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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform

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William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform By Corie Lok May 14, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier developed the T7 expression technology at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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Inside the Laboratory for Extraordinary Microbes

Codon

But in the 1950s, at the dawn of molecular biology, scientists gained a new appreciation for it after searching for organisms that were easy to work with and quick to grow. 1 This singular organism has become the de facto microbe for molecular biology. Lee showed me around the laboratories on a clear day in April.

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Machine learning guides researchers to new synthetic genetic switches

Broad Institute

What is special about these synthetically designed elements is that they show remarkable specificity to the target cell type they were designed for," said Ryan Tewhey, an associate professor at The Jackson Laboratory and co-senior author of the work with Steven Reilly of Yale, and Pardis Sabeti of the Broad. Chan School of Public Health. "By

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Broad-MIT Seminars in Chemical Biology: Phil Holliger

Broad Institute

Although this ancestral replicase appears to have been lost, key aspects of RNA-catalyzed RNA replication can be studied by proxy with the use of modern RNA enzymes (ribozymes) generated by in vitro evolution.

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F. William Studier receives the 2024 Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for developing technology used to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Broad Institute

William Studier receives the 2024 Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for developing technology used to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines The groundbreaking, scalable technology is widely used in laboratories around the world today to efficiently produce large amounts of protein and RNA. Merkin (left) and F.

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Phages could help to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Drug Target Review

Phage have been of interest to scientists as tools to understand fundamental molecular biology, as vectors of horizontal gene transfer and drivers of bacterial evolution, as sources of diagnostic and genetic tools, and as novel therapeutic agents. He continued: “CBASS cyclases look a lot like cGAS, so they have to be sensing something.

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A Protein Printer

Codon

That’s because proteins are made, in the laboratory, using synthetic DNA and cells; and DNA is expensive. All cells make proteins in two steps: DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA, which is then translated into protein. It is the untouchable foundation of molecular biology. This is simple.

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