Blog update!
It’s been a quite a while since I made a blog post for Microbe Musings. Almost two months in fact. A lot has happened since my last blog post, all of which I’ll get to here! A lot of my time was spent working towards defending my PhD thesis this summer. I’ve been working fromContinue reading “Blog update!”
We are now a part of Science Borealis!
In the first few months of starting up my blog, I’ve searched for science blog groups to join so that I could share my posts to the broader community. Now, I am delighted to announce that Microbe Musings is a part of the Science Borealis blog syndication network. Science Borealis is a non-for-profit corporation thatContinue reading “We are now a part of Science Borealis!”
The UK strain that’s come to Canada – a primer
Two weeks before Christmas, BBC reported of a new SARS-Cov-2 variant spreading in Southeastern England1. Termed lineage B117 or VUI-202012/01, this SARS-Cov-2 variant was first identified in Kent County, England on September 20th and reached 1108 cases as of December 13th, 20202. In response to the strain’s emergence, Canada became one of several countries toContinue reading “The UK strain that’s come to Canada – a primer”
PEG and the vaccine: Ensuring safety in SARS-Cov-2 vaccination by monitoring allergic responses
Last evening, an article from Reuters shared by Global News stated that five people who were administered the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech SE experienced an adverse allergic reaction after administration1. Given that Pfizer has already sent the first shipment of 2.9 million doses to multiple locations around the USA2, the rate of anContinue reading “PEG and the vaccine: Ensuring safety in SARS-Cov-2 vaccination by monitoring allergic responses”
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Hello, and welcome to my blog! I am Paul Naphtali, the founder of Microbe Musings! I am a PhD candidate in the Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. For my PhD project, I study microbial infections in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. I created this blog to share the latest research in infecious disease and microbiology to the general public! I hope you enjoy your time at Microbe Musings!
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