A new low-cost method has revolutionized our ability to map tissue fiber orientation and organization across tissues, diseases and sample preparations >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/a-mi... 🧪

Editor-in-Chief @michelleitano.bsky.social shares her final journal highlights of the year >>> www.biotechniques.com/cancer-resea... 🧪

Scientists have created PLAMseq – a new method to enable proteogenomic characterization of genome proteins and their interactions in a single workflow >>> www.biotechniques.com/proteomics/i... 🧪

To overcome the challenges associated with measuring blood flow in the brain, a multidisciplinary team of researchers have developed a device dependent on speckle contrast optical spectroscopy >>> www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

Another piece of the puzzle that is human placenta formation has slotted into place with the discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development. The research has broad implications for our understanding of reproductive disorders >>> www.biotechniques.com/cell-and-tis... 🧪

How do flu viruses infect cells? Researchers have developed a novel microscopy platform that shines a light on the process in unparalleled detail. Read more here >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/how-... 🧪

The last biotech bi-weekly of 2025 is here! >>> www.biotechniques.com/lab-design-m... 🧪

❄️ The holiday season is upon us! ✨ Are you looking for the perfect present for the scientist – or, if you’re lucky, scientists – in your life? We’ve got you covered. Our 2025 gift guide is here! >>> www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

Thanks to an innovative single-molecule platform, we are starting to understand how the molecular engine responsible for transcription in mammals controls its speed >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

Researchers have visualized how a large RNA molecule assembles itself into a functional machine >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute have designed a chemical tool that when exposed to blue light damages an enzyme found in drug-resistant bacteria >>> www.biotechniques.com/microbiology... 🧪

At @elrig.org’s Drug Discovery 2025, we learned about how Yanyan Zhao and her colleagues at the University of Cambridge have approached the preclinical development of a PET imaging tracer to achieve earlier Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/prob... 🧪

Researchers have used cryo-EM to capture how the GRP94 protein enlists the help of other proteins to ensure it forms properly and suggested a way to target it for future disease treatments >>> www.biotechniques.com/proteomics/c... 🧪

The latest biotech industry updates >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

At @elrig.org’s Drug Discovery 2025, we spoke with Rebecca Goss – Professor at the University of St Andrews and CEO of X-Genix – to learn more about her precision molecular editing platform and what it could mean for drug discovery >>> www.biotechniques.com/bioengineeri... 🧪

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state >>> www.biotechniques.com/bioengineeri... 🧪

The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites >>> www.biotechniques.com/drug-discove... 🧪

In this interview from @elrig.org’s #DD25, @namshik.bsky.social explains quantum algorithms with a London Tube analogy, how they can be applied to benefit drug discovery and his advice for researchers wanting to launch their own startups >>> www.biotechniques.com/computationa...

Researchers have demonstrated that dissolving precursor protein clusters hindered the formation of tau fibrils in solution, offering an insight into neurodegenerative protein aggregation >>> www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

Researchers at @scripps.edu have demonstrated that PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 play key roles in sensing mechanical forces during childbirth >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

Fine-tuning a gene centrally involved in regulating the immune system offers potential clues for future autoimmunity and cancer treatments >>> www.biotechniques.com/crispr/regul... 🧪

For the first time, researchers have captured the chameleon’s coiled optic nerve using contrast enhanced computed tomography >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/the-... 🧪

Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the bacteria that cause Lyme disease >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

In the STEM Tea podcast, @phdgprotein86.bsky.social sits down with Lindsey Keith-Vincent, Associate Dean at Louisiana Tech University, to explore her unique model for supporting faculty, mentoring students and fostering a culture of authenticity >>> www.biotechniques.com/podcasts/ste... 🧪

The latest biotech industry insights >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

At @elrig.org’s Drug Discovery 2025, we spoke to Heather Pinkett – President of The Protein Society – to learn more about ABC transporters and what targeting them could mean for combatting antimicrobial resistance >>> www.biotechniques.com/microbiology... 🧪

Researchers have discovered that the enzyme NUDT5 helps to switch off purine production – the chemical pathway that generates the building blocks of DNA – but does so without using its enzymatic activity >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

