This article from “The Economist” provides another twist in the tale of Helicobacter pylori, that gut-residing, acid-resistant, ulcer-causing bacterium discovered by Marshall and Warren. If this is right (and there’s still a long way to go before the findings are validated properly) then we have: a) another example of the intricacies of...
Read MoreLaunch Date:
Next Wednesday it’s the official launch of SW. If you’re around Melbourne University, come say hi. 🙂
Read MoreBugs On the Air
Sorry about not posting for a bit now; I was suddenly thrown into a flurry of activity when a surprising offer to give a spot of academic lecturing and tutoring at Macquarie University came at short notice. I’ve never done any academic lecturing (the occasional lab seminar notwithstanding) and there was a lot of preparation involved, as well as going...
Read MoreOut!
Tomorrow morning is when SW is due on the shelves of good bookstores* in Australia and NZ and available for order from online stores (such as this one, for example). It also appears to be available, at least potentially, in Amazon France, Amazon Japan, (??) and for loan in Palmerston North library , New Zealand. I have no idea why these places specifically...
Read MoreCow-ordinates
When I first came up with the general notion of writing a book about microbes, I had about six “cases” that I thought were really interesting and should be written about. Life being what it is, about half of these originals failed to make it into the finished product. One of these discarded originals was a bit about magnetic bacteria....
Read MoreWho needs a neocortex anyway?
When I first arrived in Melbourne it was made very clear to me that in order to be considered socially acceptable I need to get myself a footy team to support, and fast. The question of how to choose among the clubs seemed to baffle everyone; apparently you’re born with a preference, genetically imprinted into the core of your being, and that’s...
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