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Effects of Declining Diversity Documented in the World of Microbes
February 3, 2025
Scientists in UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences recently investigated how declining...
Microbial Cell Factories May Help Get to the Root of Understudied Plant Molecules
January 16, 2025
A new tool could make it easier to study scarce and mysterious plant molecules. Researchers co-led b...
Visualizing a Key Step in How an NRPS Enzyme Produces an Antibiotic
January 6, 2025
In this work, researchers focused on peptide condensation of two key modules involved in producing t...
$7 Million From ARPA-H to Tackle Lung Infections Through Innovative Probiotic Treatment
October 10, 2024
UC San Diego and UC Berkeley researchers have been awarded up to $7 million from ARPA-H to conduct r...
Diatom Surprise Could Rewrite the Global Carbon Cycle
July 17, 2024
When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not th...
Biodegradable 'Living Plastic' Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down
April 30, 2024
A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry’s environmental footprint. Res...