Virus Goes Viral: An educational kit for virology classes
Jônatas S. Abrahão and colleagues developed an educational toolkit meant to update the content that is typically taught in virology classes and align it… Read more »
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Scientists of the future at the 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology has been inviting young scientists for some years now to share insights into their research. Independent referees nominated by the… Read more »
DNA Day quiz 2020
In celebration of DNA Day, the editorial team at BMC has put together the following quiz for our readers to test their knowledge and maybe even learn something new!… Read more »
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Brain Awareness Week 2020: Cognitive function and commercial video games
This year, Brain Awareness Week falls between 16th and 22nd March. The campaign, organised by the Dana Foundation, aims to foster… Read more »
Identifying climate-sensitive infectious diseases in animals and humans in Northern regions
With the increasing concerns over the influence of climate change on infectious diseases, the authors of a new paper published in… Read more »
From spider males and their allegedly numb genitalia
The sensory capacity of male spiders during mating may be higher than previously thought. In this blog, Tim Dederichs, one of the… Read more »
MinION: Democratising biodiversity research by misusing a portable long-read sequencer for short-read barcoding
Many animal species on Earth are awaiting discovery and description, but finding all these unknown species is a monumental task.… Read more »
Genomic study of tubeworms reveals clues on how species adapt to extreme deep-sea environments
A new paper published in BMC Biology contributes to unravel adaptations of organisms to extreme chemosynthetic environments,… Read more »
Your DNA may underlie the severity of your concussion symptoms
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Ensuring safe drinking water in Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
A new study published in Gut Pathogens and supported by UNICEF, reveals high levels of contamination of source water from… Read more »