Author: Biotech Express

Abstract The heavy metal pollution in water is a very serious problem which causes toxic effects on humans, animals and plants. The fungi are excellent biosorbent for heavy metals. The fungi used in this study were isolated from the compost and compost yard soil and identified as Aspergillus clavatus, Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus fumigatus and studied for their ability to sequester heavy metals from solution. The sequestration of metals was studied using live and dead biomass. The sequestration of Cd was 6.51 mg/g by the live biomass of Aspergillus spp. The sequestration of Zn, Cd and Pb was 29.37, 27.89…

Abstract Evolution has shown us many types of unique traits that help organisms to better survive in their environment. One such exotic creature, which has rapid adaption, is the common cockroach. Though it is hated by many, it is one of the arthropod ever to survive in any given conditions. This paper will be discussing about this hypothesis, which cockroaches have evolved to reduce their life span to almost 1-2 years. This is done to make them fast maturing and thus accelerating the evolution process. A studies conducted has proven that Escherichia coli can evolve to digest citrate within 68000…

Abstract Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a tryptophan derived indolic compound. Because of its widespread presences, conserved structure and diverse action it is been considered as new master regulator in living beings. In plants melatonin is establishing itself as new signaling molecule and plant growth regulator. It controls diverse function and physiological processes such as circadian rhythm, seed germination, tropic responses, growth promotion, rooting induction, cellular and cytoskeleton development, reproduction, abiotic and biotic stress protection and senescence regulation. Here in this article we have discussed about the discovery of molecule, its biosynthesis and role in plants with special emphasis on its role…

Edition saw 2,400 delegates & visitors representing over 50 countries with 100 high profile speakers and 700 corporates; 1,700 partnering meetings were conducted on the sidelines BioAsia, Asia’s largest Biotechnology and Life-sciences forum and the annual flagship event of the Government of Telangana today concluded after 3-days of insightful deliberations by global leaders of Life Sciences and healthcare. The 16th Edition of the event also saw the highest ever participation of 2,400 delegates and visitors from Healthcare, Biotech, Pharma, Life-Sciences, IT, Academia and Startups representing over 50 countries. Over 100 high profile speakers and more than 700 Corporates participated in…

Abstract Proteins are serving as source of energy and amino acids that contribute to growth and maintenance of the body. Along with nutritional role, proteins are responsible for various physiochemical and sensory properties of foods, and may act as functional and health-promoting ingredients. Many of the physiological and functional properties of proteins are attributed to biologically active peptides which are often encrypted in the native sequence. Native protein serve as a precursor for bioactive peptides which can be produced from the protein precursor by digestive enzymes (gastrointestinal digestion), during food processing (ripening, fermentation, cooking), storage, or by invitro hydrolysis by…

FDA is the world’s largest healthcare agency of USA and is responsible for the development of Science all over the world. It is imperative by the fact that simply a rejection of manufacturing Unit of a company can lead to severe loss on stock exchanges all over the world. But here we are discussing about the quick exit of FDA Chief Dr Scott Gottlieb(46) which is a reaction of several actions that he took and more to some personal reasons here which he think is the priority for him at this time. According to latest reports by Time, CNN, Fortunately…

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw have been chosen as Foreign Members to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). NAE is a US-based private, independent, and non-profit institution, which is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. Reacting to the announcement, Dr Mazumdar-Shaw noted that she is humbled to receive this recognition. She tweeted ‘‘Just learnt of my induction to the National Academy of Engineering NAE – a huge honour – I am humbled to be elected to this prestigious body.’’ This year, the National Academy of Engineering has elected…

Tecan, Maennedorf, Switzerland, has announced the launch of its NGS DreamPrep, a fully automated approach to next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation for research use. The new approach offers quality-controlled, sequencing-ready NGS libraries within hours, with minimal manual interaction and no sample loss. NGS DreamPrep combines the Tecan Fluent liquid handler and Infinite plate reader together with Celero DNA-Seq and Universal Plus mRNA-Seq library preparation kits to improve speed, flexibility, accuracy, and precision. Quantification, normalization, and pooling of samples can all be achieved in significantly shorter timelines compared to other methods that use qPCR or capillary electrophoresis. Importantly, this is the…

Scientist Dr. Ashok Pandey, is in the list of World’s most influential scientist in the world along with nine other Indian scientists. The report is prepared by Clarivate Analytics. Dr. Pandey is the only scientist from CSIR and working in CSIR-IITR Lucknow. I have contacted Dr. Pandey to understand about the various aspects of reports. First of all congratulations to you for this great recognition. Definitely you deserve it, as I have seen you CV and it is having huge lists of your work either in form of research article, books or other related activities. Q- Highly Cited Researchers (HCRs),…

In the upcoming event BioAsia 2019 from 25-27 February 2019, a lot of fruitful discussion are expected to happen regarding business of Life Science, Biotech and Pharma companies in India. In this India’s biggest and finest Biotech industry meet, gathers industry’s leadrs under one roof and discusses ltest ongoings. The event is gaining much wider attention from last few years. In year 2017, intersting ideas were shared by Dr Vas Narsimha , Dr Paul stoffels, Dr Saumya Swaminthan, Prof. Michael Hall, Lasker Awardee 2017, Dr. Udit Batra, Member of the Executive Board, CEO Life Science, Merck , Mr. Satish Reddy,…