In these very hours, my daughter is turning two years old! This blog was put up one year ago as she was celebrating the conclusion of her...

Over the past few years nucleic acid based methods have revolutionised parasite diagnostics in modern clinical microbiology (CM) labs. ...

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My recent post Blastocystis aux Enfers was my "literary take" on biological adaptation of intestinal parasitic protists, us...

Just saw this on YouTube and had to share it. This is Blastocystis (and other microorganisms) viewed through a microscopy (light microscop...

" Functional dyspepsia is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders worldwide. Although the condition does not af...

We tremble at the thought of being devoured by a ferocious animal, - of ending our days in a narrow, suffocating slimy tube covered in acid...

Yesterday, I was checking up on a fresh Blastocystis culture. I loaded 20 µ L of the culture "sediment" on to a glass slide, pla...

We were lucky enough to have a paper accepted for publication in the ISME Journal (Nature Publishing Group) in which we call for data on th...

I'm very thankful for all the positive feedback I get from readers across the globe, mostly by email. Due to time limits I can only res...