Yeasts & Other Beasts: A Novel by David Wooster (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A year in the life of microbiology professor Ben Ketchum, who is pursuing his tenure while mentoring students in the lab on various projects. In part one, after losing his anthrax grant, Ben takes on a new project involving the yeast, then travels to Egypt and Germany so he can learn all the ways this tiny fungus has influenced human history and biology over the past 3,000 years. In part two, Ben discusses cholera and the strange chemistry of the water molecule while trying to come up with a new side project to help another professor in his department out of a jam. In part three, things go terribly wrong with a protein purification procedure and the cowboy boot-wearing microbiologist has to troubleshoot his cystic fibrosis project. In part four, Ben lectures his students on energy, steam engines, the geology of Yellowstone National Park, DNA, thermophilic bacteria, enzymes, and how all animal cells on Earth use the chemical energy in their food for obtaining ATP. All this and much ...

Genre: Medical

The Test by Nicholas Guild (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Phil Jarrett is on the cusp of finding the universal antigen for dengue fever, which is currently ravaging the tropical world. He is also about to lose his girlfriend and his friend, mentor and former employer and father-in-law. Add to that, his ex-wife, Marcie, whom he still loves and who five years before dumped him and left him heavily in debt, is coming back to California with her new husband, a rich boy, tall, dark and handsome but with the mindset of a thug. This is a story about the interaction of professional and personal life, about loss and reconciliation.

Genre: Medical