What have the Romans ever done for us?

“All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian When they conquered large parts of Europa and the Mediterranean in the 1st-3rd centuries AD, the Romans brought a lot of …

microBEnet Microbiology blog of the day: Daily Parasite from Susan Perkins and Tommy Leung

Going through the list of Microbiology Blogs we have curated at microBEnet and going to try to feature one of them every day or so.  And just going to do this in semi-alphabetic order. Today’s blog:  Daily Parasite Authors: Tommy Leung Susan Perkins Tagline/Summary:  “The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. In celebration of …

microBEnet Microbiology blog of the day: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Going through the list of Microbiology Blogs we have curated at microBEnet and going to try to feature one of them every day or so.  And just going to do this in semi-alphabetic order. Today’s blog: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites Author:  Parasite Gal Tagline/Summary: A parasitologist’s view of the world.  Every week there is a post with …