A new study reveals how L. lactis regulates the production of a key precursor in vitamin K₂ biosynthesis. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University. A new study […]
Category: Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology
Engineer teams up with renowned poet to encode poetry into a ‘deathless bacterium’
The bacterium deinococcus radiodurans was engineered to light up red when it is “reading” the poems. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Greek doctor […]
Megabase-scale precision genome editing achieved in eukaryotic cells
Iterative Recombinase Technologies Mediated Precision Chromosome Engineering. Credit: IGDB A team of Chinese researchers has developed two new genome editing technologies, known collectively as Programmable […]
Automated atomic force microscopy reveals expanded view of bacterial biofilms
This artistic rendering depicts an atomic force microscopy tip scanning a structured network of bacterial cells with flagella in a honeycomb pattern. High-resolution surface characterization […]
Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons
Bacteria with a synthetic genome. Credit: Larissa Ulisko The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether […]
Yeast mutant strain boosts omega-7 fatty acid production
Raman flow cytometry efficiently identifies lipid-rich Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants from a Zeocin–ARTP-induced library. Credit: QIBEBT Scientists from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of […]
Scientists create an artificial cell capable of navigating its environment using chemistry alone
Schematics of the minimal cell. Credit: Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world’s […]