How robots could solve the antibiotics production crisis

The World Health Organisation, has highlighted a lack of new antibiotics in development which is leading to a crisis in antibiotic production and our ability to tackle infections. However, cutting-edge technology gives us a chink of hope in what could otherwise be...

iGEM 2017 Manchester success at the Giant Jamboree!

Manchester iGEM 2017 Awarded Gold at the Giant Jamboree! : This year our team of undergraduate students from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University are working on a project that aims to engineer a bacterium that can take up and store...

Breakthrough in pharmaceuticals production with new enzyme discovery

Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that will make a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease cheaper and quicker to produce. Researchers at the Universities of Manchester and York found the enzyme in Aspergillus oryzae, a kind of fungus used for making soy sauce....

New species of yeast could help beer brewers reach new heights

Researchers at the University of Manchester have discovered a new species of yeast that could help brewers create better lager. Working in collaboration with the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), the team say it is a new of  member of the Saccharomyces...

RRI – MAKING SENSE OF MENTHOL

Making Sense of Menthol by Robert Meckin, Research Associate, SYNBIOCHEM RRI Group, March 2017 Sketch by Lynne Chapman, Artist in Residence at the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives Old-fashioned sweets, mouthwash at the dentists, aromatic chewing gums,...