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What determines the chemical make-up of human blood? Read this super cool News & Views article in Nature by Patrick Bradley and Katherine Pollard (Gladstone Institutes at UCSF), where they discuss…
Collaboration between Irina Artsimovitch and Igor Jouline labs resulted in the newest paper published by the American Society of Microbiology flagship journal mBio. The…
Scientists use CRISPR to edit structural gene in organism that causes leishmaniasis
By: Emily Caldwell
Ohio State News
Scientists are planning for Phase 1 human trials of a…
In a recent paper published in Journal of Biological Chemistry, Joe Krzycki and his colleagues describe an alternative pathway for carnitine (a molecule found in red meat…
The Ohio State University is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Biology…
In a paper published in Science, Bob Tabita and his team report a new enzyme involved in sulfur metabolism. Congratulations to Justin North, Kathryn Byerly, Guanqi Zhao, Sarah J. Young,…
“Snyder & Champness Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 5th Edition” by Tina Henkin and Joseph Peters has just been published by ASM Press and Wiley. This newly updated edition is the…
Researchers identify a protein responsible for bacteria’s beneficial behavior
By: Emily Caldwell
Scientists have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the…
Successful partnership with Ford to decontaminate cars during COVID-19 pandemic: a project led by our own Jesse Kwiek and Jeff Jahnes. The full story here.