Rafts4Biotech blog
July Top10 BactToTheFuture stories
1. Beware the light! 💡 These #AwesomeMicrobes lure insects near the roundworms they live in 🦟 Once the prey is dead, they both get nutrients from it! 🦠 Our Awesome Microbes of July are bright [...]
How researchers design cleaning bacteria in 3 steps
Diesel oil floating on the ocean’s surface, old chemical hazards stacked up in an industrial warehouse, pollutants filtrating into the soil… Industrial activities produce a vast amount of residues that are a risk not only [...]
#MeetThePartners – Oscar Kuipers
Oscar Kuipers and his team at University of Groningen are using synthtic biology to optimise the production of antibiotics! Watch our latest video and #MeetThePartners!
June Top10 BactToTheFuture stories
1. A cream made of squid to heal up burns? 🐙 @iGEM_Leiden team plans to use #bacteria to make a squid tentacle protein that mimics human skin! 🦠 Watch this video to know more! 👀 [...]
From trash to value: how bacteria convert plastic waste into something we can use
Water bottles, food packages, supermarket bags… we all use them on our day to day and, in the vast majority, they’re all made from plastic. Just in Europe, we are consuming over 50 million tonnes [...]
#MeetThePartners – Jiri Damborsky
Jiri Damborsky and his team from Loschmidt Laboratories are our experts in protein engineering at #R4B! Watch our latest video and get to know them!
