemptive ..." He said such a step would give emergency rooms and hospitals the flexibility they need. (Click2Houston, TX)
Raw milk is danger to public health Oct 25, 2009
No wonder he later was dubbed the father of microbiology. So the recent pictures and stories about raw milk advocates were a shock, although their tactics must have been masterminded by a public relations professional of some experience. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Malaria drug potency is restored Oct 25, 2009
Dr Tilley, who presented her work to a meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology in Canberra, plans to start field trials of the drug combination soon, perhaps in Indonesia. Possible complication. (Yahoo News -- Malaria)
High-Speed Test To Improve Pathogen Decontamination Developed Oct 24, 2009
Ponce co-authored a paper on the new technology, called Germinable Endospore Biodosimetry, along with Pun To Young, a post-doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The research was also highlighted in Microbe, a magazine of the American Society for Microbiology. (Science Daily)
Feds give UNC $2.5M to mull STD vaccines Oct 24, 2009
The Southeastern STI Cooperative Research Center will be directed by Fred Sparling, a professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology at UNC.. The five-year award will support the work of collaborating groups at UNC, Emory, Virginia Commonwealth and Duke universities, as well as the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology Oct 24, 2009
Public release date: 23-Oct-2009. Contact: Carrie Slijepcevic. (EurekAlert!)
Eating Right -- Not Supplements -- Is Best At Keeping Your Good Bacteria Healthy, Dietitian Says Oct 23, 2009
In the journal Microbiology, researchers report initial. (Mar. (Science Daily)
New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified Oct 23, 2009
This research was published in several scientific journals between 2006 and 2009, most recently in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology and the May 2009 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
SIU faculty gets $2.6M in stimulus grants Oct 22, 2009
Edward Gershburg, assistant professor of medical microbiology, immunology and cell biology, Definition of Structural Organization and Enzymology of the EBV Protein Kinase, $63,682 ... William Halford, associate professor of medical microbiology, immunology and cell biology, Development of an Effective Genital Herpes Vaccine, $400,125. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Carol Baker appointed chair of national CDC advisory committee on immunization practices Oct 20, 2009
Well known for her work in both immunization research and education, Dr. Baker serves as professor of pediatrics and of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and is the Texas Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. "I am honored to accept this important position at a time when continued education and research on immunization practices in our country is so imperative," said Dr. Baker. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
No Such Thing As 'Junk RNA,' Say Researchers Oct 19, 2009
D., Yuefeng Lin, of the Department of Computational Biology; Patrick S. Moore, M.D., M.P.H, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the Molecular Virology Program, UPCI; and Yuan Chang, M.D., Molecular Virology Program, UPCI.. This research was supported by grants from the National Institute of General Medicine Sciences and the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the University of Pittsburgh. (Science Daily)
How Salmonella Bacteria Cause Diarrhea In Their Host Oct 18, 2009
Scientists led by Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, Professor at the Institute of Microbiology (D-BIOL), have now shown for the first time which molecule is sufficient to trigger the diarrhoeal disease: the protein SopE, which Hardt has studied for a good part of the past 12 years and whose molecular function he determined during his post-doctoral research. However, the biological function of SopE is quite different to what the researchers expected at that time. (Science Daily)
Outer membrane vesicle-mediated release of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) from Campylobacter jejuni Oct 17, 2009
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:220doi:10. 1186/1471-2180-9-220. (BioMed Central)
Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns Oct 17, 2009
Articles in JID include research results from microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, and related disciplines. It is published under the auspices of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). (EurekAlert!)
Honey as a Wound Therapy Oct 16, 2009
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Blair et al., The unusual antibacterial activity of medical-grade Leptospermum honey: antibacterial spectrum, resistance and transcriptome analysis, October 2009. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Merckoll et al., Bacteria, biofilm and honey: a study of the effects of honey on 'planktonic' and biofilm-embedded chronic wound bacteria, 2009. (Suite101.com)
Researcher battles brucellosis Oct 16, 2009
Andrews, an assistant professor of microbiology at UW, leads a team that has isolated three proteins that are spit out by brucellosis bacteria. That's significant, because researchers can now potentially use the proteins to trigger the immune systems of brucellosis-prone animals, Andrews said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Misuse of antibiotics not the only cause of resistance says report Oct 16, 2009
The perception that antibiotic resistance is primarily the undesirable consequence of antibiotic abuse or misuse is a view that is simplistic and inaccurate, according to a recent report by the American Academy of Microbiology ... The American Academy of Microbiology is the honorific leadership group of the American Society of Microbiology ... For more information about the American Society for Microbiology, contact Barbara Hyde at 202-942-9206 or visit. (EurekAlert!)
