Welcome!

Welcome to my blog about big bad bugs and infectious diseases!  I am writing this blog as part of my graduate infectious disease course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  I'll be posting once a week about topics discussed in class and the laboratory.  I am hoping to find interesting articles and links concerning microbiology and infectious diseases to post here, articles that will move a bit beyond what is discussed in class.  I am also going to try to find some relevant biology fun facts, ones that can be dropped causally in conversations at parties and what not.  Facts to impress your friends with!  Anyway, thats all for now!