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Five years of breaking down microbiology, amplifying science communication, and sharing the tiny stories that shape our world.
Thank you to our writers, readers, and fellow microbe enthusiasts for growing with us. Here’s to many more bites of science! 🥳🔬
Five years of breaking down microbiology, amplifying science communication, and sharing the tiny stories that shape our world.
Thank you to our writers, readers, and fellow microbe enthusiasts for growing with us. Here’s to many more bites of science! 🥳🔬
Beneath wet soils, microbes quietly lock away carbon, recycle nutrients, and sustain livelihoods communities have depended on for generations.
#Westlands2026
Beneath wet soils, microbes quietly lock away carbon, recycle nutrients, and sustain livelihoods communities have depended on for generations.
#Westlands2026
Did you know some bacteria can make electricity? ⚡
Geobacter microbes form protein “nanowires” to move electrons outside their cells, turning methane into power. Clean energy might just be microscopic!
#CleanEnergyDay
Did you know some bacteria can make electricity? ⚡
Geobacter microbes form protein “nanowires” to move electrons outside their cells, turning methane into power. Clean energy might just be microscopic!
#CleanEnergyDay
Novel Antibiotics and Where to Find Them 💊
Preventing our past from becoming our future might require an understudied domain of life – and a computer! 💻 🦠
Novel Antibiotics and Where to Find Them 💊
Preventing our past from becoming our future might require an understudied domain of life – and a computer! 💻 🦠
Can Leishmania Stand the Heat? 🥵
How a heat-based therapeutic can be an alternative in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. 🦠
Can Leishmania Stand the Heat? 🥵
How a heat-based therapeutic can be an alternative in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. 🦠
How Bile Acids Neutralize a Deadly Gut Toxin ⚔️
Synthetic bile acids lock the lethal toxin produced by C. difficile into a harmless state, protecting the gut from damage. 🦠
How Bile Acids Neutralize a Deadly Gut Toxin ⚔️
Synthetic bile acids lock the lethal toxin produced by C. difficile into a harmless state, protecting the gut from damage. 🦠
Fungi in Space 🍄 🌌
How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity ✨
Fungi in Space 🍄 🌌
How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity ✨
Security hacked: How phages slip past bacterial defenses 🦠
Phages rely on diverse anti-defense proteins to neutralize bacterial defense systems and successfully infect their host. 👇
Security hacked: How phages slip past bacterial defenses 🦠
Phages rely on diverse anti-defense proteins to neutralize bacterial defense systems and successfully infect their host. 👇
Here’s to a 2026 full of curiosity, discoveries, and tiny microbes making a big impact.
Let’s keep exploring the microscopic world; one bite at a time! 🦠🎉
Here’s to a 2026 full of curiosity, discoveries, and tiny microbes making a big impact.
Let’s keep exploring the microscopic world; one bite at a time! 🦠🎉
Global warming is a summer vacation for the dengue virus ☀️
The dengue virus enjoys warm weather 🦠
Global warming is a summer vacation for the dengue virus ☀️
The dengue virus enjoys warm weather 🦠
Antibiotic Resistance Potential of ESKAPE Pathogens 💊
Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective, long-lasting antibiotics. 🦠
Antibiotic Resistance Potential of ESKAPE Pathogens 💊
Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective, long-lasting antibiotics. 🦠
Is the Microbiome Overrated? 🦠
A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome. 👇
Is the Microbiome Overrated? 🦠
A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome. 👇
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine — but overuse turned them into a global threat. 🌍💊 Discover how resistance genes evolve and spread across ecosystems in our latest piece.
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#WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine — but overuse turned them into a global threat. 🌍💊 Discover how resistance genes evolve and spread across ecosystems in our latest piece.
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#WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth
When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages step back into the spotlight! 🎶🔬 Dive into the “phage disco” — where viruses that kill bacteria might help us fight AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #PhageTherapy #AMR
When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages step back into the spotlight! 🎶🔬 Dive into the “phage disco” — where viruses that kill bacteria might help us fight AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #PhageTherapy #AMR
Can evolution help us outsmart resistance? 🧠💥 Learn how researchers turn bacteria’s own fitness trade-offs into an advantage in the battle against AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #Microbiology #AMRResearch
Can evolution help us outsmart resistance? 🧠💥 Learn how researchers turn bacteria’s own fitness trade-offs into an advantage in the battle against AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #Microbiology #AMRResearch
No one beats AMR alone. Collaboration between clinicians, farmers, policymakers & scientists is key to protect our present and secure our future. 🌍💪
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#WAAW2025 #OneHealth #ActNow
No one beats AMR alone. Collaboration between clinicians, farmers, policymakers & scientists is key to protect our present and secure our future. 🌍💪
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#WAAW2025 #OneHealth #ActNow
A novel antifungal discovery could tip the scales in our fight against drug resistance! 🧫⚔️ Meet the next-generation compounds targeting tough fungal infections.
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#WAAW2025 #Antifungal #AMR
A novel antifungal discovery could tip the scales in our fight against drug resistance! 🧫⚔️ Meet the next-generation compounds targeting tough fungal infections.
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#WAAW2025 #Antifungal #AMR
Resistance isn’t always genetic — sometimes it’s epigenetic! 🧬 Discover how bacteria “remember” antibiotic exposure and adapt faster than we think.
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#WAAW2025 #Epigenetics #AMR
Resistance isn’t always genetic — sometimes it’s epigenetic! 🧬 Discover how bacteria “remember” antibiotic exposure and adapt faster than we think.
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#WAAW2025 #Epigenetics #AMR
That’s Metal! Tackling AMR with Bismuth
Could metals help fight superbugs? ⚡️🧫 Learn how bismuth-based compounds disrupt bacterial defenses — an old element with new promise!
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#WAAW2025 #Innovation #AMR
That’s Metal! Tackling AMR with Bismuth
Could metals help fight superbugs? ⚡️🧫 Learn how bismuth-based compounds disrupt bacterial defenses — an old element with new promise!
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#WAAW2025 #Innovation #AMR
Have We Always Been Alone? 🦠
More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet. 👽
Have We Always Been Alone? 🦠
More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet. 👽
How do plants perceive their microbiome? 🌱
In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.… 🦠 👇
How do plants perceive their microbiome? 🌱
In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.… 🦠 👇
When Microbes Become Master Chocolatiers 🍫
Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave. 🦠
When Microbes Become Master Chocolatiers 🍫
Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave. 🦠
Engineered Parasites as Potential Treatments for Neurological Disorders 🦠
Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons. 🧠
Engineered Parasites as Potential Treatments for Neurological Disorders 🦠
Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons. 🧠
Scientists are turning to an unexpected ally — algae. These tiny organisms can power buildings, clean wastewater, and even fuel cars. Smart cities start at the microscopic level. 🌿🏙️ #WorldCitiesDay
Scientists are turning to an unexpected ally — algae. These tiny organisms can power buildings, clean wastewater, and even fuel cars. Smart cities start at the microscopic level. 🌿🏙️ #WorldCitiesDay
Unexpected baby-guardians 👶
On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia 🦠
Unexpected baby-guardians 👶
On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia 🦠