
Alex Cloherty
- Mar 7
- 5 min
The man who imagined ecosystems
A rough translation of his mentor’s summary goes like this: “He found a new way of life”. Sergei Winogradsky, born in Kyiv, Ukraine in...
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Alex Cloherty
- Feb 28
- 6 min
Metchnikoff, microbiologist extraordinaire
He was "a single-minded character absolutely and tenaciously devoted to a high purpose – the improvement of human life. [His biography]...
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Alex Cloherty
- Feb 21
- 8 min
How does your immune system fight off viruses?
Your body is a battlefield. On the open plains of your skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal system, and genitourinary system, scouts...
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Alex Cloherty
- Feb 7
- 5 min
"Either/Or" or "Yes, and"? Virulence, Transmission, and Improv
Maybe you’ve heard already, but there was big news this week in the world of HIV research. There has been a lot of coverage on a paper in...
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Alex Cloherty
- Jan 31
- 4 min
The Biological Chernobyl
Last week, I had to re-take a ‘Biosafety and Biosecurity’ online course. At the institute where I am doing my PhD, it’s mandatory to...
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Alex Cloherty
- Jan 17
- 4 min
Bacterial decoys and COVID defensosomes
If you look up the word ‘decoy’ in the Encyclopedia Britannica, you’ll find the following explanation: decoy, deceptive device used to...
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Alex Cloherty
- Jan 10
- 8 min
A Malarial Monday
My boyfriend and I are very into biking. Specifically, we adore long-distance tandem biking. Aside from science, it is the passion that...
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Alex Cloherty
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Not Home Alone: Bacterial biofilms
Imagine for a moment that you are alone. I mean, really alone. There is nobody around you within sight or earshot, and when you call out...
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Alex Cloherty
- Dec 20, 2021
- 7 min
A shield of sugar
Today on twitter, I saw a tweet from Tom Caniels (@tomcaniels, he’s great at highlighting new research on viruses, go give him a follow!)...
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Alex Cloherty
- Dec 13, 2021
- 6 min
Organic farming, and pseudo vs. science
Earlier this week, Michael (thanks Michael for the question!) wrote in with an intriguing question. "Biodynamic Farming - based on...
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