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25 unusual facts about Microbiology


Arthur D. Levinson

He subsequently moved to a postdoctoral position with Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus in the Department of Microbiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was spotted by Herb Boyer who hired him to work at Genentech.

Augusto Murri

Appointed to the Chair of Clinical Medicine at Bologna in 1875 he was regarded as one of the most illustrious clinical doctors and innovators of his times (in Pathological Anatomy, Histology, Microbiology and Experimental Physiopathology).

Augusts Kirhenšteins

Augusts Kirhenšteins, formerly spelt Kirchenšteins (September 18, 1872 in Mazsalaca – November 3, 1963 in Riga), was a Latvian microbiologist and educator.

Avrelija Cencič

She was employed as the Chair of Dept. of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Chair of Dept. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences and she was a Vice dean for research and was Vice dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Maribor.

Bernard Davis

He was the 1989 recipient of the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

Edgar J DaSilva

DaSilva's knack for developing strong links with international programs for co-ordinated action on topics of common interest led to his strong support for the International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IOBB), built strong links with the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), played an important role in the conferences on the Global Impact of Applied Microbiology (GIAM) among many others.

Envihab

The module EnviBio („Envihab – Biology“) provides a laboratory environment for microbiological research.

Evolutionary biology

Microbiology has recently developed into an evolutionary discipline.

James P. Allison

Dr. Allison earned his B.S. in Microbiology in 1969 and his Ph.D. in Biological Science from the University of Texas, Austin in 1973.

James Tiedje

James Tiedje is the director of the NSF Center for Microbial Ecology (CME) at Michigan State University, as well as a Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences and Microbiology.

Jim Dobbin

James "Jim" Dobbin (born 26 May 1941) is a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton since 1997.

John A. Gilruth

In 1896, on returning to New Zealand, he was appointed chief veterinarian and government bacteriologist.

Karnatak Science College

Microbiology is an optional subject introduced at the undergraduate level.

Lavar McMillan

He graduated from Utah State University with bachelors degrees in Dairy Manufacturing and Microbiology.

Leonard Hayflick

Leonard Hayflick (born May 20, 1928), Ph.D., is Professor of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and was Professor of Medical Microbiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Marjory Stephenson

One of the founders of the Society for General Microbiology, Stephenson was elected as its second president in 1947.

Obong University

The university offers a College of Natural and Applied Sciences with degrees available in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Electronics.

Radiolysis

Molecular hydrogen and oxidants produced by the radiolysis of water may also provide a continuous source of energy to subsurface microbial communities (Pedersen, 1999).

Siegfried Scherer

Siegfried Scherer (7 April 1955, Oberndorf am Neckar) is a German biologist, since 1991 Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan, where he is Managing Director of the Nutrition and Food Research Center ZIEL.

Stanley Falkow

In 2003, he received the Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Microbiology and the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

Taseer Bashir

He attained the professional graduation in Veterinary Medicines and a Masters(Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

Thomas A. Bickle

Thomas Anthony Bickle (born 23 December 1940 in Norfolk, UK) is a British/Swiss microbiologist.

Vojo Deretic

Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., is Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Cell Biology & Physiology at the University of New Mexico He received his undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral education in Belgrade, Paris, and Chicago.

William Augustus Hinton

William Augustus Hinton (15 December 1883, Chicago, Illinois – 1959, Canton, Massachusetts) was an American bacteriologist, pathologist and educator.

Wissam Constantin

Wissam’s ambition pushed him to go forward to a master’s degree in Microbiology and Immunology.


Bethlehem, Connecticut

Noella Marcellino, an American Benedictine nun who has earned a doctorate in microbiology from the University of Connecticut, became a Roman Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in town.

Byron Lamont

From 1963 to 1966 he pursued undergraduate studies at the Instituate of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with majors in Soils, Agronomy and Microbiology.

Dee Datta

Dr. Datta attended University of Delhi where she received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology.

Émile Marchoux

From 1895 he was based in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where he established a laboratory of microbiology, subsequently dealing with an epidemic involving amoebic dysentery.

Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Currently, the Faculty consists of 13 departments: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology, and Plant Science.

Hans Christian Korting

Korting graduated with an M.D. from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 1977, and subsequently was trained in medical microbiology at central medical services units of the German Army (Bundeswehr) until 1979.

HEK

Hektoen enteric agar (also abbreviated as HE) is a selective agar used in microbiology, commonly used to recover Salmonella and Shigella species

International Microbiology

The JCR impact factor for 2009 is 1.8, 66th out of 95 journals in the Microbiology subject category.

James L. Gulley

Gulley graduated from Loma Linda University in California with a Ph.D. in microbiology in 1994 and an M.D. in 1995.

Kertész

Zoltan I. Kertesz, a Hungarian-born, American food scientist who was involved in the early development of food microbiology and food chemistry

Khem Shahani

Borden Award of the American Dairy Science Association for Excellence in Research in Dairy Manufacturing (Dairy Microbiology and Dairy Chemistry) - 1964

Kirkland and District Hospital

Departmental laboratories include haematology, chemistry, blood bank and cryogenics sections and referred out microbiology, cytology and pathology services as well as diagnostic services including echocardiography, pulmonary function testing, exercise stress testing, radiography, mammography, ultrasound, doppler facilities and fetal monitoring capabilities.

Martinus Beijerinck

He became a teacher in microbiology at the Agricultural School in Wageningen (now Wageningen University) and later at the Polytechnische Hogeschool Delft (Delft Polytechnic, currently Delft University of Technology) (from 1895).

Mostafa Kamal Tolba

He established his own school in microbiology at Cairo University's Faculty of Science, and also taught at the University of Baghdad during the 1950s.

Nick Johne

Nick majored in microbiology at the Ontario Agricultural College and began his improvisational career in Toronto, where free improv classes were being taught at the Harbourfront Centre.

Pardot Kynes

Pardot Kynes first appeared as a character in Dune: House Atreides as "an expert and well-respected ecologist, geologist, and meteorologist, with added specialties in botany and microbiology. Driven, he enjoyed absorbing the mysteries of entire worlds. But the people themselves often remained a complete mystery to him."

Paul Wehrle

He then became acting chairman of the Microbiology Department of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, New York.

Radappertization

Radappertization is derived from the combination of radiation and Appert, the name of the French scientist and engineer who invented sterilized food for the troops of Napoleon.

Sachin Puthran

After his BSc in Microbiology in 1986, to explore his creative side, he pursued Bachelors in Fine Arts at Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art where he received a Gold Medal for his excellent artistic understanding.

SARS coronavirus

The team was led by Dr. Marco Marra and worked in collaboration with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, using samples from infected patients in Toronto.

Skejby Sygehus

These clinical specialities are supported and assisted by clinical Biochemistry, Radiology, clinical Physiology & Nuclear medicine, clinical Immunology, Anaesthesiology and clinical Microbiology.

Society for General Microbiology

The Marjory Stephenson Prize is awarded biennially for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology.

Marjory Stephenson was the second president of the SGM (1947–1949) and a distinguished pioneer of chemical microbiology.

Stuart Levy

Stuart B. Levy, microbiology researcher and physician at Tufts University

Sydney Selwyn

Whilst continuing as Professor at Westminster Medical School he also simultaneously became Professor of Medical Microbiology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, thus running two separate departments (each with its own research and teaching teams) in two different teaching hospitals.

Tanta University

Student gets the degree of Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.Sc.) after successfully passing 10 semesters studying in 8 departments including: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Microbiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy.

TCBS

Thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose agar, a selective media agar type used in microbiology for cholerae culture

W. Ian Lipkin

He began as Assistant Professor in the departments of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.