Shreyas bhat, DY Patil School of biotechnology and bioinformatics Researchers have finally discovered the mechanism by which plants respond to light and this mechanism can be modified to enhance food growth. This would eventually help in increasing the crop yield for feeding our growing population as there is a decrease in agricultural land over the […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Adaptive laboratory evolution has become a substantial tool for the development of microbial strains with enhanced genetically modified features. The long-term Escherichia coli evolution experiment is a good example. It has emphasized how evolution under adequate conditions can be utilized to understand adaptive processes. These experiments have helped to determine the possible evolutionary […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Palmitoylation and PATs: Several proteins undergo post-translational modification via the addition of a lipid molecule on the amino acid cysteine through a thioester bond. This modification is termed palmitoylation and owing to the incorporation of variable lengths of lipid chains, it is also called S-acylation. Being a reversible lipid modification, […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University “The best way to predict future is to create it.” – Buckminster Fuller. This saying holds power in 2021 as the society along with researchers and scientists all around various nations pave the way to build towards a green sustainable future with zero waste. From Rio Summit 2012, till now, scientists […]
Subhajit Nan, Amity University, Kolkata Scientists created modified virus-resistant bacteria and made synthetic polymers from synthetic building blocks, making them immune to viral attack. They also found the synthetic genome made the bacteria fully proof against infection by viruses. Using the natural protein-making processes of the cell The goal was to utilize the newly available […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The world’s first genome-edited tomato has been launched in Japan by Sanatech Seed and its direct consumption has been approved. The Tomato was developed using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology and it contains four to five times a high level of the amino acid GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) than a regular tomato. The amino […]
-Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata “2019 was declared as ‘The Year of the Vegan’ by The Economist”. Due to the obvious health benefits of the vegan diet, more and more people across the world are switching to this lifestyle. Over the years, research has demonstrated a wide range of health benefits- Be it weight loss, […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata The metabolism of cells, transporting amino acids across the cell’s membrane is an integral part of the process. Many pieces of research suggest that serious diseases like cancer (abnormal cell division), cystic fibrosis (a hereditary disease affecting the lungs and digestive system), aminoaciduria (urine contains a high number of amino […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Visualizing gene expression, protein localization, and other cellular activities via special equipment, expensive chemicals, or invasive treatments are quite commonly done through Reporters. For instance, the β-glucuronidase (GUS) and luciferase are broadly used reporters that require the addition of expensive substrates X-Gluc and luciferin, respectively. Moreover, GUS-staining is invasive. Luciferase […]
