Check out the “We Beasties,” a new addition to Science Blogs. It’s the product of a small group of Harvard grad students "studying some of the many ways that microbes make their impact on the world. "

More here about the Immunology Ph.D. at Harvard

Primary blogger blogger Kevin Bonham studies "the interactions between microorganisms and the mammalian immune system. He describes his research this way: “My work revolves around the signaling networks downstream of Toll-like receptors, which recognize conserved molecular patterns on bacteria, viruses and fungi and kick-start the earliest immune responses.”

From a Harvard website profile:

The (We Beasties) site’s name conjures a 1674 finding by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who examined pond water under a microscope and noted the presence of what he called “wee beasties” — a discovery that launched the field of microbiology. “I’m passionate about explaining why science is so important,” Bonham says. “I’ve been reading science blogs for many years now, and I liked the idea of having a one-to-one connection with readers. I joined up with a few other graduate students, and since we all have tangential connections to one another through bacteria, we decided to start the site together.”

FYI: the immunology program at Harvard just got a donation to set up “Harvard Institute of Translational Immunology (HITI)” which will"take a multidisciplinary approach to the field of immunology and “train the next generation of translational and clinical immunologists.”A new pilot program—based out of the institute— will try first to tackle type 1 diabetes and Crohn’s disease.