I wrote about Quorum Sensing recently , the ability of bacteria to communicate with each other via small molecules which they can both excre...

I've just come back from a quick weekend away in Brussels which was really amazing. I would definitely recommend it as a holiday destina...

Although bacteria live as isolated cells, they are constantly communicating with surrounding bacteria, particularly those of the same specie...

Even in the world of the very small, there are significant differences in size. A eukaryote cell (i.e a human cell) for example is relativel...

I spent ages over the title of this post. The original paper "Injecting for infection" was my favorite but it isn't wonderfull...

As iGEM season is now properly underway, I thought I'd have a look at a synthetic biology paper and found this fairly awesome one about ...

This is a little late as I've been away, but better late than never! A new carnival has arrived thanks mostly to the efforts of Alejan...

Prokaryotes are by far the most successful superkingdom in terms of types of both biochemical diversity and the variety of environments conq...

Although bacteria are often thought of as invading pathogens, not all bacterial interactions are necessarily to the detriment of the host. S...

Finally finished! After four years of stupidly intense work and crazily long holidays I've finally officially finished my degree and lef...