#Chitin deacetylases can produce custom chitosans with non-random GlcNAc & GlcN units. Identification of residues crucial for substrate binding enables engineering to drastically change the acetylation pattern of a #chitosan product #SynBio#PLOSBiologyhttps://plos.io/48ZJPtn
Do you want to identify the neighbours of your favourite cells but are unsure where to start?
Check out our Primer, just out in @Dev_journal , for an overview of synthetic neighbour-labelling systems and of how they can be used in developmental settings.
Huge thanks to @CellySally, Tamina Lebek and Guillaume Blin for a real fun writing experience!
I'm a synthetic developmental biologist at The University of Edinburgh.
I'm interested in understanding how cells influence their neighbours in mammalian models of #DevBio and disease.
I use #SynBio to identify neighbours of cells of interest (e.g. healthy neighbours of mutant cells), and to engineer cell behaviour in response to these interactions.
I do this in pluripotent #StemCells and their derivatives.
I look forward to keeping up with everyone's cool research!
@raymondpert@skinnylatte it’s also one of the cheapest commodities out there in the food space. You can get a metric tonne for $500. It’s worse than biofuels in terms of the economics you need to hit to compete with the incumbent source. I still don’t understand how it can be made so cheaply , but probably has to do with destroying that much rainforest :(. Are consumers prepared to pay a large premium for a different source ? #synbio
Yeast has been used for thousands of years in the production of beer and wine and for adding fluff and flavor to bread. They are nature's tiny factories that can feed on sugars found in fruit and grains and other nutrients—and from that menu produce alcohol for beverages, and carbon dioxide to make bread rise.
Scientists welcomed this week’s draft proposal, which aims to accelerate research boosting the resilience of crops to climate change, pests, and diseases, and to develop plants that require fewer fertilizers.
Bioengineered yeast feed on agricultural waste (phys.org)
Yeast has been used for thousands of years in the production of beer and wine and for adding fluff and flavor to bread. They are nature's tiny factories that can feed on sugars found in fruit and grains and other nutrients—and from that menu produce alcohol for beverages, and carbon dioxide to make bread rise.
European Commission proposes loosening rules for gene-edited plants (www.science.org)
Scientists welcomed this week’s draft proposal, which aims to accelerate research boosting the resilience of crops to climate change, pests, and diseases, and to develop plants that require fewer fertilizers.