Microbial Diversity

The Secret Life of Yeast

By Anna Lau, PhD, Athens Science Café Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a drug, palbociclib, for treatment of advanced breast cancer. Palbociclib works by inhibiting the function of a protein that controls cell division. Cancer cells divide uncontrollably, so this drug stops these cells from multiplying. Palbociclib is what drug

The Shadow Biosphere and the Idea of Hidden Life Forms

  by Nick Batora, Athens Science Café There is incredible and beautiful diversity of life all around you.  No, I'm not talking about the wildlife at your local botanical garden or park, but rather all of the tiny life that you cannot easily see.  Microorganisms are everywhere.  They are all over you and everything you touch

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