Utilizing CRISPR for better antibiotics

Drug screening with Mobile-CRISPRi

15-Jan-2019 - A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and his collaborators at the University of California, San Francisco have repurposed the gene-editing tool CRISPR to study which genes are targeted by particular antibiotics, providing clues on how to improve existing antibiotics or develop new ...

Selcia joins Eurofins Group

26-Jan-2018 - Selcia Limited announces that it has been acquired by Eurofins Scientific, a global leader in analytical testing and pharma discovery services. The acquisition of Selcia provides Eurofins with an entry into the custom radiolabelling and innovative pre-clinical, integrated drug discovery services ...

Google provides open source library for quantum chemistry

Platform-independent solution to integrate future developments

26-Oct-2017 - Since physicists have been dealing with the theoretical description of molecules, the solving of quantum mechanical equations has been a major obstacle. This is supposed to be a thing of the past with the release of an open source based system. Google has introduced such a system to the public ...

Eurofins opens new faciltiy in Livingston

28-Sep-2017 - Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a world leader in bioanalytical testing, has today opened a new pharmaceutical chemistry, microbiology and water microbiology facility in Livingston, Scotland, following a £4 million investment. A plaque marking the opening of the laboratories at Brucefield Industry ...

Imaging tracer allows early assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm risk

04-Aug-2017 - Yale University researchers have developed a way in which medical imaging could potentially be used to assess a patient's rupture risk for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Delaying surgical treatment can be life-threatening, and this new type of imaging could allow physicians to diagnose disease and ...

Seeing more with PET scans

New chemistry for medical imaging

28-Jul-2017 - Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical imaging and drug development. The chemical mechanism, discovered by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC ...

State-of-the-art text mining technologies for chemistry

23-Jun-2017 - The Biological Text Mining Unit at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) together with with researchers at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), of the University of Navarra, in Pamplona, and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS) have published the first exhaustive ...

One step closer to crack the mystery of bacterial adaptation to antibiotics

12-Apr-2017 - An international team including researchers from MIPT's Laboratory for Advanced Studies of Membrane Proteins have proposed an explanation of the way bacteria process external signals. By identifying the detailed structure of the protein complex used by bacteria, the scientists gained insights ...

Eurofins to invest millions in new UK facility

20-Mar-2017 - Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a world leader in bioanalytical testing, has announced plans to establish a new pharmaceutical chemistry and microbiology facility in Livingston, Scotland as part of a £4 million investment. The announcement follows Eurofins’ acquisition of Exova’s pharmaceutical, ...

analytica Vietnam 2017: More exhibitors and a strong supporting program

23-Feb-2017 - analytica Vietnam is being held for the fifth time this year, and interest among companies is stronger than ever. Compared to the last time the fair was held (2015), approximately 15 percent more exhibitors are expected. Exhibition space is up by the same amount. Besides the product highlights of ...