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Punctuation

Punctuation. n. the use of periods and other marks in sentences. From Latin punctus point or prick, punctuare to mark with points or dots; related to punctual, prompt; punctuality, exactness or precision; less closely to punctilio n. detail of honour, conduct or ceremony. In the language of infection punctuation is concerned only with the written form i.e. the genome, its corresponding proteome and their identifiable functions. These belong to the emerging field of omics (genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome etc) which is awash with linguistic metaphors notably including translational science. (more on punctuation).

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Around the traps

Lab Without Walls digs the red dirt collecting mosquito traps and testing for arboviruses in the Kimberley

Hard bitten

Ross River virus infection makes its presence felt in mosquito-bitten population of southwestern Australia

Digger's slouch hat showing double diamond insignia of 2nd/2nd

Debt of Honour

Debt of Honour, a feature exhibition at the Museum of Western Australia on the 2nd World War commando operation by 2nd/2nd Independent Company in East Timor

Micrognome off grid

The Micrognome’s 2012 summer migration: off grid on the same continent.

Shark politics

Shark politics: should we abandon use of the term “shark attack”.
Follow sightings, near-misses and attacks on un updated map.

FACTM Exam

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