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Tag: Biotechnology

Researchers Olga Sekurova and Sergey Zotchev in their Vienna lab.

Projects

17 April 2023

How to produce more antibiotics?

Producing antibiotics takes a lot of effort – even when the activity is outsourced to bacteria. A Vienna-based research group has now discovered three genes that mimic a state of stress in the cells. With the help of these genes, the researchers intend to coax the microorganisms to stellar performance levels. Continue reading “How to produce more antibiotics?”

Projects

1 August 2022

Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances

The hormone systems of insects and humans have quite a lot in common. This fascinating research finding is now being used in biomedicine as a basis for new drugs with low side effects. The biochemist Christian Gruber has investigated locust hormones in an international basic research project. Continue reading “Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Biotechnologist Stefan Pflügl is researching how fossil resources in the chemical industry can be replaced by sustainable alternatives. In his work, he uses bacterial metabolic processes from the early days of the Earth’s history, work which has now won him the 2022 START Prize. Continue reading “An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient”

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