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2024 Creepy Cultures Winners
The Results Are In! Our annual Creepy Cultures Agar Art Contest brought out incredible creativity this year, with microbiologists from across the field submitting hauntingly detailed designs. We were amazed by the talent behind entries like "Medusa," "Shredder," "Moth...
Creepy Cultures 2024
Forget pumpkin carving—it's time to carve out your masterpiece in the lab! If petri dishes and pipettes are your tools of choice, then Microbiologics’ annual Creepy Cultures agar art contest is your time to shine (or glow, or crawl…). Every October, we invite...
The Potential Risks and Hidden Costs of Freezing Reference Strains
The Drawbacks of Using Frozen Cultures in Clinical Diagnostics Maintaining bacterial stocks via frozen methods is a common way to preserve viable cultures. Frozen stocks may appear to be cost effective and user friendly, but freezing and thawing can create several...
MLS and MLT Career Opportunities
As a manufacturer of quality controls used in clinical diagnostics, we see firsthand the difficulties that laboratory directors face in maintaining the unwavering accuracy patients deserve. One of the most prominent obstacles involves the pipeline of new professionals...
The Challenges of Diagnosing and Treating Secondary Infections
In the past two decades, there have been six major global outbreaks of infectious diseases. While these infections may be treated, treatment can get more difficult when a secondary infection may take advantage of an already weakened immune system (Manohar, et al,...
2023 Creepy Cultures Winners
Thank you for another amazing year of Creepy Cultures submissions! We were aghast by all your spooky submissions with everything from Gengar and Count Chocula, to Wednesday Addams and the Flying Dutchman. Voting was harder than ever, but the results are in....
QC Compliance and Environmental Isolates
Why are many laboratories incorporating Environmental (a.k.a. In-House) Isolates in their Quality Control testing? There has been a shift in the industry regarding the inclusion of environmental isolates as test strains utilized for microbiological assays. Omission of...
Creepy Cultures 2023
The autumnal equinox occurs each September in the northern hemisphere, signifying the end of Summer and beginning of Fall. There are many things we get excited for in the Fall like seeing the leaves change colors, wearing our cozy sweaters, enjoying comfort food,...
Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea–An Ongoing Big Problem
At any given time, one in five people in the US has a sexually transmitted infection (STI), translating to more than 60 million infections per year.1 These infections cost billions in healthcare expenses each year. Even more alarming, over 40% of all new STIs in this...
The Two Sides of Comprehensive Food Safety QC
Food recalls demonstrate the importance of performing quality control during food testing and environmental monitoring in testing laboratories and manufacturing sites. Although QC is common during food testing, some laboratories...
