Microbiology and immunology

This series of sculptures by artist Rogan Brown, laser cut from paper and hand mounted into three-dimensional sculptural compositions, is an attempt to depict the diversity and beauty of the vast colony of organisms that live in and on the human body.

A new method uses fluorescent proteins to highlight virus-infected cells and shows which proteins are affected

Researchers are on a mission to develop rapid point-of-care tests to establish infection cause and drive down unnecessary antibiotic use

Intelligent incorporation of automated technologies into pathology laboratories will improve service provision by complementing – not replacing – a highly skilled workforce

Molecular diagnostics are welcome reinforcements in the raging battle against institutional infection and antibiotic resistance

A new type of platform for HIV/HCV co-infections could offer an affordable, portable and easy to use diagnostic solution for resource-poor settings

Could antibiotics that target virulence factors be the key to defeating multi-drug resistant “bugs of steel?”

New software can reconstruct T cell receptor sequences from RNA sequencing data

Changes in the gut microbiome of infants who develop necrotizing enterocolitis may allow us to predict, and perhaps even treat, the disease

An Epicoccum species, ubiquitous in nature, distributed globally, and commonly found in soil.