The Challenges of Accurate Zika Virus Testing

The Challenges of Accurate Zika Virus Testing

Although it is largely forgotten today, just five years before the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Zika virus was making headlines. In early 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika epidemic a public health emergency, as evidence mounted that the Zika virus...
Our Top Posts of 2016

Our Top Posts of 2016

2016 was an exciting year for the Microbiologics Blog. We celebrated our first birthday, got into the spirit of the Olympics, and asked why you love working in a lab. Take a break and learn something new while you catch upĀ on our top posts of 2016. Top 10 Tips for...
The Bugs of the XXXI Olympiad

The Bugs of the XXXI Olympiad

After months of anticipation and media coverage about Zika virus and water quality issues in Brazil, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro are underway. Watching rugby players collide and rowers racing across Guanabara Bay made us wonder which...
The Facts about Zika Virus: Past and Present

The Facts about Zika Virus: Past and Present

The news about Zika virus and the panic it is causing in Central and South America has been taking center stage for weeks. We have been following this story closely and with great interest. With so much information circulating through the media and word-of-mouth, it...