Nature – Pathogens
- A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigation at a storage and distribution centre in England: an assessment of worker- and workplace-related risk factors April 26, 2024
- Intraorbital amphotericin B for mucormycosis in an Allo-HSCT recipient April 25, 2024
- Loss of TRIM29 mitigates viral myocarditis by attenuating PERK-driven ER stress response in male mice April 25, 2024
- Estimating SARS-CoV-2 infection probabilities with serological data and a Bayesian mixture model April 25, 2024
- SARS-CoV-2 and its ORF3a, E and M viroporins activate inflammasome in human macrophages and induce of IL-1α in pulmonary epithelial and endothelial cells April 25, 2024
Nature – AMR
- Biodiversity of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in clinical samples from the Southwest Amazon region (Rondônia/Brazil) April 23, 2024
- Detection and genomic characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli harboring tet(X4) in black kites (Milvus migrans) in Pakistan April 20, 2024
- A role for the stringent response in ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa April 13, 2024
- A folate inhibitor exploits metabolic differences in Pseudomonas aeruginosa for narrow-spectrum targeting April 9, 2024
- Author Correction: The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: a large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies April 9, 2024
Outbreaks
- Measles global outbreak continues to spread April 16, 2024
- Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has Pinworms April 16, 2024
CDC
- SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Rapid Antigen Test Performance — Respiratory Virus Transmission Network, November 2022–May 2023 April 25, 2024
- Investigation of Presumptive HIV Transmission Associated with Receipt of Platelet-Rich Plasma Microneedling Facials at a Spa Among Former Spa Clients — New Mexico, 2018–2023 April 25, 2024
Food Safety News
- USDA declares that Salmonella is an adulterant in some chicken products April 26, 2024
- Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to smoked salmon April 26, 2024
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Author Archives: WeimerMicroLab
What are Viable but Nonculturable (VBNC) cells and why they pose a threat to public health
Contributed by Narine Arabyan Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state was first discovered in 1982 in the lab of Rita Colwell at University of Maryland. VBNC state in bacteria is induced by many different environmental stresses (nutrient starvation, temperature shifts, … Continue reading
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Mother’s Milk Develops a Healthy Gut Micriobiome
Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi The human gut microbiome is understood to perform useful and necessary functions that help to maintain a healthy body in a multitude of ways such as aiding in the breakdown of otherwise indigestible nutrients and providing … Continue reading
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What is going on with the Zika Virus?
Contributed by Alli Weis Firstly, what is the Zika virus and how is it spread? This is part 1 of a 3 part series… The Virus: Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. The … Continue reading
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Congratulations Alli Weis, PhD Candidate, Microbiology
All of us at The Weimer Micro Lab would like to congratulate Alli Weis for two awards she recently won at the 2016 UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium. Alli won the Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation in … Continue reading
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Wine can reduce risk of heart disease
Contributed by Nguyet Kong Recent research has been done to understand why wine can reduce the risk of heart disease and it’s all about the gut microbiome. Red wine has a compound called resveratrol that reduce … Continue reading
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Coffee has a microbiome that alters flavor
Contributed by Bart Weimer: A fuel that keeps people and science moving is coffee. Humans have had a fascination with coffee for over 9000 years! We have long recognized that coffee flavor is extremely different among regions f the world, … Continue reading
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Elizabethkingia anophelis and Lassa fever Outbreak
Contributed by Carol Huang The rarely seen bloodstream infection bacteria, Elizabethkingiam, has sickened 54 in Wisconsin since November, 2015. Seventeen of those patients are dead, although direct causes of their deaths remain unclear. It was recently confirmed to have claimed a … Continue reading
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Salmonella Pistachio Outbreak
Contributed by Nguyet Kong I’m a fan of pistachio and I can use them with my baked goods and dinner entrees, but now I have to be careful with the brand and type of pistachio I’ll be purchasing in the … Continue reading
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Microbiome of the Placenta and Healthy Pregnancies
Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi Very little is known at this time of the mechanisms and interactions between the fetal and maternal systems and their resultant effects on the health a pregnancy. While some research has indicated complex relationships between the … Continue reading
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Doing what we love, be it work or snacking!
Contributed by Robin Jones I have a great job! I get to work in a research lab at a top University. I get to rub shoulders with people who are making the world a safer place and with young people … Continue reading
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