Solar Flare: What If Biggest Known Sun Storm Hit Today?. Apparently… NO FACEBOOK for hours maybe. I know this disturbs many people – because what would they do in their spare time??? For those of thus who have the slightest clue of what’s going on, we’ll be outside enjoying the extension of both the northern [...]
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Solar Flare: What If Biggest Known Sun Storm Hit Today?
Posted: March 8, 2012 in Adventures in PhD Land, The Microbial Enthusiast, Weird Things While Crusading in The Name of ScienceTags: science, solar storm
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Demolition Man: Fun Film but…
Posted: September 12, 2011 in Humor, The Microbial Enthusiast, WritingTags: microbes, vertebrates
didn’t they rip that cryogenics idea from the woodfrog? No, they didn’t but you’re here. Aren’t you? Demolition Man is a pretty cool movie with pretty cool ideas. I mean once you get past the “3 sea shells”, Armor hot dog radio commercial, lack of sex, and Simon Pheonix’s potty mouth, you are able to appreciate [...]
The Truth About Flesh Eating Bacteria: It’s All Relative
Posted: July 28, 2011 in Pectobacterium, Streptococcus, The Microbial EnthusiastTags: microbiology, pathogens, pathology, science
When it comes to bacterial infections -Necrotizing fasciitis is the Big Kahuna of them all. It’s so scary that people began calling it flesh eating disease, or flesh eating bacteria. Don’t let my choice of words fool you. Necrotizing fasciitis is a deadly disease and though such a severe infection is rare, death due to [...]
My Favorite Microbe
Posted: June 22, 2011 in The Microbial EnthusiastTags: agriculture, forensic science, microbiology, pathogen, pathology
When most people hear the word “microbe”, they automatically associate it with disease causing agents commonly referred to as pathogens. But the term “microbe” is a vast category including all micro-organisms not just pathogens. After completing my masters, I became obsessed with the beneficial properties of these tiny, often misjudged and neglected creatures. So I’d [...]
