For thousands of years brewers made beer using specialized strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The historical origins of brewer's yeast are not well understood, however, as brewing predates the discovery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2019
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Study reveals how genetic background influences trait inheritance laying the grounds for predicting personal risk of disease.
Biotechnology
Feb 25, 2019
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An insect's gut might seem an inhospitable place to settle in, but diverse microbes nonetheless make their home there. Yet in the gut, there's a struggle for the nutrients needed to survive among the resident bacteria and ...
Biotechnology
Feb 21, 2019
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Many organisms including insects, amphibians and yeasts use sex pheromones for attracting individuals of the opposite sex, but what happens to sex pheromones as new species emerge? New research publishing January 22 in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2019
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How do you make yeast work harder? Not to make bread, but in processes that yield chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Industries currently use a yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae. They'd like it to work better. The answer ...
Biotechnology
Jan 14, 2019
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Yeasts are complex organisms that may become the workhorses of biofuel production. To move yeasts into this larger role, scientists need to understand the genetic machinery that leads to the production of complex molecules ...
Biotechnology
Jan 10, 2019
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Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered a crucial quality-control mechanism inside cells that, when it fails, might contribute to major diseases including cancers.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2018
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A compound that has scientists seeing red may hold the key to engineering yeasts that produce better biofuels.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2018
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Alcohol has been celebrated throughout history. The ancient Greeks worshiped Dionysus, while the Chinese recognized Yidi as the creator of libertine drink. Unknowingly, both were actually servants of the true alcohol master, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2018
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Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), have identified 85 genes essential for fission yeast cells at rest, under nutritionally limited environmental conditions, to maintain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 15, 2018
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