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📢 The new BlueRemediomics project video is now published! 🙌 It gives a great introduction & explanation of the project's aim, harnessing the ocean microbiome for the development of new #sustainable products and processes! Watch it below 👇

In the shared pursuit of science, to say it “takes a village” would be an understatement. Researchers all over the world 🌏 are taking strides daily to pursue the next big innovation to advance personalized medicine. What drives your pursuit of innovation? Comment below. ⬇️ Looking for more ways to help advance your discoveries in science and set yourself up for future success? Check out the latest tools across molecular biology research applications: https://lnkd.in/gqXFyn2c

Genetic insights shed light on how and where #bacteria form brightly coloured colonies without #pigments Some bacteria form colonies that display striking, reflective colours. New genetic insights into the formation of such colours allowed an interdisciplinary, international team of researchers to identify the environments and bacterial groups in which these colours are found. Doing so, the team has made a start in understanding the function of these colours in bacteria. The findings, which were published last week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (#PNAS), might have implications for the development of new innovative materials that use bacteria to replace non-sustainable dyes. Read more on this research by among others Bas E. Dutilh, Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt and Aldert Zomer: https://lnkd.in/eN-RekwB 📸 Colin Ingham, Hoekmine BV #uuscience #teamwork #innovation

🌱 𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫. Sebastian Wenk 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie! 🌿 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬: our master student Kyle Moynahan has embarked on a fascinating project titled "Evolution Assisted Engineering of Formate-Trophic Growth in E. coli" in collaboration with him. 🧬 Here's a sneak peek at the work: - Directed evolution leveraging the chi.bio reactor platform - Reproduction of the formatotrophic phenotype - Analysis of the evolutionary trajectory Stay tuned for updates as we delve deeper into this innovative research collaboration! #BioprocessEngineering #ResearchCollaboration #Kiwibiolab 🚀

We have delved into the beautiful world of natural products🌿🌳 Past, present, and future!   Postdoc Carolina Cano Prieto, Postdoc Agustina Undabarrena, Postdoc Ana Calheiro de Carvalho, Professor Jay Keasling and Senior researcher Pablo Cruz-Morales from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain), have created a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of natural products, which have been indispensable as medicine and food throughout human history.👏 The overview and its insights have recently been published in the journal Annual Reviews of Biochemistry. Highlights from the paper include:   🔍 Historical overview: We provide a brief historical perspective on natural products, their classification, biosynthetic origins, and the microbiological and genetic methods used for their discovery.   🧬 Technological revolution: From classic genetics to genome-centric discovery, we describe the transformative technologies that have revolutionized the field over the past two decades.   🚀 Postgenomic era: Highlighting the most recent advancements, we discuss how genome mining and high-throughput analytical methods are enabling the parallel discovery of genes and molecules at an unprecedented pace.   🔮 Future challenges and innovations: We explore the new challenges faced by the field of natural products and the promising future of systematic heterologous expression and strain-independent discovery, poised to deliver more molecules in vials than ever before.   We are very proud of our team's contribution 👏 👏 👏 Enjoy the article in Annual Rewiews of Biochemistry here: https://lnkd.in/d2CCcjHJ   #Biotechnology #Biochemistry #Engineering #Research #Innovation  Novo Nordisk Foundation DTU - Technical University of Denmark

🔬 Curious about the mysteries of the gut microbiome and how scientists unravel its secrets? 🦠 Join me in the first episode of Teach Me in 10 on Technology Networks where I had the pleasure of chatting with Rosie Young from the Quadram Institute, who expertly breaks down the intricacies of the microbiome and shares insights into the cutting-edge techniques we use to study it! Whether you're a science enthusiast or just intrigued by the incredible universe within us, this video is a must-watch! 🧪 Check out the video here: https://lnkd.in/eqJTJ3WX and don't forget to share your thoughts and questions in the comments!💡 Teach Me in 10 is a video series that serves the scientific community AND the public. Audiences get to learn about a fascinating research area in less than 10 minutes (and we know that time is of the essence these days). Are you a researcher that wants to share your science to the public? This is a fantastic platform to share your scientific expertise and get involved in scicomm! #microbiome #sciencecommunication #microbiology

https://lnkd.in/gY_Wc_CQ My guest is Dr. Benjamin Lewin, author of the new book INSIDE SCIENCE: REVOLUTION IN BIOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT. Dr. Lewin is a molecular biologist and the founding editor of the scientific journal CELL, which is recognized as the world’s leading journal in biology. He's also the author of the textbook GENES, which is considered to be one of the most influential textbooks on molecular biology. Dr. Lewin is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. #eddrickshow #molecularbiology #biology #science #biotechnology #microbiology #biochemistry #cellbiology #genetics #biotech #research #biologystudent #dna #scientist #microbiologist #laboratory #lab #biotechnologist #chemistry #medicine #biologymemes #biotechnologystudent #immunology #biologyteacher #medical #cellularbiology #lifescience #biomedicalscience #mcat #bioinformatics #biologynotes

🌟🔬 We are thrilled to share more about the groundbreaking research of Leoš Valášek and his team from IMIC. In a recent popularization article, dr. Valášek sheds light on their work in the field of molecular biology and the potential of repairing translation errors caused by tRNA molecules. Supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), their results have gained international recognition and were recently published in the most prestigious journals like Nature and Natural Structural and Molecular Biology. 📌 If you want to find out more, you can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eSYggGik.

In case you missed it, yesterday we had an incredible event Pat MacDonald, PhD, & Jess Ewald, PhD, University of Alberta & Broad Institute discussed HumanIslets.com: A new open resource for the islet community. 📺 Watch the full recording now: https://lnkd.in/gzyY3Y4g #TheSugarScience #DiabetesResearch #HumanIsletResearch #IsletBiology #HumanIslets #DataScience #betacell #islettransplant #insulinsecretion #neuroendocrine #transplantation #pvalue #omics #isletvariation #phenotyping #donor #metadata #linearmodels #limmaRpackage #statisticalanalysis #glucose #leucine #palmitate #mitochondrialfunction #electrophysiology #diabetesdiagnosis