MicroBEnet
Microbes and space: Should we be worried about contaminating Mars?
Forward contamination, in the context of planetary protection, refers to the transport of microbes from Earth to Mars. The title ...
NYC subways a germafobes worst nightmare? Study authors denouce ‘fear-based’ reporting
Recently, our paper published in Cell Systems surveyed DNA of the entire NYC subway system. Specifically, we had fragments of DNA that matched a myriad of ...