Shandong builds China’s largest algae research center
Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Biological Research Center (青岛明月海藻生物科学研究中心) will comprise about 40.000 m2 and cost 300 million Yuan. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 24, 2013
Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Biological Research Center (青岛明月海藻生物科学研究中心) will comprise about 40.000 m2 and cost 300 million Yuan. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 24, 2013
R&D focus will be on a) raw milk and dairy products quality and safety control, b) new dairy cultures theory and technology, c) functional dairy theory and technology and d) new cheese and its by-products China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 23, 2013
Using Streptomyces avermitilis NEAU1069 as a starting strain, metabolic engineering techniques resulted in yields of 1,15 g/L, 150 times higher than the wild-type strain, which were obtained in submersed fermentation. The agricultural antibiotic is important for the control of diamondback moths and will replace chemical pesticides. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 22, 2013
In phase 1, to be completed in 2015, a scale of 300.000 t will be reached, with total investments of 2,4 billion Yuan. Raw material is 860.000 t of dry cassava slices. China Chemical News, May 22, 2013
PcrB catalyzes the production of heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate from heptaprenyl diphosphate and glycerol-1-phosphate. In collaboration with Taiwan’s Academia Sinica and the University of Illinois, the group solved the x-ray structure of this enzyme isolated from Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. Feifei REN et al., ChemBioChem Jan. 15, 2013, DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200748
In collaboration with Taiwan’s Academica Sinica and the University of Georgia, the group solved the x-ray structure of XylC, a β-xylosidase from Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum JW/SL-YS485 in the presence of various substrates, leading to a postulated mechanism of action. Chun-Hsiang Huang et al., Biochemical Journal 448, 2012, doi:10.1042/BJ20121359
Using a mix of biological inhibitors and denitrifying bacteria in 4 wells in situ, researchers succeeded to reduce corrosion problems in a Jiangsu oilfield and to extend the inspection cycle of pumps by 216 days on average. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 20, 2013
The findings are of interest with respect to adaption to harsh 4.000 – 5.000 m highland environments, showing gene-family expansion associated with energy metabolism and oxygen transmission. Ri-Li GE et al., Nature Communications, May 14,2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms2860
Production target is 58.000 t/y of various kinds of yarn China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 17, 2013
Initiated by Professor ZHU Yuliang of Nanjing University of Technology, the startup company is Nanjing Lake Star Biological Technology Co., established in 2012, and among the first targets are tomatos. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, May 17, 2013