MicroDiscover Heroes Gallery
Editors: Patricia Bernal, Ricardo Amils, Pepa Antón, Hirofume Danbara, Sagar Aryal, Martin Adams, Olga Nunes, Ken Timmis
Microbes are small—often invisible—so studying them is not easy. The development of special, often very original and inspired techniques has been necessary to investigate them and induce them to give up their secrets. The intrepid scientists who accepted this challenge pioneered advances and made amazing discoveries. These heroes have earned their place in the history of microbiology.
This Gallery honours these remarkable individuals who opened up the field of microbiology and brought it to the incredible stage of excitement and relevance we experience today. Some were awarded Nobel Prizes for their work and are portrayed in the MicroNobelHeroes Gallery.