Lab Automation and Bioinformatics News and Research

Latest Lab Automation and Bioinformatics News and Research

Immune Cell Movement Influenced By Water and Ion Influx

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with Imperial College London, King’s College London, and the University of Cambridge, have demonstrated that the influx of water and ions into immune cells enables them to navigate to specific locations in the body.

7 Dec 2023

Revealing Electric Eels' Role in Environmental DNA Transfer

The electric eel holds the title of Earth’s most powerful electricity-producing creature, boasting the ability to unleash up to 860 volts—enough to power machinery.

6 Dec 2023

Analyzing The Role of Hypochlorous Acid in the Immune Response Against Fungal Pathogens

An examination investigating the impact of hypochlorous acid (HOCl), commonly recognized as bleach, produced during a cell’s immune response (phagocytosis) combating the common fungal pathogen Candida albicans, reveals the potent lethality of HOCl.

5 Dec 2023

Unraveling the Complexities of Gene Regulation with MAbID

A novel technique named MAbID, developed by researchers led by Jop Kind, has been introduced to concurrently investigate various mechanisms of gene regulation, crucial for both development and disease processes.

5 Dec 2023

Misfolded Proteins: How They Damage Neurons and Cause Neurodegeneration

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the deposition of clumped proteins in the brain and progressive neuronal cell death.

5 Dec 2023

No Container, No Problem—Studying Self-Contained Spheres of Liquid Protein in Space Could Help Improve Medicine on Earth

How could studying liquid drops of protein solution in space help solve an Achilles’ heel in medicine production on Earth? Find out in the latest issue of Upward, the official magazine of the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory.

5 Dec 2023

Breakthrough Research in Leishmaniasis Reveals Pain-Suppression Pathways

For the first time, scientists have begun to figure out why the disfiguring skin lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis don't hurt.

1 Dec 2023

Presage Biosciences and AstraZeneca Partner to Advance Immuno-Oncology Research for Head and Neck Cancer

Presage Biosciences, a pioneering translational oncology company whose mission is to use CIVO and spatial molecular profiling to understand the complexity of drug response in the tumor microenvironment (TME), has entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company.

1 Dec 2023

Pesticides Harm Bumblebees, Even After Regulations Tightened

A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – one of the most important wild pollinators.

30 Nov 2023

Revolutionizing Peptide Sequencing with Machine Learning for Personalized Medicine

Scientists are employing machine learning to examine the structure of unfamiliar cells, potentially opening the door to improved personalized medicine for addressing cancer and other serious ailments.

29 Nov 2023

The Extraordinary Genetic Memory System of Dormant Bacterial Spores

A recent investigation led by Professor Sigal Ben Yehuda and her team at Hebrew University has brought to light a fascinating aspect of bacterial dormancy.

28 Nov 2023

A Novel Technique for Ribonucleotide Quantification

Scientists at the Folkhälsan Research Center have devised a novel technique enabling the straightforward quantification of ribonucleotides in small tissue and cell samples within a standard laboratory setting, without the need for specialized equipment.

28 Nov 2023

Clean Cells Doubles Capacity with Opening of New Production Suites

Clean Cells today announces the launch of operations in its new production suites, located in the new facility opened in January 2023.

27 Nov 2023

Structural Insights Into Coronavirus Spike Proteins

Coronaviruses employ protein “spikes” to latch onto and infect cells. Contrary to their name, these spikes do not have a rigid and pointed structure. Instead, they resemble chicken drumsticks, with the meaty portion facing outward.

27 Nov 2023

Where Does the Light Come From? Optical Properties Allow Plants to “See” Light

An innovative study led by Professor Christian Fankhauser at UNIL and colleagues at EPFL has combined expertise in biology and engineering to reveal that a light-sensitive plant tissue uses the optical properties of the air-water interface to create a light gradient that is ‘visible’ to the plant.

24 Nov 2023

New Optical Tweezers Open Up New Insights on Specific DNA Motor Proteins

Using “optical tweezers” driven by lasers, researchers have discovered a universal motor mechanism that viruses utilize to package their DNA into infectious particles.

22 Nov 2023

SMART Researchers Pioneer Novel Microfluidic Method to Optimize Bone Marrow Stem Cell Extraction for Advanced Cell Therapies

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) and National University Health System (NUHS), have developed a groundbreaking technology.

22 Nov 2023