Researchers from Texas Tech University have developed a method that could allow scientists to bypass one of the most time-consuming and technically challenging steps in plant biotechnology – tissue culture >>> www.biotechniques.com/plant-climat... 🧪

Two separate studies have identified age-related molecular changes in the rat brain and adjusted them to improve memory >>> www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

How paradigm-shifting could an AI-first drug discovery company be? At @elrig.org’s Drug Discovery 2025, we spoke to Miles Congreve, Chief Scientific Officer at @isomorphiclabs.bsky.social, to find out >>> www.biotechniques.com/drug-discove... 🧪

By stimulating cancer cells to produce a molecule that activates a signaling pathway in nearby immune cells, researchers have found a way to force tumors to trigger their own destruction >>> www.biotechniques.com/cancer-resea... 🧪

A new study provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton using ultrastructure expansion microscopy >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/expa... 🧪

Cryo-electron tomography has captured how synaptic vesicles transmit information across synapses > > > www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

🧟 Researchers have developed a way to tag senescent ‘zombie’ cells that allows for both identification and characterization of these cells, which are often implicated in disease >>> www.biotechniques.com/cell-and-tis... 🧪

An AI tool identifies cells that can shed light on the earliest origins of cancer through a game of molecular ‘laser tag’ >>> www.biotechniques.com/computationa... 🧪

An electromagnetic device can gently sort cells by levitating them to different heights >>> www.biotechniques.com/cell-and-tis... 🧪

🔬 Meet the researcher behind the image that won the BioTechniques Image Competition 2025 📸 In this interview, we learn more about Bruno Cisterna, his winning image, his favorite microscopy techniques and his advice for burgeoning microscopists >>> www.biotechniques.com/imaging/meet... 🧪

A brain circuit involving leptin allows mice to carry out vital behaviors, such as eating and sleeping, during anxious episodes >>> www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience... 🧪

This article explains the importance of cellular annotation in spatial analysis, highlighting the techniques and tricks the authors use in their own approach to cellular annotation >>> www.biotechniques.com/cell-and-tis... 🧪

A new large language model predicts the properties of lasso peptides, natural products of bacteria that have therapeutic potential >>> www.biotechniques.com/computationa...

How are we improving the way the field of drug discovery creates machine learning algorithms to predict a protein’s interactions with a small molecule? >>> www.biotechniques.com/computationa... 🧪

In this STEM Tea podcast episode, @phdgprotein86.bsky.social and his guests discuss the importance of STEM education in K-12 schools and how these programs can support and expand students’ career prospects, sense of belonging and scientific exploration >>> www.biotechniques.com/podcasts/ste... 🧪

Researchers have combined DNA and inorganic materials to build a microscopic robot that can act dynamically in response to its environment >>> www.biotechniques.com/drug-discove... 🧪

Researchers have found two enzymes that encourage prostate cancer growth and treatment resistance > > > www.biotechniques.com/cancer-resea... 🧪

🦠💊 Are mixtures of commonly used medications that end up in our waterways and natural environments increasing the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria? >>> www.biotechniques.com/microbiology... 🧪

A nanoparticle-based vaccine has been shown to be effective in preventing tumor growth and metastasis in a range of cancer types in mice >>> www.biotechniques.com/cancer-resea... 🧪

In the latest STEM Tea podcast episode, @phdgprotein86.bsky.social and @ulisesricoy.bsky.social discuss how intentional learning can shape scientific research as well as mentorship practices >>> www.biotechniques.com/podcasts/ste... 🧪

Researchers have shown how climate change has shaped the risks of neurotoxin contamination in marine ecosystems >>> www.biotechniques.com/plant-climat... 🧪

Surviving isn’t enough; underrepresented groups in academia need to thrive. In this STEM Tea episode, @phdgprotein86.bsky.social is joined by @brielleryan.bsky.social and @heydrdukes.bsky.social. Learn why visibility is sometimes the most important step >>> www.biotechniques.com/podcasts/ste... 🧪

Brazilian researchers have uncovered antibiotic-resistant E. coli in two wild birds at a rehabilitation center. Learn more about how the bacteria were found >>> www.biotechniques.com/veterinary-s... 🧪