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Aloe Vera Peels for Pest Control on Staple Food Crops

According to a study, aloe vera peels that are discarded can be utilized as a natural insecticide to assist farmers in defending important food crops from damaging insects.

4 Sep 2023

Bio-Rad Launches First StarBright™ Red Dye and Extends Range of Antibody Markers Conjugated to StarBright Dyes to Enhance Multiplex Flow Cytometry and Research Capabilities

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of the 29th StarBright Dye, StarBright Red 670, and an expansion of its current range with 29 additional highly validated antibodies conjugated to StarBright Blue 700 and StarBright Violet 610 Dyes.

30 Aug 2023

Understanding the Importance of Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences Community

In this interview conducted at SLAS EU 2023 in Brussels, Belgium, we spoke to Maciej Grajewski, the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at SG Papertronics, about all things bio-entrepreneurship.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 28 Aug 2023

Bios Health Group Enters the Market to Offer Investment-Driven and Clinical Development Optimization Strategies for Biotech and Life Science Companies

Bios Health Group launches into the Life Science market to help biotech entrepreneurs and executives take their innovative ideas to the next level.

17 Aug 2023

Cytomos Secures £4M to Advance New Approach to Cell Analysis

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £4 million to scale up market-testing of its technology platform Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).

9 Aug 2023

BioMap Unveils a "Life Science Leaderboard" to Compare AI Models and Reveals the Advanced Capabilities of its 100B-Scale "xTrimo" Model

BioMap, a company with an AI foundation model powered life science platform, today announces the official launch of the “Life Science Leaderboard” – a living resource for industry professionals and researchers to evaluate the performance of life science AI models.

1 Aug 2023

INTEGRA Biosciences Streamlines Serial Dilutions

INTEGRA Biosciences’ electronic pipettes, automation platforms, and peristaltic pumps are being used to increase the throughput and reproducibility of serial dilutions. These highly flexible instruments are easily adapted to numerous different applications to simplify a range of liquid handling workflows and enhance lab productivity.

27 Jul 2023

BioMap Unveils a "Life Science Leaderboard" to Compare AI Models and Reveals the Advanced Capabilities of its 100B-Scale "xTrimo" Model

26 Jul 2023

Analyzing the Cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors Related to Auxin Signaling

Phytohormones are chemical messengers that control the growth of plants and also their response to the environment.

27 Jun 2023

Bamboo May be an Attractive Resource to Develop Renewable Energy, Finds Study

An article in GCB Bioenergy describes why bamboo may be an attractive resource in efforts to develop environmentally friendly renewable energy to replace fossil fuels.

22 Jun 2023

The Role of Noncanonical Mechanism in the Evolution of miRNA Biogenesis

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) research group, guided by Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen, Assistant Professor of the Division of Life Science, used several advanced methods, including miRNA sequencing, pri-miRNA structure analysis, and high-throughput pri-miRNA cleavage assays for approximately 260,000 pri-miRNA sequences, to locate and thoroughly illustrate the newly identified noncanonical cleavage mechanism.

6 Jun 2023

Neuropeptide DH31 Regulates Reproductive Dormancy in a Broad Range of Insects

Dormancy is a survival strategy for many organisms that involves suppressing development and reproduction for a period of time to reduce energy consumption in unfavorable environments.

26 May 2023

Fructose is Needed for Enhanced Egg Production in Fruit Flies, Study Reveals

To many people, the sugars we eat may seem like a luxury that can do more harm than good. But now, researchers from Japan have discovered that in insects, dietary sugars play a key role in reproduction.

25 May 2023

Manipulating Brain Cells via Light Irradiation

An international research team, comprising scientists from DZNE, University Hospital Bonn, the Netherlands, and the US has been awarded a US$ 1.3 million grant by the "Human Frontier Science Program" to investigate brain immune cells and manipulate them via light irradiation.

8 May 2023