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Live from the Society for General Microbiology Conference in Manchester, UK

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MicrobeWorld and the Society for General Microbiology (UK) to live stream two events from their Spring Conference 2013 in Manchester, England, March 25-28. Peter Wildy Prize for Microbiology Education Monday, March 25, 2013 17:20 GMT (1:20 PM EST | 10:20 AM PST)   David Bhella, Ph.D., will be accepting the Peter Wildy Prize for Microbiology Education, awarded …

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New media publishing: Whither the textbook?

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The theme of a recent New Media in Education Conference held at Columbia University was how digital media has reshaped the traditional academic publishing paradigm. I participated in a session entitled ‘New media publishing: Whither the textbook?‘ in which four panelists spoke about their experiences in this area. I spoke about how I use podcasting, …

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Receptor for new coronavirus-EMC identified

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Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, which means that they must enter a cell to reproduce. As virions are too large to diffuse passively across the plasma membrane, cellular pathways for uptake of extracellular materials provide entry routes. The first step in entry is adherence of virus particles to the membrane, an interaction mediated by binding …

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