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“The fierce cough” on the Microbichitos blog

May 19, 2024 / , ,
Our colleague Jesús Mingorance has published an entry on the Microbichitos blog dedicated to the current epidemic outbreak of whooping cough

A brewery in the intestine

May 16, 2024 /
Our colleague Ignacio López-Goñi has posted on his blog the following article: Microbiota and the self-brewing syndrome.

H5N1 flu: the next pandemic?

April 27, 2024 / ,
In The Conversation magazine, Ignacio López-Goñi tells us about the pandemic potential of the H5N1 flu virus

Santiago Vega elected academic of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Spain

April 2, 2024 /
Our colleague Santiago Vega has been elected member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Spain. In the following link you have more information about the event that will be held.

Kyasanur forest disease, a tick-borne infection that scares India

February 14, 2024 / ,
Our colleague Raúl Rivas has published an article in The Conversation about an outbreak in India of Kyasanur forest disease, a viral infection transmitted by ticks

“They design a diet for astronauts based on microbiota” in microBIOblog

February 6, 2024 / ,
Ignacio López-Goñi tells us in his blog about the importance of the microbiota for astronauts

“What doesn't kill you makes you more... resistant” on the Microbichitos blog

February 6, 2024 / ,
In the blog Microbichitos, Jesús Mingorance tells us about how the intestinal microbiome adapts to long treatments with antibiotics.

Edaphic microbiota and soil fertility

January 16, 2024 /
Rocío Roca-Couso, José David Flores-Félix and Raúl Rivas have published an interesting informative article on the relationship between the edaphic microbiota and the fertility of agricultural soils

Bruno González Zorn named Doctor Honoris Causa by the University for Development Studies of Ghana

January 16, 2024 / , ,
Our colleague Bruno González Zorn has been awarded an Honoris Causa Doctorate by the University for Development Studies of Ghana for his pioneering work in the field of strategy

SEM@foro Nº76, special Industrial Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, is now available

January 15, 2024 / ,
+SEM@foro Nº76, which is dedicated to the Industrial Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology group, is now available for download. Other articles that can be found deal with
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