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News and Trends 22 Jan 2018

No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!

Researchers may have found a way to stop the female mosquitoes from biting you, which could help to prevent the spread of diseases like malaria. Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the UK and the University of Notre Dame in Paris, along with collaborators in the US, have identified 902 genes specific to blood-feeding mosquitoes […]

January 22, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 18 Jan 2018

Meet the 10 Promising Synbio Startups in RebelBio’s London Cohort

Irish accelerator RebelBio has launched its latest cohort of startups that will receive its support during a 3-month program at Imperial College London. RebelBio is a startup accelerator that helps entrepreneurs to build technology associated with the life sciences field. It offers seed funding, lab space, mentorship, and a community of successful and diverse founders […]

January 18, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 11 Jan 2018

Carbios’ Bioplastics Can Now Be Infinitely Recycled at Scale

Scale-up is a major challenge in industrial biotech but Carbios has done it, going large-scale with its recyclable bioplastics technology. Carbios, a young and exciting green chemistry company, aims to find solutions to the environmental and sustainability issues faced by businesses. Since 2012, the company has been leading the THANAPLAST program, which has brought together academic and industrial […]

January 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 4 Dec 2017

Novozymes and Danish Pump Producer Set Sail in Pursuit of Clean Water

As part of the company’s HelloScience initiative, Novozymes will combine its enzyme and microbial technology with Grundfos’ water pumps to provide clean water and better sanitation. Novozymes aims to improve industrial performance without harming our planet. Earlier this year, the company set up HelloScience, an online platform bringing together experts in a number of fields […]

December 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Nov 2017

Guilt-free and Odour-free: French Biotech Fights for Green Cosmetics

Global Bioenergies has produced the first batch of its sustainable isobutene, which L’Oréal will use to produce environmentally friendly hairspray and deodorant. Global Bioenergies has produced the first batch of its sustainable biochemical for L’Oréal. The French biotech hopes to support the shift away from fossil fuels that could change the world. It has taken its first step […]

November 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

DNA Tetris Bixels Cell Free Technologies

News and Trends 27 Nov 2017

You Can Now Play DNA Tetris Thanks to This Irish Startup

How cool would it be to program DNA at home to make gifs or play Tetris? Well, this device will soon let you do just that. Cell-Free Technologies wants to take synthetic biology out of the lab and into our homes. This startup based in Cork, Ireland, takes the molecular machinery that cells use to read […]

November 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Nov 2017

Let’s Clean Up Our Oceans! New Technique Can Find Even the Tiniest Pieces of Plastic

Current research suggests that we only remove 1% of the plastic waste in our oceans. Thankfully, researchers in the UK have developed a technique to find the rest! Researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, have developed a new and cheap method to find even the smallest bits of plastic that are floating around in […]

November 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 24 Nov 2017

British SynBio Startup Lands $3.6M for AI-Driven Protein Engineering

LabGenius is using synthetic biology to develop new materials. The funding allows the biotech to set up its own research facility to develop its platform. LabGenius, a new biotech startup based in London, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the development of new materials. This morning, the company has announced that it has received […]

November 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 27 Oct 2017

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

Carbios and L’Oréal have had enough of the plastics bags and packaging littering our streets and will form a consortium for the bio-recycling of plastic on an industrial scale. Today, you’ll struggle to walk along a street without seeing plastic bottles, bags, and wrappers dropped by the wayside… but thankfully, help is at hand. Carbios, […]

October 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 24 Oct 2017

French Biotech‘s Bacterial Product is Ready to Enter the Anti-Aging Skincare Market

Montpellier-based Deinove has developed a bacterial anti-aging skincare product, which has shown its safety and healing capacity in studies so far. Deinove specializes in high-value compounds from rare bacteria, in particular, the Deinococcus genus. It has announced that it will launch its first cosmetic product into the anti-aging skincare market in 2018, which is based on a […]

October 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 5 Oct 2017

Synbio adds Softness: Robots of the Future will be Squishy

As AI and machine learning approach biotech, synthetic biology is approaching soft robotics. What is it bringing to the field? Conventional rigid-bodied robots are used to perform specific single tasks efficiently but often with limited adaptability when it comes to interacting with humans. During the past few years, soft robots made of highly pliable materials […]

October 5, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 27 Sep 2017

German Researchers’ Algorithm Can Predict New Targets for Existing Drugs

An algorithm based on the brain’s self-organizing capacity has been developed in Germany that could combat the rising costs of drug development. A team at TU Dresden has pioneered an algorithm that exploits the self-organization of the brain to predict new drug targets, without the need for extra biological or molecular information. The study, published in Briefings […]

September 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!

Meet the 10 Promising Synbio Startups in RebelBio’s London Cohort

Carbios’ Bioplastics Can Now Be Infinitely Recycled at Scale

Novozymes and Danish Pump Producer Set Sail in Pursuit of Clean Water

Guilt-free and Odour-free: French Biotech Fights for Green Cosmetics

You Can Now Play DNA Tetris Thanks to This Irish Startup

Let’s Clean Up Our Oceans! New Technique Can Find Even the Tiniest Pieces of Plastic

British SynBio Startup Lands $3.6M for AI-Driven Protein Engineering

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

French Biotech‘s Bacterial Product is Ready to Enter the Anti-Aging Skincare Market

Synbio adds Softness: Robots of the Future will be Squishy

German Researchers’ Algorithm Can Predict New Targets for Existing Drugs

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