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DNA is at the centre of life, carrying genetic information that controls the huge breadth of living processes. But DNA doesn’t work alone, interacting with other nucleic acids – DNA and RNA – as well as different types of proteins. These interactions influence various biological processes, from the packing and transcription of DNA to its replication and repair. This blog uncovers the what, why and how of DNA interactions with various biomolecules.

In conjunction with our 30th company anniversary, we invite you all backstage and introduce the people behind our microplate readers. Today: If you ever wondered who built your Omega reader, then get to know Syamand from our production team. He could be your tour guide in our HQ facility. 

Kinases are a large and diverse group of enzymes which are the focus of roughly 1/3 of all drug development efforts due to their association with multiple diseases. Consequently, there is demand for assays that can detect kinase activity and subsequently their modulation by drug compounds. This has led to multiple commercial offerings that employ a variety of different detection technologies. Many of these assays employ microplates to allow for the measurement of 96 up to 1536 samples in parallel for which a multi-mode microplate reader is employed to read the experiment.

The lab of Associate Professor Dr Crystale Lim Siew Ying focusses on antibiotic resistance profiling. A key area of their research is quorum sensing inhibition as an alternative way to address this problem.

In conjunction with our 30th company anniversary, we invite you all backstage and introduce the people behind our microplate readers. Today: meet beach volleyball enthusiast Alex, our service manager with a secret identity (watch the video interview).

The virus outbreaks of recent years, such as those from Zika, MERS-CoV, Swine influenza, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, illustrate the risk they pose, and the intensive research virology requires. Virus assays are the tools used to study viral replication, enzymes, cell entry mechanisms and many more. Here, we explain frequently used virus assays and introduce microplate-based methods that can accelerate research due to their high throughput.

In conjunction with our 30th company anniversary, we invite you all backstage and introduce the people behind our microplate readers. Today: he brings different departments together for the common good. Introducing our Product Specialist Mario.

It is hard to consider life without calcium. Calcium ions play a central role in a huge variety of biological functions and cellular processes – from fertilisation, development and differentiation to metabolism, cell proliferation, secretion and muscle contraction, as well as brain functions including learning and memory1. This blog explains some of the many roles of calcium, and discusses the different ways that calcium ions can be measured. 

iGEM is a worldwide scientific entrepreneurship competition that supports the next generation of synthetic biology innovators. In 2019, three hundred plus teams competed in a Giant Jamboree in Boston for medals and prizes, showcasing their work. BMG LABTECH proudly supported various teams, including three from different UK universities: team Notox from Nottingham, team Cutiful from Manchester and team ProQorum from Oxford. All three teams won a gold medal at the Giant Jamboree in Boston, our sincere congratulations to everyone who was involved. 

In conjunction with our 30th company anniversary, we invite you all backstage and introduce the people behind our microplate readers. Today: A Baltic Sea native that moved the whole way down to the opposite corner in Southwest Germany. Get to know more about our musician and application specialist Andrea!