Viruses & Microorganisms

filaments melting in infected red blood cells

Killing Them Softly – With Proteasomes

08.03.2021

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A collaborative effort reveals deadly malaria parasites’ pre-invasion strategy for softening up red blood cells

Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

04.02.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Tracking how bacteria adopt new genes provides unique insight into their evolution, antibiotic resistance and the creation of useful bacteria in the...

Hijacking the Host Defenses Gives Bacteria an Advantage

Hijacking the Host Defenses Gives Bacteria an Advantage

25.01.2021

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A metabolic switch in microbe-fighting macrophages signals bacteria to convert them to hotels with amenities

Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

31.12.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Science Teaching

High school students are out in the field, expanding our knowledge of an invisible ecosystem

Sharing Science

Sharing Science

27.11.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology

A postdoc talks about complicated research, living at the Institute and the joys of scientific outreach

infected bacteria

Mystery Molecule in Bacteria Is Revealed to Be a Guard

05.11.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech tools

phages and bacterial cell

Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals

16.09.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease

coronavirus

Profiling the COVID-19 Coronavirus

09.09.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The new profile may lead to better diagnostics, and provide a better understanding of this unusual virusA new approach to understanding the virus may...

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

18.08.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms

Humble amyloids have many uses – for bacteria, at least – aiding both migration and antibiotic resistance

pregnant belly with mask on

Not Just Infection: Pregnant Women’s Immune Response to a Virus May Affect Fetal Brain Cells

30.07.2020

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms

In a study in mice, the mother’s natural anti-viral proteins disrupted the development of neural circuits in the fetus

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