Principal research consultant of MMGC is Dr. Trudy Wassenaar, with expertise in the fields listed below. In addition, partners with excellent knowledge on graphic design, web presence and bioinformatics can be called upon when needed.
Description of our services
MMGC provides a number of services for academic, governmental and commercial microbiological research institutes:
research consultancy, bioinformatic analysis, project management, preparation of scientific publications
Book: Bacteria, The Benign, the Bad
and the Beautiful Summing Up: Recommended. (Choice, 1 July 2012)
Popular Articles
What I enjoyed working on:
Hepatitis A was once an insect virus
With colleagues of University of Arkansas for Medical sciences, we performed a thorough analysis of Hepatitis A virus and discovered that this virus most likely had an ancestor virus replicating in insects.
For a Press release click here
The publication is open source and can be found here
What is eating my rocks?
A truly mysterious organism had been eating away at calcite rocks in the desert of Namibia. This must have happened millions of years ago. What was most striking, was that it occurred inside the rocks! Together with colleagues of the University of Mainz, Germany, we collected evidence that some microogranism was most likely responsible. Its identity remains obscure to this day.
For a summarizing article for Microbiologists click here
The publication is open source and can be found here
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