Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science at BYU. Follow along for scientific research, informative videos, and more.
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Did you know that the Neuroscience Center hosts a yearly art contest? These pieces are the 1st and 2nd places, by Amulek Brenes and Ethan Smith, respectively! See the rest of the entries on display at the Eyring Science Center!
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@BYUMMBio students and researchers designed an app to simulate a pandemic- they're using Operation Outbreak to help the campus community understand implications of precautions like vaccines and masks! Learn more here:
lifesciences.byu.edu/operati…
As plastic use rises around the world, microbes respond. A new study found that more genes for plastic-degrading enzymes in microbes are present in more polluted areas. These findings point to bacteria with these enzymes as possible solutions. READ 👉sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
In effort to address climate change, researchers’ attentions are drawn to carbon sinks, like plants & peat bogs. Soil is another carbon sink and a recent study suggests that fungi in soil can help soil absorb carbon and keep it there as temperatures rise. tinyurl.com/ycktbddj
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Mitochondria shed their outer membrane in response to infection-induced stress science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Alkaline glutaraldehyde (GTA) is a powerful chemical disinfectant. Dr. Robison was involved in this study that suggests its killing efficacy is due to its ability to penetrate bacterial endospore walls and damage biomolecules beyond just surface proteins. doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1117
How does a highly contagious virus persist even after most individuals have been infected and are immune? A study of disease in African buffalo herds may help explain what’s next for us in this pandemic. today.oregonstate.edu/news/o…
Looking through skunk feces stinks, but the insights gained outweigh the pungent cost. Dr. Wilson was involved in a study sequencing some of the mitochondrial genome of an intestinal parasite in skunks. Read more about what they found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.201…
Workers at the Shedd Aquarium were noticing medicine was disappearing right before their eyes. Partnering with researchers at Northwestern, they narrowed the culprits down to a variety of microbes hungry for nitrogen. Read the full story here: news.northwestern.edu/storie…
This review, co-authored by Dr. Griffitts, assesses the many methods researchers use to study legume-bacteria symbiosis, an important concept to agriculture. doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2018-037…
Dr. Richard Kuhn will be talking to us about how the viruses responsible for dengue and Zika interact with and neutralize antibodies. Come by 2004 LSB at 11am Thursday December 2nd to find out more!
Bacteria could be part of the solution to the world’s single-use plastic crisis. Researchers have isolated a bacterium that can break down a type of plastic into a biodegradable form. #Ocean sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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Read @paulbfrandsen's research providing a 20-year overview of plant genome sequencing published today in @NaturePlants. Domesticated plant species are predominately native to Global South, but they are nearly always sequenced in the Global North. nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
Dr. Cordner was involved in this study which found that a protein in the nucleus of animal cells may affect the hippocampus and thus memory formation in mice. doi.org/10.1038/srep46464
What makes us human and not chimp? Researchers grew human and chimpanzee brain cells to compare them and found that a region of the DNA that doesn’t code for protein may hold the key difference. lunduniversity.lu.se/article…
Dr. Davis and other researchers sought to find out why Multiple Sclerosis presents differently in different individuals. They determined genetic profile, smoking, age, and obesity may be contributing factors to these differences. doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2018…
All identical twins may share sets of chemical markers on their DNA, a new study suggests. These epigenetic markers could help us understand what causes a cell to split and make twins.sciencenews.org/article/iden…
Can climate change a fungus's metabolic products? Check out this study to find out!
Garima Singh et al. show that there is a climate-specific difference in gene groups responsible for the production of natural substances in lichen-forming fungi.
Read the paper #OA in Environmental Microbiology: bit.ly/3D7NNRe
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ALT Photo: Rocks with patches of lichen on them overlooking the sea.