Researchers Identify Workings Of L-form Bacteria Oct 16, 2009
"Our study provides new insight about the molecular basis of L-form bacteria, which was not previously known," said Ying Zhang, MD, PhD, senior author of the study and professor in the Bloomberg School's W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. "These findings establish the framework for future research on how the identified genes and pathways interact leading to L-forms. They also have important implications for understanding the emergence of antibiotic resistance... (Science Daily)
Paradigm shift needed to combat drug resistance Oct 16, 2009
"The movement of human beings is introducing many of the greatest risks to our health and health systems today," said MacPherson, a physician and medical microbiology specialist. "For example, if you go down south on a Florida holiday and break your leg and end up in a Florida hospital, when you come home, you're going to be carrying institutional bugs back to Hamilton and you're going to introduce that variety of antimicrobial resistance into your local environment. Mobile populations are... (EurekAlert!)
Do Three Meals A Day Keep Fungi Away? Oct 16, 2009
D., chair and professor of microbiology & immunology at Einstein. Dr. Casadevall conducted the study in conjunction with Vincent A. Robert of the Utrecht, Netherlands-based Fungal Biodiversity Center, also known as Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures. (Science Daily)
Researchers Find Candidates For New HIV Drugs Oct 15, 2009
D., William S. McEllroy Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and senior author of the paper, which was published last week in the early, online version of ACS Chemical Biology ... D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine; Weixiang Dai, Ph. (Science Daily)
Swine Flu Can Move Quickly to Severe Illness Oct 13, 2009
"The concern is that we would have difficulty meeting the demand because our health-care system operates near capacity most of the time, and there's not a lot of excess capacity in the system," said Dr. John J. Treanor, a professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. "I think there's a cause for alarm -- though not undue alarm -- because one would predict a pretty intense flu season and there will be a lot of demand placed on emergency... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
King of Algae Oct 11, 2009
She received her doctorate in microbiology from Case Western Reserve University and completed her post-doctoral research at the Plant Research Laboratory at Michigan State University. Other Hotbeds of Algae Research. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Fish Oil Found to Reduce Cow, Um n Emissions’ (2) Oct 11, 2009
This was all reported at a meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, in Horrogate, England. The fish oil comprised 2 percent of the cows diets. (Agri-View, WI)
Scientists identify common HPV genotypes in northern India, encourage vaccination Oct 11, 2009
"In terms of cancer death, India has one fourth of the global burden and when you standardize for age it is the highest in the world," said A. Raj Kumar Patro, a doctoral student in the Department of Microbiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. "Most women present with an advanced state of the disease and compliance with treatment is very poor.". (EurekAlert!)
Genome Sequence Published For Important Biofuels Yeast Oct 11, 2009
D., lead author and research scholar in the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology ... D., senior author and professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University ... Other authors include Margaret Dominska and John H. McCusker, of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Fred S. Dietrich, also of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy; and Piotr A. Mieczkowski, of the Department... (Science Daily)
UNC profs win $1.6M grant for research into human genome Oct 10, 2009
Morgan C. Giddings, professor of microbiology and immunology and biomedical engineering and Xian Chen, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, will share the award. The National Human Genome Research Institute has awarded more than $113 million from funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Triangle Business Journal)
Researchers identify mechanism that helps bacteria avoid destruction in cells Oct 10, 2009
D., assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, found that it appears to be due to SNARE-like proteins expressed by the pathogen. SNARE proteins are necessary for eukaryotic cells to fuse to their intracellular compartments. (EurekAlert!)
Aides rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim Oct 10, 2009
Microbiology major Sandeep Gill, 20, said the lab is the hardest part of the organic chemistry class. Every week you have to go to lab and finish it, he said. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Baylor sets up H1N1 Web site Oct 10, 2009
In addition, an extensive video and print is available in both English and Spanish,on the H1N1 vaccine from Dr. Flor Mu;oz, an assistant professor of pediatrics, infectious diseases and molecular virology and microbiology. Most Read Stories. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
People on the Move: Oct. 5 Oct 9, 2009
Prior to joining Eurofins Medinet, Karetnyi was director of microbiology and in life virology at WuXi AppTec Laboratory Services in Minnesota where he established a cGMP cell culture/virology laboratory. Karetnyi also held positions as a senior development scientist at Beckman Coulter; research scientist at the cancer center at the University of Iowa College of Medicine; NIH training grant fellow and at the , division of rheumatology, department of internal medicine at the University of Iowa... (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Governor recognizes stem cell research at Einstein Oct 9, 2009
D., Professor of Medicine (Hepatology) and of Microbiology ology (Liver Stem Cells). Sanjeev Gupta, M.D., M.B.B.S., Eleazar Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine (Liver Stem Cells). (EurekAlert!)
