Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Benjamin List of Germany and David W.C. MacMillan of the United States were honoured jointly with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. They were awarded for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Their findings were an environmentally safer, cleaner, cheaper, and more effective method to build molecules. This method is applicable in […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Brief about Eukaryotic cell Prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells share some commonalities in structures such as plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes. However, eukaryotes precede their ancestor by having membrane-bound organelles, the membrane-bound nucleus also referred to as a “True nucleus” and rod-shaped chromosomes. The genetic material of a eukaryotic cell is […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background Based on historical evidence, the epidemics of plant diseases have been quite destructive and continue to scar global well-being. Most of these epidemics came into existence due to international transactions and merchandising of plant materials which eventually takes the face of species declination. Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an invasive fungus […]
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya The word “mold” is well known in the culinary vocabulary which sounds like the opposite of delicious. However, for fermented food-lovers, mold worship is a novel character quirk. Aspergillus oryzae – or koji is been called for centuries in Japan that enjoys one of the most storied and versatile relationships with humans. In […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata DNAzymes area type of DNA catalysts. DNAzymes are known for their specialty in catalyzing site-specific cleavage of any RNA substrate. RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme has a catalytic core and two short binding arms which form Watson and Crick base pairs with the RNA targets. RNA cleavage is possible with the assistance […]
Shagufta Hasan, Amity University Catalytic RNA, Ribozymes, found in the ribosomes form polypeptide chains by linking amino acids together. The RNA enzyme catalyzes a chemical reaction in a similar way to that of protein enzymes. They also participate in processes like RNA splicing, viral replication etc. Although they have attracted a great deal of research […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata 3-Dimensional modeling of Protein structure can provide us with lots of insights on its functions and interactions. Researchers from Stanford University, California utilized this technique to study the receptor-binding domain of SARS-coV-2. This discovery could help in drug development and the prediction of future outbreaks. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has changed […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Protein replacement therapy is a medical treatment that supplements or replaces a protein in a patient in whom this is absent or deficient. These are a very powerful class of drugs and are highly selective and specific in their targets. This makes them a very useful tool in modern science. […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Chemical compounds in some food or beverages, like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate have been known to bind to and block the function of a protease, in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to researchers. Proteases are essential to the health and viability of cells and viruses. On the […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Microbial Ecology known as environmental microbiology is the study of microorganisms’ relationship with each other as well as their environment. The main goal of researchers in this department is to capture the maximum amount of information from all organisms that are present in a given sample. Traditionally DNA-based protocols are […]
