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EMBLEM and Enzymicals AG announce a license and collaboration agreement to improve enzymatic production of chemicals Heidelberg & Greifswald (Germany), February 2021 – EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH and Enzymicals AG enter into a partnership on the use of innovative computational tools to feed the company’s product pipeline. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH, the exclusive technology transfer partner of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Europe’s flagship laboratory in the life sciences, and Enzymicals AG, a German enterprise focusing on industrial biocatalysis, today announce a non-exclusive license and collaboration. The parties will leverage Transform-MinER, a novel in silico tool package developed at...

ibidi Product News: Culture Cells on a 3D Gel With Defined Flow ibidi’s new µ-Slide I Luer 3D is an innovative slide with one channel and three wells for 3D cell culture under flow. Sample preparation is easy: fill each of the three wells with a gel (e.g., collagen, Matrigel, or fibrinogen). Then, simply seed the cells into the channel, where they will adhere to the gel. For applying defined shear stress, the slide is connected to a pump (e.g., to the ibidi Pump System). Thanks to the ibidi Polymer Coverslip on the slide’s top and bottom, the cells can...

New test to detect COVID-19 in the air Laboratorio Control - A Tentamus Company (PresseBox) ( Madrid, Spain, 21-02-24 ) As of today, Laboratorio Contol provides a new analysis (PCR) to detect SARS-CoV-2 in air samples to all its customers. This service is a powerful tool for the early detection of possible outbreaks of COVID-19 in the population. The laboratory started its research when the WHO (World Health Organization) updated the latest findings on infectious pathways with SARS-CoV-2 in July 2020. Through its infection prevention unit coordinator, Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO acknowledges evidence that the coronavirus remains airborne. These infectious...

Could mixing COVID vaccines boost immune response? Combining different coronavirus shots could speed immunization campaigns — and even boost immune response. Heidi Ledford A trial will test a two-shot vaccine regimen that uses two types of COVID vaccine.Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Researchers in the United Kingdom have launched a study that will mix and match two COVID-19 vaccines in a bid to ease the daunting logistics of immunizing millions of people — and potentially boost immune responses in the process. Most coronavirus vaccines are given as two injections: an initial ‘prime’ dose followed by a ‘boost’ to stimulate the...

How epidemiology has shaped the COVID pandemic Nature’s third progress report, coming at the end of the pandemic’s first year, highlights key findings from epidemiology — from sounding the early alarm to following the impact of new variants. Measures such as mask-wearing have been used around the world to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.Credit: Chine Nouvelle/SIPA/Shutterstock Epidemiology is essential to the fight against any disease. The study of how diseases spread, and why, has loomed large in the struggle to understand, contain and respond to COVID-19. Analyses of data on infections and deaths, and projections from studies that...