The dwindling American science majors
…a family. Compare this future with that of the economics major (lots of math) who goes to business school and can look forward to million-dollar yearly bonuses. American students change…
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Educating the world about microbes
…an outstanding contribution to microbiology education, including university teaching, education of the general public, school pupils or professional groups. Below is a video of my acceptance talk. Thanks to Chris…
Too dangerous to publish?
…be moderated by Science writer David Malakoff and will include Gregory Viglianti of Boston University School of Medicine. The live chat begins at 3 PM EST on Thursday, 26 April…
TWiV 185: Dead parrots and live Wildcats
On episode #185 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss…
Aaron J. Shatkin, 77
…at Rutgers University. He was among the first to appreciate that virus particles contained many different enzymes, such as RNA polymerase and poly(A) polymerase, that could be readily purified and…
Milestones in Microbiology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
…bacterial viruses (or phage) begun at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1945 resulted in advances in bacterial and phage research that led to our understanding of what genes are and…