Uniting the Frontiers of Innovation: iGEM Competition and The Transcriptome

In the ever-evolving landscape of scientific research, two extraordinary initiatives have emerged to push the boundaries of knowledge and inspire a new generation of scientists and researchers. The iGEM competition and The Transcriptome, a pioneering website for scientific articles, have…

AlphaFold – The 50 year old problem of protein folding solved with AI

In recent years, AI has begun to demonstrate its potential in solving very difficult problems in many different fields, from self-driving cars to chess to predicting the 3D structure of proteins. But what are proteins and why is their structure…

Vitamin A deficiency and Golden Rice

Today’s organism was modified over two decades ago. This topic may not be an easy topic for everyone, because today we’ll discuss the effects vitamin A deficiency can have on your body and how many children suffer from this deficiency. However, we will also talk about a silver lining: the “Golden Rice”.

Ethology – The Study of Animal Behavior

Ethology – Definition and Uses In this post, we wanted to present another very interesting subject: ethology. First, a definition. Ethology consists of studying animal behavior. What is implied by “behavior”? We can mention here animal communication, predation, mating, migration.…

How biotechnologies facilitate the production of insulin

While the biotech industry has seen enormous growth and diversification, even more because of the pandemic, the largest corporations in the industry still make most of their profits through the manufacturing of a single, small protein, insulin. More than 5%…