All UK & Rest of Europe articles – Page 12
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Researchers uncover a key link in legume plant-bacteria symbiosis
Researchers have identified four essential phosphorylation sites that act as the catalyst for the symbiotic relationship between legume plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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Biotech start-up BugBiome secures investment for research in sustainable pest protection
BugBiome, a biotech harnessing nature’s microbial defences for pest protection to benefit human and planet health, has successfully closed a pre-seed funding round, securing £310k from Cambridge Angels and Discovery Park Ventures.
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UK government awards £13m for biotechnology research to address environmental challenges
A new research centre, the first of its kind in the UK, is being formed to enhance and develop the natural abilities of micro-organisms in cleaning up our planet.
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£1.8m grant to engineer microbial cell factories
A team of academics from Aston University and the University of Warwick has secured a £1.8m grant to engineer microbial cell factories to produce membrane proteins which will support future drug screening and sustainable chemical production.
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Industrial pollution leaves its mark in Mediterranean corals
For the first time, pollutants from burning fossil fuels have been found embedded in corals, offering scientists a potential new tool to track the history of pollution, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Source: Diego K. Kersting The coral species Cladocora caespitosa The study, published ...
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Revealing membrane architecture with the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
How neutron scattering and reflectometry are being used to study membrane interactions and antimicrobial resistance.
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UK urges vaccination as measles surge, man dies in Ireland
The UK government has urged parents to take up the offer of MMR vaccination for their children amid a surge in measles cases. Source: CDC and NIAID Colorized transmission electron micrograph of a measles virus particle (red). Since the last update a week ago, a further 118 ...
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Organic compound found in trees could prevent contact lens eye infections
Researchers say hydroquinine could be an effective naturally occurring disinfecting solution for contact lenses, and help combat keratitis infections.
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Researchers develop new approach for fast and cost-effective pathogen detection
The ability to detect diseases at an early stage or even predict their onset would be of tremendous benefit to doctors and patients alike. Source: HZDR / Anja Schneider Extended gates with 32 test pads allow a sample to be tested simultaneously for 32 different pathogens. A ...
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New molecular toolkit boosts useful molecule production from yeast communities
A new molcular toolkit consists of 15 different yeast strains that over-produce key cellular building blocks – amino acids and nucleotides – but lack the ability to make other building blocks.
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Warmer water may help rivers keep antimicrobial resistance at bay
Antimicrobial resistant genes (ARGs) from wastewater can end up in natural biofilms in rivers, but as the temperature of the river increases, the abundance of those invasive ARGs drops off significantly.
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Scientists develop new biocontainment method for industrial organisms
Researchers have found that by adding an estradiol-controlled destabilising domain degron (ERdd) to the genetic makeup of baker’s yeast, they can control survival of the organism.
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Advisory group members lend expertise to key UK fertiliser report
A number of Applied Microbiology International Advisory Group members contributed to the POSTnote research briefing, ‘The Future of Fertiliser Use’. The full report has just been published.
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Scientists break the mould by creating new colours of ‘blue cheese’
After discovering how the classic veining of blue cheese is created, experts have created a variety of fungal strains that could be used to make cheese with colours ranging from white to yellow-green to red-brown-pink and light and dark blues.
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Infectious gibbon ape leukaemia virus is colonising a rodent’s genome in New Guinea
A research team has discovered a recent case of retrovirus colonisation in a rodent from New Guinea, the white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat.
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Study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants
Researchers recommend that tiny plankton groups should be used to inform biodiversity indicators that meet policy obligations under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), OSPAR strategies, and the UK Marine Strategy.
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Grant facilitates production of valuable fuels and chemicals using microbial cell factories
A new project will pioneer a novel method for creating a large number of genetically engineered strains of gas-consuming bacteria and compile a knowledge base that will accelerate engineering of cell factories.
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High production of polyols using crude glycerol by wild-type safe yeasts
Researchers have utilized crude glycerol as a substrate for natural yeasts of the species Yarrowia lipolytica, resulting in the production of valuable compounds such as sugar-alcohols (mannitol, arabitol, and erythritol) and other metabolites.
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Virus ancestry could aid bid to predict next pandemic, study finds
Virus family history could help scientists identify which strains have potential to become the so-called Disease X that causes the next global pandemic.
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Mussel-inspired antimicrobial coating protects sanitary fabrics from infections
Researchers have developed a material to fight against the spread of pathogens, infections and antimicrobial resistance. Inspired by the substances secreted by mussels to adhere to rocks, it can be used as a coating to protect healthcare fabrics.