The perils of a future without effective antibiotics
WHO report “Antimicrobial resistance: Global report on surveillance” in 2014- the first world-wide report on antimicrobial resistance demonstrates that we may reach the post-antibiotic era this century unless we can take action on many different fronts.
Let’s Come Together: Tuberculosis Virulence Factors
In the current paper, Solomonson and colleagues solved the structure of the ESX-1 secreted virulence factor EspB, demonstrating that it has a pore-like structure, which may facilitate its proposed membranolytic function during pathogenesis.
The Green Side of CBR
On February 12, 2015, Dr. Reinhild Kappelhoff, member of the CBR’s Overall Lab, won the 2015 Green Labs Fund for the project “Lancer Dishwasher 100-hole pipette rack”. It’s not the first time that CBR has won a Green Labs initiative…
How does pathogen inactivation treatment compromise platelet quality? – p38MAPK
Dr. Zhongming Chen, a PDF at Dr. Dana Devine’s laboratory, discovered a novel role of p38MAPK in apoptosis in platelets treated with pathogen inactivation technology.
Blood Substitute Anyone?
It is not difficult to imagine how blood transfusion saves lives and improves health. But why substitute blood, and more curiously what is it?
Karsan Lab Reveals a Novel Promoter of Tumorigenesis
The group demonstrated that loss of RBPJ mimics a Notch activation signal through the derepression of a cohort of genes that are also transcribed following Notch activation.
How flexible are your red blood cells? – Microfluidic deformability
A step forward in transfusion medicine may involve a new application of microfluidics technology to evaluate the quality of stored red blood cells (RBC).
Beyond clotting: Platelets have active immunoproteasomes!
This research adds to the growing body of evidence that platelets play a bigger role in the immune system than previously thought and suggests that these small cell fragments may have more surprises in store.
Prospects in Academia: We shall fight on the benches, We shall fight in the labs, We shall never surrender!
The combination of a Science PhD aligned with training or experience in business, writing, or any number of transferable skills makes a highly employable candidate who…
The Kizhakkedathu lab discovers a safe and biocompatible anticoagulant reversal agent
The researchers believe that the use of this new drug, possessing universal reversal capabilities, would be most effective in time sensitive high-risk surgeries.