Tag: Yeast

  • Science & Tech

    Survival of the fittest takes a hit

    By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.

    3 minutes
    Two researchers looking at a computer.
  • Science & Tech

    Yeasts get a boost from solar power

    Harvard researchers have started to combine bacteria with semiconductor technology that, similar to solar panels on a roof, harvests energy from light and, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boosts their biosynthetic potential.

    5 minutes
    Yeast Molecules
  • Campus & Community

    Lab opens doors for an undergrad experience

    As part of Harvard’s Wintersession, a handful of freshmen got the chance to experience the reality of lab work by exploring how altering genes in yeast affected the cells’ functions.

    3 minutes
  • Health

    Strength in numbers

    Harvard researchers have created an analogue of what they think the first multicellular cooperation might have looked like, showing that yeast cells — in an environment that requires them to work for their food — grow and reproduce better in multicellular clumps than singly.

    4 minutes