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Contributed by Nguyet Kong FDA and CDC have reported that 98 people in 22 different states have become ill with E. coli O157: H7 after ingesting whole head romaine lettuce. No deaths have been reported, but many have been hospitalized. The … Continue reading →

Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM This particular talk by (Bill Widner, Ph.D., Novozymes Staff Scientist) tantalized my interest as I only associate Bacillus with things a veterinarian must know to avoid, which is Bacillus anthracis, a deadly disease causing gram-positive bacteria … Continue reading →

Contributed by Shawn Higdon In the summer of 2013, I joined the lab of Alan Bennett at U.C. Davis as a Junior Specialist with the Department of Plant Sciences. All I knew at that time is that I would be … Continue reading →

Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM I am completely amazed to find somebody working for the same company for more than twenty years, considering my own experience of changing employment several times within the last ten years. So Novozymes must be … Continue reading →

Contributed by Dr. DJ Bandoy, DVM Next-generation sequencing opened the floodgates of biological information. However, the torrential amount of data that is now becoming the challenge itself from data storage to analytical tools. This gap is now more pronounced with … Continue reading →

Contributed by Carol Huang We have recently introduced a newer version of the Nanopore sequencing device, MinION MK 1B into the laboratory. It’s a portable, real-time sequencing device. The Nanopore MinION sequencing platform has great advanced features. Upon reach objectives, … Continue reading →

Contributed by Poyin Chen The first step in bacterial interaction with host cells is host recognition, followed by host adhesion. All of these initial interactions take place at the host cell surface; however, we have only scratched the surface of … Continue reading →

Contributed by Nguyet Kong A study from Vanderbilt University found that mothers milk doesn’t just give babies nutrients, but the sugars help protects them from bacterial infections, making this a new class of antimicrobial. Mother’s milk is consisting of different … Continue reading →

Contributed by Nguyet Kong In a recent PLOS paper, researchers from Texas A&M found a bacterium, Streptococcus gallolyticus might lead to colon cancer by assisting with tumor growth that might cause more cancer-related deaths. Streptococcus has been known that there … Continue reading →