8 Tips on Handling Microbial Cultures
Regardless of the assigned biosafety level, caution should be used when working with any microbial culture. Below we describe eight expert tips on how to handle microbial strains to prevent […]
Category Archives: Fungi
‘Zombie-ant’ fungus is under attack, research reveals
A parasite that fights the zombie-ant fungus has yielded some of its secrets to an international research team led by Penn State’s David Hughes. The research reveals, for the first […]
Mushroom pharming: David Hartley considers whether mushrooms will be the new challenger for biomanufacturing
by David Hartley An explosive growth in the requirement for recombinant protein drugs has been apparent since the turn of the millennium, and there has been much analysis and speculation […]
Spawn Preparation
Penn State Spawn Lab Procedures for Making Spawn In the spawn-production process, mycelium from a mushroom culture is placed onto steam-sterilized grain, and in time the mycelium completely grows through […]
Transgenic Mushrooms as Drug Biofactories
Genetically engineered mushrooms may serve as biofactories for the production of various drugs beneficial to humans. Dr. Charles Peter Romaine and colleagues at Penn State have been able to develop […]
PDYA: POTATO DEXTROSE YEAST EXTRACT AGAR
Media Preparation Penn State Spawn Lab Procedure for Making PDYA PDYA: POTATO DEXTROSE YEAST EXTRACT AGAR To Make 1 Liter: 250 grams potatoes; Do not peel. Scrub clean, cutting out […]
Descobreixen al sud de Xile fongs que produeixen combustible dièsel
Científics nord-americans van descobrir a l’extrem austral d’Amèrica del Sud un fong que produeix combustible dièsel, l’estudi fou divulgat en 2008 per la revista Microbiology. Els científics de la Universitat […]
Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes
NIH-funded study finds way to reduce transmission of malaria to humans (2011) Spraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially […]
Gene transfer technology for mushrooms
By C. Peter Romaine (2003) Department of Plant Pathology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Birth of Recombinant DNA Technology In the early 1970’s, California scientists first succeeded […]
Senyal divina xD
Avui en classe una companya m’explicava que gairebé la totalitat dels estudiants de la Llicenciatura de Biotecnologia eren allà per dedicar-se a la biomedicina humana, una possibilitat que mai havia […]
