Latest microbiology News

Otago researchers humbled and honoured by national awards
Amir Ata Saei awarded SSMF Starting Grant for research on gut bacteria and cancer
How to meal prep safely: a microbiologist’s step-by-step guide
New Technique Holds Promise For Improved Gene Editing
The Infrastructure Board is investing in new technologies and methods for KI researchers
Gaining new insights into the life of bacteria with gel and water
Sudden confusion in an older relative? Don’t assume it’s a urine infection
Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike
New tool closes gap on untapped potential of phages
Otago researchers funded to fight major global threat
New centre for immuno-oncology at Karolinska Institutet to bring cancer research closer to new treatments
Weill Cornell awarded $17.4M grant to develop shorter TB treatment regimen
Why an overactive immune system attacks the bodies of people with lupus but still leaves them vulnerable to infection
James Cook University must reverse proposed axing of vet lab
Molecular insight into biological nitrogen fixation close to the boiling point
New Method Tested Against Bacterial Toxin In Brain
Seeking to understand how childhood cancer tumours arise and grow
Scavenging linked to virus variety in wild birds
Targeting mosquitoes reduces Buruli ulcer risk in Melbourne trial
A mosquito that can transmit Zika has bred in London – but that doesn’t mean the virus is spreading in people there
Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it – here’s what you can watch out for
Tuberculosis Transmission May Hold Key To Prevention
Antarctic bacteria share ‘life-support’ genes to survive extreme conditions
Professor Peter Steinberg appointed inaugural Chair of the National Sea Simulator Advisory Group
Why does Salmonella cause serious illness in some people but not others?
World-leading immunologist new director of Lydia Becker Institute
Science Week opens the door to discovery across Tasmania
Celebrating Tasmania’s Innovators This Science Week
New knowledge could make cancer immunotherapy more effective
Nature’s Original Bioplastic Is Food For Animals
From silver dressings to healing spaces: a week that revealed the impact of university research
Some animals catch cancer from others in their species – here’s why humans aren’t one of them
Harmful bugs can thrive in your kitchen sponge for weeks – and you won’t be able to tell
Will dietary fiber help digestion? It might depend on your gut bacteria
Townsville lab leads push to break ‘blue blood’ tradition
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity
Cornell-led NIH grant will reveal how immune cells communicate in living tissues
Engineering Duo Lift-off With Space Scholarship
AI helps identify new antibiotic candidates against drug resistant gonorrhoea
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue
2026 New Zealand Space Scholarship winners announced
Pew grant project to design hepatitis C vaccine built on natural immunity
Some immune cells can limit the effect of cancer immunotherapy
Strong KI presence in call for excellence clusters for groundbreaking technologies
Biological Differences Linked To Severe Covid
The daily habit that can protect hospital patients from pneumonia
From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research
NSW scientists help unlock new opportunities for chickpea production