Researchers have identified a new light sensitive protein that could expand our understanding of optogenetics. The study focuses on a novel channelrhodopsin discovered in a lake microbiome. These proteins act …
A major update to a key scientific database will boost research on natural products. Researchers have released version 4.0 of the MIBiG database. It collects data on biosynthetic gene clusters, …
A new study from the Bluetools project sheds light on how bacteria control key survival strategies. The research focuses on a specific modification in transfer RNA, known as queuosine. This …
We are pleased to highlight the publication Fluorogenic, Subsingle-Turnover Monitoring of Enzymatic Reactions Involving NAD(P)H Provides a Generalised Platform for Directed Ultrahigh-Throughput Evolution of Biocatalysts in Microdroplets. This work supports …
A new Open Access publication in Synthetic Biology journal presents an important step forward in enabling efficient protein production in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus. The study addresses current limitations …
How can we turn naturally occurring enzymes into powerful tools for making medicines without spending months or huge budgets on protein engineering? A new open-access study in iScience introduces RISE …
A new study led by Bluetools partners at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, together with collaborators from Japan, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Germany, and published in Nature Microbiology shows how some marine archaea, single-celled microorganisms found in the ocean, capture energy from a broader range of sunlight than previously thought.
A recent study from Bluetools partners at the CSIC-INTA and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, published in Scientific Reports, reveals that a single molecule of bacterial origin — queuosine (Q) — may play a critical role in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes.
Bluetools partners at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, have identified and characterised a light-gated ion channel named HulaCCR1, discovered through metatranscriptomic analysis of a unicellular eukaryotic community in Lake Hula, Israel.
BlueTools scientists have developed a new cloud-based workflow called the Metagenomics-Toolkit that uses machine learning to optimise computational efficiency.