More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas were acidic and rich in iron, and volcanic activity roared across a barren ...

Environmental biotechnology has made major advances in using microbial consortia to produce renewable energy, especially ...

Ensuring pharmaceutical safety and efficacy hinges on rigorous quality control (QC). By identifying potential microbial contaminants early in drug development and production, microbial QC tests ...

In sickness or in health, the billions of microorganisms that inhabit our guts are our constant companions throughout life. In the past few decades, scientists have shown how the nature of this ...

As a core member of the Sample Technology team, Catriona works on developing new sample and library preparation methods, sequencing kits and end-end-workflows. She worked on the development and ...