Archive for the 'Microbiology' Category

Bioluminescence- Sparklies in the Water

Apr21, 08 at 2150

I completed 5 dives this weekend for my advanced scuba diving certification. The adventure dives I completed included a deep dive, navigation dive, search and recovery, naturalist and a night dive.
The night dive was the one I was the most apprehensive about and it was the coolest dive I did. There is so much more [...]

Cultured Treats

Mar8, 08 at 2337

TCBY- The Country’s Best Yogurt.
Its the best place to go to get parfaits, so of course, what else to do on a saturday night but get parfaits.
However, this is yogurt we are talking about, not your general ice cream, so instead of the regular colorful advertisements proclaiming sweet refreshing taste and guilty pleasures, you see [...]

A Scaly Skin Cause?

Mar3, 08 at 1249

According to Science Daily, researchers have discovered a cell that may be play an important role in psoriasis, a skin disease that causes patches of red scaly skin.
The cell implicated is Th17, a recently discovered immune cell. Research shows that in comparision to healthy individuals, who have very little of Th17 in the skin, individuals [...]

Soil Samples- The Scorpion Queen!

Feb27, 08 at 1535

We were analyzing the athropods in soil samples, checking for biodiversity in my Ecology Discussion.
I must say,  I think our pair had it made, because although all our specimins were dead, we didn’t have to deal with mites or sprintails or symphyla. I mean, we had our fair share of springtails under our microscope, but [...]