Cheaper mRNA Vaccines

Graz University of Technology Researchers Produce Pseudouridine through Biocatalytic Synthesis

26-Apr-2023 - The new and patented method for the production of the important mRNA vaccine component pseudouridine is more efficient, sustainable and cost-effective than the previously used chemical synthesis. Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering at TU Graz and the ...

Cattle stomachs help break down plastic

04-Aug-2021 - New results from a group of researchers at the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and BOKU Vienna show that bacteria from cow stomachs can be used to degrade polyesters, which are used to make textiles, packaging and compostable plastic bags, among other things. On the one hand, ...

Key to rubustness of plants discovered

Mechanism of Adipose-Biosynthesis decoded – the basis for the production of sugar molecules for neu fine chemicals or biopharmaceuticals

27-Nov-2019 - In every weather situation, plants need to be robust and flexible at the same time. These structural properties come from its cell wall: It’s responsible to keep the plant in shape, to compensate its osmotic pressure and to protect it against pathogens e.g. bacteria, viruses or fungal attacks. ...

New international partnership promises great potential for next-generation biopharmaceuticals

New virus-free insect cell line

16-Mar-2018 - There are a multitude of challenges associated with the production of next-generation biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology and the BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna together with the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca, ...

Plastic bags that cannot breathe

Optimized enzyme variant can degrade plastic under anaerobic conditions

05-Mar-2018 - Many bio-plastic bags have no place in the garbage. They dissolve too slowly in oxygen-deficient environments like biogas plants and when incinerated they are a burden to the environment. A research project at the Austrian Centre of industrial Biotechnology (acib) hunts for enzymes, which ...

Plant Defense as a Biotech Tool

26-Nov-2015 - Against voracious beetles or caterpillars plants protect themselves with cyanide. Certain enzymes release the toxic substance when the plant is chewed. These HNL-called enzymes are also important for industry. acib found a new biocatalyst in a fern which outshines all other HNL-type enzymes on ...

Newly discovered metabolism certifies evolutionary advantage for yeast

25-Sep-2015 - Because of its long and varied use, yeast is one of the best studied organisms. Besides its industrial application Pichia pastoris is also used by scientists as a model organism for studying cell structures. Everything seemed familiar - until this year. Researchers of the Austrian Centre of ...