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eBook sneak peek

May 16, 2013 by micrognome Leave a Comment

Micrognome takes an early look at Point of Care Publications’ next eBook on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Filed Under: μGnews Tagged With: android, clinical microbiology, computer based learning, eBook, Germ, hand held, infectious diseases, iPad, iPhone, language of infection, medical microbiology, Point of Care Publications

Bread Winners in search of germs overseas

December 16, 2012 by micrognome Leave a Comment

While on the Asian bread trail, the Lab Without Walls team took the lab in a box (air portable suitcase version) on a training excursion to Ipoh, Malaysia. They used PCR methods to confirm Burkholderia app, identified bacteria from blood cultures and detected dengue virus types 1 and 2.

Filed Under: Featured, μGnews, µGnome abroad, μGnostics Tagged With: bacteria, dengue, field applications of molecular biology, Ipoh, lab in a box, Lab without walls, Malaysia, medical microbiology, melioidosis, PCR assay, Perak, real time PCR, septicaemia, tropical medicine

2011 MicroGnome Review

December 31, 2011 by micrognome Leave a Comment

2011 MicroGnome Review: the handful of defining observations, investigations and studies that cheered the MicroGnome’s heart during 2011

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A bit of breadth to your language

May 2, 2010 by micrognome Leave a Comment

the adjectives that are used to describe specific infections

Filed Under: μGnomics, μGnotes Tagged With: adjectives, adverbs, bacteria, fungi, language of infection, medical microbiology, parasites, viruses

Ring cycle expounded

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Around the traps

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