A2 Milk hopes genetics help souring milk sales
In New Zealand, A2 Milk Co. is using genetics to fix souring milk sales by only using genetically tested cows that produce the A2...
Molecular Assemblies raises $2.3 million for enzymatic DNA synthesis
In San Diego, enzymatic DNA synthesis firm Molecular Assemblies has raised $2.3 million in an oversubscribed seed round of financing.
Founded in 2013, Molecular Assemblies...
Professor Uses Big Data to Understand How Body Reacts to Virus Attack
In Norway, a professor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research is using big data to collect and...
Workhouse Fungus Aspergillus More Diverse Than Originally Thought
An international team has sequenced ten Aspergillus species, more than doubling the number of the industrially important Aspergillus species that have been sequenced to...
New Genes Found Linked to Autism Can Offer Hope for Better Treatment Options
In Canada, researchers analyzed the genomes from more than 5,000 people and found the usual 43 genes that have shown up in prior studies,...
Sentera launches FieldAgent agronomic platform
In Minnesota, Sentera launched their new FieldAgent platform, which replaces all variants of the AgVault and OnTop products. The new brand better reflects the...
Nutrients in soil directly related to microbial activity
In California, microbial metabolism, nutrient availability, and soil carbon cycling rates were found to be intricately linked together in a study of wetlands and...
Look Into My Crystal Ball – Benson Hill and GDM Collaborate on Soybean Genomic...
In Missouri, agricultural tech company Benson Hill Biosystems and soybean research and development company GDM Seeds are collaborating to accelerate a soybean genomic breeding...
Cow stomach microbes could hold key for increased food and biofuel production
In the United Kingdom, researchers from The University of Edinburgh, The Roslin Institute and Scotland’s Rural College found that the types of microbes and...
GAO finds program that oversees hazardous materials labs don’t meet key elements
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report highlighting its findings after looking at the Federal Select Agent Program, which is...