BTI-industry collaboration leads to development of field test to detect melamine in milk
(Source: College of Biological Sciences news release) Larry Wackett and Michael Sadowsky, members of the University of Minnesota’s BioTechnology Institute, developed an enzyme that is used in Bioo Scientific’s new MaxDiscovery™ Melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection of melamine...
Bacteria can Produce Hydrocarbons
By Tim Montgomery January 1, 2010 Working with synthetic chemist Jack Richman in the lab of Distinguished McKnight University Professor Larry Wackett, graduate student Janice Frias has identified hydrocarbon synthesis in bacteria of the genus Arthrobacter - a key finding in the quest to produce...
Minnesota Team Wins Gold in iGEM 2009
A Minnesota team of seven undergraduate and four graduate students, guided by BTI Professor Yiannis Kaznessis (Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science), were awarded a Gold Medal at The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) for their work on SynBioSS, a...