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!”
Tag Archives: COVID-19
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”
“Beware the Ides of March”: Tapping into the potential of tracking SARS-Cov-2 outbreaks using sewage
Here is the link to the promising diagnostics paper I talk about in this blog post. “Beware the Ides of March”. The famous five words from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar foreshadowing the assassination of the Roman Emperor. I was reminded of the quote while watching a Youtube Video detailing the history of the assassination inContinue reading ““Beware the Ides of March”: Tapping into the potential of tracking SARS-Cov-2 outbreaks using sewage”
