yeast

Anne Madden sees the beauty and brawn of creepy-crawly microbes and how they may hold the solution to many human problems.

Ever since its discovery in the 1900s, the production of a potent vaccine adjuvant relied on the Chilean soapbark tree. Now, yeast can make the molecule.

Jef Boeke and his team create intricate works of art on Petri dishes using a palette of yeast paints.

Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.

Synthetic variations of squalene, which is used to boost immune responses, could make vaccines more effective while reducing fisheries for struggling sharks.

Researchers say structures made of the cells could potentially be used to clean up uranium from oceans, heal wounds, and more.

Environmental pressure seems to spawn changes in the intrinsically disordered regions of enzymes in polar yeasts, allowing them to adapt to extreme cold.

Guthrie established foundational concepts in the field of pre-mRNA splicing during her career at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Human mucus contains glycans that could one day treat harmful Candida albicans infections.

An RNA-modifying enzyme passed to daughter cells during budding allows yeast cells to switch between faster- and slower-growing phenotypes.

From a Nobel prize and photosynthesis-powered brains to neurodegeneration research and controversy over a new Alzheimer’s drug, a look back at some of the biggest brain-related developments of the year.

Targeted, genome-wide CRISPR editing in yeast improves protein yield.

Conservation of structures and functions between single-celled fungi and human cells allow researchers to probe the brain.

The single-celled fungus allows researchers to study Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and other brain diseases with unparalleled speed and scale.

Worms, flies, and yeast live longer if the fidelity of their protein-making machinery is improved, a study shows.

The methodology involves modifying histones and displaying them on the cell surface for analysis.

By harnessing a unique property of yeast, scientists can synthesize histones and the enzymes that modify these proteins, which spool DNA and influence gene expression.

Scientists added a gene circuit that senses and neutralizes proinflammatory ATP to yeast, taking another step towards precision medicine.