Biofilms: the ultimate survival mechanism

By Debosree Pal, JNCASR, India

Communication and decision making often form the keys to survival at the cellular level. Intracellular and intercellular communications have been well established through signaling pathways in multicellular organisms. The often undervalued unicellular denizens of the living world utilize such strategies in rather intelligent fashion to accomplish survival mechanisms in extreme conditions.

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7 pieces of advice for future PhD students aka my past self

By Lisa Stinson, University of Western Australia

They say that when you give someone advice, you’re really talking to your past self.  As I’m nearing the end of my PhD journey, I find that I’m a completely different person to the girl who signed on for what she thought would be a breezy three years of research.

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