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17/12/2021

LabBiotech report on an exciting year for European Life Science startups with promise of more to come in 2022.

The year 2021 is closing with a biotech investment rush as Eir Ventures, Apollo Health Ventures, and Merck’s venture capital arm M Ventures raise impressive funds to speed up life sciences innovation.

15/12/2021

This British Ecological Society meet was picked up by the Guardian News this week: insect surveying via metabarcoding of airborne "eDNA" samples.

Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA from 85 species could be identified. This offers scope for exploring a whole new way to monitor terrestrial biodiversity.

03/12/2021

Labbiotech have helpfully put together their top 10 list of podcasts to catch in 2022, covering everything from and investment through to the cutting edge in research. Well worth checking out.

Here is a list of 10 biotech podcasts to keep you up to date with the latest advances in the biotechnology industry.

01/12/2021

Creating an artificial cell with a reconstituted IVTT for a standardised and easily available expression system that can be used worldwide.

Attempts to create complex molecular systems that mimic parts of cellular systems using a bottom-up approach have become important in the field of bio…

22/11/2021

Loop circuit tasting experience

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12/11/2021

How can growing technologies like be used in and to help innovation scale. Labiotech_eu takes a look:

Blockchain technology can be used to reliably trace supply chains, preventing counterfeit drugs and foods from making their way to consumers.

10/11/2021

An exciting exploration of the techniques for co-culturing Bakers yeast and the cellulose producing bacteria K. rhaeticus to create living materials with programmed functionalities.

A symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast is used to fabricate bacterial cellulose-based living materials that respond to external cues and adapt their structural and functional properties, with implications for sensing and catalytic applications.

05/11/2021

is at the heart of everything we do in . Which is those building solutions to make manufacturing the stuff faster, cheaper and more reliable are attracting interest. And here in , the industry's innovators on our door step.

Touchlight Genetics and DNA Script have closed major venture financing rounds in the last month as investor excitement mounts over the next generations of DNA manufacturing.

03/11/2021

A bottom-up approach for the design of microbial consortia as . Co-cultivation of trophically interacting strains replicates metabolic pathways of carbohydrate fermentation and increases biomass yield 10 times.

The successes of f***l microbiota transplants (FMT) have provided the necessary proof-of-concept for microbiome therapeutics. Because of the many risks and uncertainties associated with feces-based therapies, defined microbial consortia that modify the microbiome in a targeted manner have emerged as...

29/10/2021

The recent growth of the sector has drawn the attention of investors, entrepreneurs and governments. But the flip side of that notoriety brings its own risks. and startups must adapt.

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year triggered a wave of cyberattacks in the life sciences industry, and the problem is likely to get worse. Biotech startups need to improve their cybersecurity, but where should they start?

27/10/2021

An actual example of how setting up new workflows can advance the exploration of environmental microorganisms for plastic biodegradation.

Enzymes that can decompose synthetic plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are urgently needed. Still, a bottleneck remains due to a lack …

25/10/2021

The unexpected plate🧫...Surpriseee!! 😱