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A Tobacco Plant Has Been Engineered to Produce Cocaine in Its Leaves
28.11.2022: Used by humans as a stimulant and anesthetic for thousands of years, the drug commonly known as cocaine has been carefully shaped by species of the coca plant (Erythroxylum) over tens of millions of years in an arms race against hungry insects. Knowing just how the plants pull off this feat of chemical engineering would be a big win for the pharmaceutical industry while helping biologists better understand the evolution of similar pesticides across the plant kingdom. Yet the sheer complexity of the chemical's production has been one of...
News of Science
7.12.2015: Currently, we solve three main tasks using Arabidopsis thaliana as model: 1. Genetic determination of metabolome pathway connected to prenylflavonoid and lupulin production in hop. 2. Study of...
Newly on Gate2Biotech
14.3.2017: More than 400 decision makers and professionals attended PHARM Connect this year from over 25 countries with the same purpose: sharing their experiences, building new partnerships, finding the best...
International cooperation
3.5.2017: A Slovenian research institute developed protein patches applicable for healing chronic skin wounds rapidly and cost efficiently. Patches are biodegradable – disappearing in the wound, leaving no...
Students
11.8.2014: Understand the valuation concepts and techniques that are commonly applied in the pharma and biotech industries, Pharma-Biotech Product and Company Valuation with Dr. Patrik Frei!
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- Postdoctoral Position in Structural Virology Group of Pavel Plevka We are the Czech Republic’s flagship basic research institute based at Masaryk University. Our...
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- “Postdoctoral position” at the Department of Cell Nucleus Plasticity The Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of the Cell...
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