Five lazy tips for grant writing

I've been meaning to write a comprehensive guide to grant writing but it's a tall ask. Here's a lazy "5 tips for better grant writing". Do…

Introduction to MLST as it applies to E. coli

Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a molecular typing method used to characterize bacterial strains, including E. coli . It involves…

One Health as it pertains to antimicrobial resistance as it pertains to microbial genomics

After reading too many publications and proposals I do not understand the relationship between one health, and antimicrobial resistance and…

Comparing Midjourney versions 3 and 4 for science themed images

Midjourney is a proprietary artificial intelligence program that creates images from textual descriptions. You interact with the Midjourney…

A bioinformatician's guide to serovars and antigenic formulae in Salmonella

In the post, I will describe the basics of Salmonella serovar nomenclature. This post will act as a primer for bioinformaticians starting…