Background The prevention of child mortality through immunization is one of the most cost-effective
and widely applied public health interventions. In Ethiopia, the Expanded Program …

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is an anaerobic gram-positive pathogen that is the leading
cause of nosocomial bacterial infection globally. C. difficile infection (CDI) typically occurs …

Despite 50% of biology Ph.D. graduates being women, the number of women that advance
in academia decreases at each level (eg, from graduate to postdoctorate to tenure track). …

Within the field of biomedical research in the United States, the proportion of underrepresented
minorities at the Full Professor level has remained consistently low, even though trainee …

Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive bacillus that under conditions of environmental stress,
such as low nutrients, can convert from a vegetative bacillus to a highly durable spore that …

For most biologists, the ability to generate data has outpaced the ability to analyze those
data. High throughput data comes to us from DNA and RNA sequencing, flow cytometry, …

During the late stages of systemic anthrax, Bacillus anthracis grows rapidly in the host
bloodstream. To identify potential genes necessary for this observed rapid growth, we defined the …

Efforts have been made by academic institutions and scientific societies to assure that a
diverse and inclusive community of scientists have a voice in Microbiology research. However, …

The biomedical sciences have a problem retaining white women and underrepresented
minorities in academia. Despite increases in the representation of these groups in faculty …

Iron is an essential element for most bacteria and is commonly acquired by siderophores,
molecules secreted under iron restricted environment to bind ferric iron. Gram negative cells …