New “molecular scissors” for DNA cleavage

Cooperation in the area of engineering of enzyme performance for biotechnology purposes between BioVentures Institute Sp. z o. o. and the Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, has resulted in the generation of new “molecular scissors” for DNA cleavage. Results have been published in a high profile international scientific journal "Engineering TaqII bifunctional endonuclease DNA recognition fidelity: the effect of a single amino acid substitution within the methyltransferase catalytic site" Molecular Biology Reports 2016, DOI 10.1007/s11033-016-3949-3.

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Cooperation agreement with Barentzymes AS

Barentzymes AS, a Norwegian biotechnology company (part of Fluenta holding) has signed a long term cooperation agreement with BioVentures Institute Sp. z o.o. concerning the development of enzymatic tools for waste utilization and environment pollution control.

New clearwing moth species discovered in the Malaysian jungle!

Heterosphecia pahangensis is a Malaysian clearwing moth with striking bee-mimicking features: narrow, hyaline wings, bright bands on the abdomen and tufts of hair-like scales on the hind legs that resemble pollen baskets. It was found on a bank of a river flowing through primary rainforest in the Pahang state, Peninsular Malaysia. It was the first species reported to fly in a rugged, zigzag trajectory, similar to co-occurring bees. The discovery has been published in Zootaxa (2015) 4032: 426–434.

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