Interview with Xiaoyun Wang – winner of Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2015
Xiaoyun Wang has been awarded the Odile Bain Memorial Prize in 2015 in recognition of the significant advancements he has made in the field of genetics and…Read more »
Srimathy Sriskantharajah
Srimathy Sriskantharajah completed a BSc in Microbiology (UCL) and a PhD in environmental microbiology/ atmospheric chemistry (Royal Holloway University of London) before joining BioMed Central. Srimathy blogs about microbiology, infectious diseases and the environment amongst other things.
Latest posts by Srimathy Sriskantharajah(see all)
- Meet the Winner of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2022- 12th August 2022
- Eau d’urea: why mosquitoes feed on cattle urine- 17th June 2022
- BugBitten’s mid-year puzzle page- 10th June 2022
Nobel recognition for parasitology
This year, parasitologists have won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. William C Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura were awarded the prize “for their…Read more »
Malaria-driven sickle cell trait selection – evidence for modern day human evolution?
Sickle cell disease poses a serious health threat in tropical Africa and has been declared a public health priority by the World Health Organisation. However,…Read more »
Hitching a ride: riverboats play crucial role in spread of diseases
Boating on the river is generally thought to be a pleasant pastime, particularly if you believe the Wind in the Willows books. However, riverboats play a darker…Read more »
Immunology is all around
Immunology does not often whip the media into a frenzy. It doesn't always capture the public interest, and yet it is an integral part of so many biomedical…Read more »
Malaria Day, every day
April 25th is World Malaria Day, a day to focus on a disease that impacts half the world's population, but for scientists working to tackle the disease, malaria…Read more »
Did you catch these biology highlights in February?
February might have been a short month, but we certainly were not lacking in scientific highlights. Food, senses and Africa are among the highlights from BioMed…Read more »
Buzzkill: suppressing mosquito populations by feeding them
Steve Whyard and colleagues have developed a sterile insect technique that uses double stranded RNA to target the testis gene and female sex determinant gene…Read more »
The enemy within: mosquitoes killing their own
Research published by Mains and colleagues in PLoS NTD explores a new method for auto-dissemination of insecticides, employing the male Aedes albopictus…Read more »
World AIDS Day 2014: can better access help Close the Gap?
There is great inequality in the world, and today, on World AIDS Day, the inequality in healthcare is plainly obvious as many people do not have access…Read more »