- Description
- Alex is a second year biologist at St Hilda's College who is particularly interested in immunology and epidemiology. Previous research experience includes internships at Yale School of Medicine and the Institut de Neurobiologie de la Mediterranée.
![A team of geneticists have created the simplest self-replicating cell known, a bacterium called JCVI-syn3.0 that marks a breakthrough in synthetic biology. Dr Craig Venter, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/905-115x115.jpg "Lab creates viable synthetic cell with smallest-ever genome")
![A recent study has shown that common antibiotics such as ampicillin do not work in more than half of all cases of urinary tract infections […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/e-coli-bacteria-115x115.jpg "Antibiotics beginning to fail against common childhood infections")
![Daily injections of GS-5734, a small-molecule antiviral agent, protected 100% of infected Rhesus monkeys against lethal disease when administered three days after exposure, with markedly decreased […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Ebola-compound-115x115.png "Novel compound completely protects against Ebola virus")
![A new study from the US National Institute of Health has revealed that Ebola survivors face long-term neurological problems even six months after recovery from […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/88429811_c0226119-ebola_prevention_training-spl-115x115.jpg "Ebola Causes Long-term Neurological Damage")
![Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have built a 3D bioprinting system capable of generating living tissue and entire body parts to […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4000-1-115x115.jpg "Bioprinter creates human tissues and organs for transplant")