Good Results For New Vaccine Against Horse Strangle Disease Oct 9, 2009
8, 2009) A research group at the Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden has in collaboration with J-I Flock s research group at the Karolinska Institutet medical university in Stockholm, the pharmacological company Intervacc AB, Stockholm and the Animal Health Trust in the UK after many years of research made a breakthrough in finding a vaccine against the horse disease strangle. See also. (Science Daily)
Mansonella perstans — The Importance of an Endosymbiont Oct 8, 2009
From the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany. This article has been cited by other articles. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Wildlife As A Source For Livestock Infections Oct 8, 2009
According to research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), can be transmitted between wildlife and domestic ruminants, supporting the theory of wildlife reservoirs of infection ... BMC Microbiology, 2009; (in press). (Science Daily)
Seasonal Flu Shot May Boost Defenses Against Pandemic Virus, Study Finds Oct 7, 2009
There may be some biases with the study because it was retrospective and involved only 240 people, said Menno de Jong, head of microbiology at the University of Amsterdams Academic Medical Center, who wrote an accompanying on pandemic vaccination. It suggests that if you were vaccinated, it might mitigate the disease by boosting the immune response, de Jong said in a telephone interview. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Malaria drug potency is restored Oct 7, 2009
Dr Tilley, who presented her work to a meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology in Canberra, plans to start field trials of the drug combination soon, perhaps in Indonesia. Possible complication. (Yahoo News -- Malaria)
Major discovery opens door to leishmania treatment Oct 7, 2009
Partners This article was co-authored by Dr. Maria Adelaina Gomez, Dr. Irazu Contreras, Dr. Martin Olivier, Centre for the Study of Host Resistance at the RI-MUHC and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University's Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Maxime Hall, Dr. Michel L.Tremblay, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Dr. Robert W. McMaster, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital. The Research Institute of the McGill University... (EurekAlert!)
More of this story Oct 6, 2009
Although she doesn t use her degree in her day-today work, she did use her microbiology training to help her sister Susan with her masters thesis. Silver currently works in bulk mailing for the U.S. Postal Service, handling the accounts for periodical and newspaper mailings. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Looking for work Oct 6, 2009
POCATELLO -- Prajwal Wagley, a 27-year-old from Kathmandu, Nepal, earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Idaho State University. Despite this achievement, Wagley, who is now taking some courses in clinical laboratory science at the Pocatello university, says it is still difficult for him to start a career, much less find a job. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs Oct 6, 2009
If swine flu becomes a full-fledged epidemic this fall and winter, her staff of 45 in the lab's microbiology department could be forced to handle thousands of H1N1 tests per week, she said ... Patients who are younger and otherwise healthy are treated and then encouraged to stay home, said Michael Levi, director of clinical microbiology services at the hospital ... D., director of clinical microbiology services, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City. (MEDLINEplus)
Tireless campaigner Oct 6, 2009
Armed with a doctorate in marine microbiology, he had joined a local university in 1983 as a research co-ordinator but ethical conflict saw him quitting soon after. Seabed oil exploration was just taking off then and I was involved in a project to look for oil-eating bacteria in Malaysian waters, which can prevent oil spills from destroying mangroves and coastlines. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Origin of the sweeties Oct 6, 2009
Ms Chan abandoned a career in microbiology to follow her sweet dreams, spending two years in Belgium learning artisanal chocolate making from Patrick Mertens, a Belgian master chocolatier. She returned from Belgium in 2004, opening Boon Chocolates with her brother a year ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hidden Diversity In Key Environmental Cleanup Microbes Found By Systems Biology Assessment Oct 6, 2009
"They also indicate that it might be time to start replacing the traditional microbiology approaches for identifying and classifying new species with genomics- or proteomics-based methods.". Upon further analysis, the researchers found that the genetic differences between strains frequently reflected environmental or ecological adaptation and specialization, which had also substantially altered the global metabolic and regulatory networks in some of the strains. (Science Daily)
Microbiology: Free-for-all On The Leaf Surface Oct 6, 2009
At one billion square kilometers, the entire plant surface is estimated to be four times bigger than that of the earth, thus making the so-called phyllosphere the largest biological surface inhabited by microorganisms , as Julia Vorholt, a professor at the Institute of Microbiology at ETH Zurich, puts it. The bacteria in this ecosystem are so numerous that they influence the vital global carbon cycle. (Science Daily)
