Revvity broadens relationship with Genomics England to advance genomics in the UK

Collaborating for better baby health

22-Nov-2024 - Revvity, Inc. announced an expansion of its work with Genomics England that leverages both organizations' expertise and resources to advance critical genomic initiatives across the United Kingdom. Building on the parties’ long and productive work history, this advanced collaboration is dedicated ...

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

07-Nov-2024 - BASF and Acies Bio, one of Europe’s leading biotechnology companies, have entered into a transformative partnership to further develop a platform for fermentation technology from methanol for the production of fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols are essential building blocks for several ingredients in ...

Merck Reiterates Confidence in Returning to Sustainable Growth

Tailwind thanks to robust global growth trends in all three business sectors

18-Oct-2024 - Merck is looking confidently toward the future. At the Capital Markets Day, the company shared its expectation of profitable and financially strong growth in the coming years. After the transitional year of 2023, Merck considers the medium-term growth opportunities in its markets to be intact. ...

Nanotechnology: DNA origami with cargo function

LMU chemists present two studies that open up new possibilities for biotechnological applications

20-Sep-2024 - In the world of nanotechnology, the development of dynamic systems that respond to molecular signals is becoming increasingly important. The DNA origami technique, whereby DNA is programmed so as to produce functional nanostructures, plays a key role in these endeavors. Teams led by LMU chemist ...

Searching old stem cells that stay young forever

Sea anemone regulates stem cells through evolutionarily conserved genes

23-Aug-2024 - The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is potentially immortal. Using molecular genetic methods, developmental biologists led by Ulrich Technau from the University of Vienna have now identified possible candidates for multipotent stem cells in the sea anemone for the first time. These stem cells ...

Light switch for special receptors

IMC Krems plays a leading role in the establishment of innovative cell-based test systems for the identification of biomarkers.

16-Aug-2024 - A research project led by the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems has just been successfully completed and now provides an excellent basis for further projects: Prof. Christoph Wiesner's team from the Institute of Biotechnology succeeded in genetically modifying special receptors (Toll-like ...

Microbiome of the nose: removing iron from multi-resistant germs

Whether dangerous staphylococci survive in the nose depends on what other bacteria are present - and how they obtain iron.

09-Aug-2024 - A research team led by Simon Heilbronner, Professor of Microbiology at the LMU Biocenter, has investigated how different bacteria that can colonize the nasal cavity deal with the iron deficiency there and interact with each other. The results of the study, which was recently published in the ISME ...

Cracking the code of life: New AI model deciphers the hidden language of DNA

07-Aug-2024 - Scientists at TU Dresden have trained a large language model with human DNA. Researchers can use it to try to decode the complex information hidden in our genome. The AI treats human DNA like language, learning its rules and relationships to derive functional information about the DNA sequences. ...

Precise Genetics: New CRISPR method enables efficient DNA modification

Two methods combined

01-Aug-2024 - The research group led by Prof. Markus Affolter at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has developed a new method that further improves the existing CRISPR/Cas technologies: it allows a more precise and seamless introduction of tags into proteins at the gene level. This technology could ...

GDCh Award for Biocatalysis for Sebastian Gergel

19-Jul-2024 - The German Chemical Society (GDCh) is awarding the GDCh Award for Biocatalysis to Dr. Sebastian Gergel, EnginZyme AB, Solna, Sweden. The award ceremony will take place on September 12th during the annual meeting of the GDCh Division of Sustainable Chemistry in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Sebastian ...