ibidi Names the Winners of the 'ibidi Paper Award 2023' Research Prize

18-Sep-2023 - Biotech company ibidi GmbH, located in Gräfelfing, Germany, has just announced the winners of the ibidi Paper Award 2023, an award that honors publications (papers) from up-and-coming researchers that were printed this year in renowned, scientific journals. Max Grönloh, Luise Appeltshauser, and ...

UK start-up aims to advance pioneering NK cell therapy

NK:IO raises £1.2M, bringing total Seed funding to £5.1M

02-Aug-2023 - NK:IO, a start-up company in natural killer (NK) cell biology applied to the development of exceptionally potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumours, has raised £1.2M. This brings total equity financing to £3.2M and will enable the company to reach key milestones in progressing ...

New insights into the bacterial immune system

Proteins for DNA organisation can also defend against plasmids

10-Mar-2023 - Research team from Kiel University describes unknown defence mechanism in bacteria that selectively wards off foreign and potentially harmful genetic information. Since the coronavirus pandemic, the particularly rapid evolutionary adaptability of microorganisms such as bacteria or viruses has ...

Microbiologists improve taste of beer

05-Oct-2022 - Belgian investigators have improved the flavor of contemporary beer by identifying and engineering a gene that is responsible for much of the flavor of beer and some other alcoholic drinks.The researchappears inApplied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for ...

Air pollution and stress alter brain development and social behavior in male mice

Smog and stress while pregnant alters brain connections in developing male mice, but not females, leading to autism-like social behavior

08-Aug-2022 - Naval oceanographer Carina Block had a hunch that the jet exhaust fumes she and her fellow female sailors were regularly exposed to, combined with unavoidable job stress, was leading to adverse health outcomes for their children. A new study in mice backs up Block’s suspicion, finding that air ...

Brain tumor cells invade the brain as neuronal free riders

Brain tumor cells imitate characteristics and movement patterns of nerve cells

05-Aug-2022 - Certain cells from glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of brain tumors, mimic characteristics and movement strategies of immature neurons to colonize the brain. Fundamental new results from researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Medical School (MFHD) and the ...

ibidi Awarded with the Export Award Bavaria: Special Edition 2021

02-Dec-2021 - For its excellent crisis strategy during the pandemic, ibidi GmbH has been awarded the Export Award Bavaria 2021: Special Edition 2021, in the category, "Successful Order Processing in Corona Times." The award, which has been presented since 2007 to small- and medium-sized companies that work ...

AI helping to quantify enzyme activity

22-Oct-2021 - Without enzymes, an organism would not be able to survive. It is these biocatalysts that facilitate a whole range of chemical reactions, producing the building blocks of the cells. Enzymes are also used widely in biotechnology and in our households, where they are used in detergents, for ...

Scientists identify molecular pathway that helps moving cells avoid aimless wandering

Findings from Johns Hopkins Medicine study have potential implications for understanding cancer cell spread

01-Apr-2021 - Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a new molecular pathway that helps steer moving cells in specific directions. The set of interconnected proteins and enzymes in the pathway act as steering and rudder components that drive cells toward an ...

US company acquires spin-off from Jacobs University researchers

31-Mar-2021 - Two years ago, Sebastian Springer, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Jacobs University Bremen, founded Tetramer-Shop together with scientists from the Technical University of Denmark. Now the pioneer in biomedical reagents for cancer diagnostics, based in Copenhagen, has been sold to ...