Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
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Saltern Microbial Communities Dine on DNA
In our paper, we show that DNA can be used as a source of phosphorus by a microbial community of a saltern. Yet, these microbes do not consume just any DNA…
Operationalizing genomic epidemiology during the Nord Kivu Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of Congo
In July 2018, the National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), set up a pathogen genomics laboratory which allowed us to confirm epidemics of Ebola Virus Disease in the country and to establish epidemiological links between confirmed cases (1-3).
A biomarker study informs the clinical development of novel strategies: the unanticipated impact of the ANTICIPATE study
“Our compound neutralizes antibiotics in the large intestines and prevents gut microbiota disruption. Could we collaborate on its clinical development?” That was the question that brought the French biotech company Da Volterra into COMBACTE.
