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Dutch researchers make breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ...


New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at UAB in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, have discovered the structure of the PPC descarboxilase (PPCDC) enzyme present in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very important ...


Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for hereditary neuroendocrine tumor

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumor called paraganglioma (PGL). The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation ...


Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...





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Wild about the evolution of domesticated yeast

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It lives all around us and is probably one of the earliest domesticated organisms. Humans have been using it for tens of thousands of years. There is evidence that the Ancient Egyptians used it for baking ...


RNA interference found in budding yeasts

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some budding yeast species have the ability to silence genes using RNA interference (RNAi). Until now, most researchers thought that no budding yeasts possess the RNAi pathway because Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the protoypical ...


Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park has developed a new model system to study fungal infections. The system can be a powerful ...


New quorum-sensing pathway in yeast found

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created Apr 17, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say they have discovered a novel quorum-sensing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker's yeast.


Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...


Yeast in an Egg Shell

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created Mar 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Nature’s eggshells have inspired Chinese researchers: A team led by Ruikang Tang at Zhejiang University have successfully equipped living yeast cells with an artificial mineral coating. As reported in the journal Angewandte Ch ...


Heads up: New DNA study reveals evolution of beer yeasts

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created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Lager lovers convinced that their beer of choice stands alone should prepare to drink their words this Oktoberfest. New research by geneticists at the Stanford University School of Medicine indicates that the brew, which ...


DNA clues to reproductive behaviour

DNA clues to reproductive behaviour

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created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A species of wild yeast goes through a cycle of sexual reproduction once in every 1,000 asexual generations, according to new research by Imperial biologists published in the PNAS journal in April.


Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ...


New research on mutation in yeast can enhance understanding of human diseases

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

[B]Work from UNH Hubbard Center, Indiana University, others enhances understanding of genetics in human diseases[/B] Yeast, a model organism heavily relied upon for studying basic biological processes as they relate to ...



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