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Simple lab-free test to detect bacteria in fluids from water to urine

Simple lab-free test to detect bacteria in fluids from water to urine

"We've been using phages' destructive power to kill bacteria and resolve infections for years," says Zeinab Hosseinidoust, an associate professor of biomedial and chemical engineering who holds the Canada Research Chair in Bacteriophage Bioengineering.


A novel approach to photosynthetic production of high-value compounds

A novel approach to photosynthetic production of high-value compounds

By engineering photosynthetic cyanobacteria to live symbiotically inside yeast cells, the bacteria-yeast hybrids can produce important hydrocarbons, paving new biotechnical pathways to non-petroleum-based energy, other synthetic biology applications, and the experimental study of evolution.