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An Interview with the Owners of MO BIO Laboratories
MO BIO Laboratories celebrated 17 years of business this past August. It is amazing how time flies. It seems like yesterday we celebrated 16 years by sharing with you 10 Little Known Facts about MO...
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PhyloChip Technology for Simultaneous Microbial Taxa Profiling
Metagenomic analysis of environmental diversity is an area of research that continues to rapidly expand in microbiology. Approaches to analyze DNA or RNA samples from soil, water, air, and biofilms...
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Microbial Warfare in the Underworld: Searching for New Antibiotics
This month we talked with Dr. Christine Salomon, Assistant Professor at the Center for Drug Design in the University of Minnesota. Dr. Salomon’s work intersects chemistry and microbial ecology in the...
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Coral Reef Ecosystems: It’s the little things that can make a big difference
Corals are an essential part of a healthy reef ecosystem, providing the biological and structural framework upon which other reef organisms depend. Corals are declining on a global scale due to...
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Marine Archaea and their Role in Nitrogen Cycling
I’ve had the great pleasure of working directly with this week’s featured scientist, Bradley Tolar. I met Bradley at the ISME conference in 2010 and was intrigued by all of the exciting marine...
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Interview with Alexis Pasulka, Researching the Deep Sea
This month we talked with Alexis Pasulka, a Ph.D. research candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Alexis is interested in the structure and function of microbial communities. Her research...
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When Sparks Fly, Love Gels… and this is what you get!
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air at MO BIO! To celebrate this special (not so special for some) day, we thought we’d tell you about the cutest and nerdiest proposal of all time. Watch out...
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How Does Science Fare in the Online Space?
How DOES science fare in the online space? Communication of complex scientific processes is difficult enough one-on-one. With Twitter and Facebook, communication is now not just between two people but...
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Where in the World: Salt Marsh Microbes
Want to play in the mud? Like the ocean? If your answer to both questions is “yes,” you may have a tinge of jealousy when it comes to this Where in the World project. François Thomas, PhD, works as...
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Monster Cryo Tour
Warning —> If you don’t use twitter, this article might give you the extra boost to go ahead start tweeting away.. I met Arwyn’s tweet one day and rest is history! He had posted results from his...
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