Experimental Drug Lets B Cells Live And Lymphoma Cells Die Oct 5, 2009
D., associate professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and corresponding author of the study ... D., in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and by Steven Bernstein, M.D., co-director of Wilmot's Lymphoma Biology Program. (Science Daily)
Health care hero Oct 5, 2009
She graduated from Idaho State University with a bachelor's degree in microbiology in 1985 and from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in biochemistry in 1989. She subsequently returned to ISU, earning a bachelor's degree in dietetics in 2004. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Golden staph kills 20% of patients Oct 5, 2009
Professor Turnidge, director of microbiology and infectious diseases at SA Pathology, said health departments had consistently put the problem in the too-hard basket. I think the health-care system has said we can't conjure up a solution [to reducing infection rates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Nature Reviews journals Oct 5, 2009
Nature Reviews Microbiology. Featured article. (Nature News Service)
Triclosan Causes Antimicrobial Resi... Oct 5, 2009
Journal of Medical Microbiology, Triclosan resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, Chen et al., Vol. 58, 2009. http://www. (Suite101.com)
Vitamins to spice up food Oct 3, 2009
Bukstel was pursuing a graduate degree in microbiology when he got sidetracked into an 18-year career in the health-care information-technology field. He came up with the proprietary patent-pending process his company uses to make its spices. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
What to know about getting H1N1 vaccine Oct 2, 2009
There have been no reports of serious side effects, according to Linda Lambert of the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The NIH plans on vaccinating a total of 120 women in its study. (CNN)
Protect Children First With H1N1 Flu Vaccine, Says National Pediatric Disease Expert Oct 2, 2009
The committee is a part of the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "Like a bull's-eye, the middle of the target is what you vaccinate so you don't see infections in the concentric rings around the center," Kimberlin says. (Science Daily)
Planet's Nitrogen Cycle Overturned By 'Tiny Ammonia Eater Of The Seas' Oct 1, 2009
"Bacterial nitrifiers were discovered in the late 19th century. One century later this other group of nitrifiers is discovered that is not a minor population, it turns out to be the major population," said co-author David Stahl, a UW professor with appointments in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and microbiology. "We have to revise our basic understanding of the nitrogen cycle.". (Science Daily)
Securing biological select agents and toxins will require developing a culture of trust Oct 1, 2009
JOHN D. CLEMENTS Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, and Director Center for Infectious Diseases Tulane University New Orleans ... ADOLFO GARCIA-SASTRE Professor of Microbiology, and Fischberg Chair and Professor Department of Medicine, and Co-Director Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York City. (EurekAlert!)
Santamaria Sentenced to 20 Months Oct 1, 2009
Adriana Santamaria, who served as the top accounting official at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 1989 to 2002, was also ordered to repay to Georgetown almost $600,000 in lost funds. Although Santamaria directly removed only $350,000 from university accounts, indirect overhead costs associated with her theft of federal grant funds forced Georgetown to repay over $500,000 to the National Institutes of Health. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Good night's sleep boosts long-term memory Oct 1, 2009
society for general microbiology. berkshire, south east england. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
Focus On The Wild Could Avert Plant Pollination Threat Sep 30, 2009
Better news for the plight of honeybee colonies has emerged from research in Spain at Environmental Microbiology Reports. For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honeybee colony depopulation syndrome. (Science Daily)
Light, Photosynthesis Help Bacteria Invade Fresh Produce Sep 30, 2009
29, 2009) Exposure to light and possibly photosynthesis itself could be helping disease-causing bacteria to be internalized by lettuce leaves, making them impervious to washing, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. See also. (Science Daily)
Eloise Giblett; research kept donated blood safe Sep 26, 2009
She received bachelor s and master s degrees from the University of Washington and worked for a short time as a clinical microbiology technician. In World War II, she served as a member of a corps of medical support personnel in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, the women s division of the Navy. (Boston Globe)
Seasonal flu shot may increase H1N1 risk... Sep 26, 2009
CBC's Heather Hiscox interviews Dr. Donald Low, chief of microbiology at Toronto's Mt. Sinai Hospital (Runs: 9:07). Ioanna Roumeliotis reports: Seasonal flu shot may increase H1N1 risk: early data (Runs: 3:09). (The Drudge Report)
•Agent gets satisfaction in helping newcomers find right home Sep 26, 2009
When Beitz's husband, an airplane pilot, was transferred to Indiana in 1994, Beitz began working at IUPUI in the microbiology and immunology department. Subscribers, to read full story. (The Daily Journal)
