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UK university partnership wins £1.8m for drug discovery research

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million grant to engineer microbial cell factories to produce membrane proteins which will support future drug screening and sustainable chemical production. The Engineering Biology Mission Award was given by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). A team from Aston University and the University of Warwick has secured a £1.8 ($2.2)

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smartRNA project joins BII Bio Studio programme

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The approach to achieve this involves delivering an engineered small artificial (smart)RNA into the cell, where it assembles with endogenous protein co-factors to form an enzymatic complex. The smartRNA is customisable, designed to specifically target the disease-associated healthy pool of mRNA for stabilisation.

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Cavro® ADP Detect: OEM design engineering drives molecular diagnostics automation

Tecan

By Mellisa Enriquez Cavro® ADP Detect: an overview Tecan's design engineering plays a crucial role in driving the automation of molecular diagnostics workflows. The Tecan Cavro ADP pipettor range has a proven track record of successful integration into molecular diagnostics platforms worldwide.

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Advancements in upstream CLD for enhanced biotherapeutics production

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Upstream cell line development has seen notable progress with recent advances in cell line engineering, particularly in enhancing gene of interest integration specificity, clone selection, and production efficiency. Next-generation engineering tools, such as gene editing have enabled knock-out cell lines with enhanced characteristics.

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Tech Theatre ELRIG 2022: First steps towards liquid handling automation

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in Chemical Biology. She completed her academic training with a post-doctoral career development fellowship in Protein Engineering at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. Hammerstein graduated from the University of Oxford with a M.Chem. in Chemistry and D.Phil.

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Jennifer Listgarten

Broad Institute

Jennifer Listgarten By Rose Circeo April 22, 2024 Jennifer Listgarten Jennifer Listgarten is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Center for Computational Biology, and the Bioengineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. Previous Jenn Nava Next Jesse Boehm

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DDW Cancer Research Summit: Industry experts join the panel

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The main presentations will be followed by a panel discussion on how these new approaches – e.g., engineered proteins, antibodies, micro RNA, nanocarriers, antibody drug conjugates – can help address unmet need in oncology. He joined Taconic Biosciences in 2014 has been the Vice President of Commercial Products since 2017.

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