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Technology Networks recently spoke with Bryan Witherbee, CEO, Ardaza, to learn more about ZIVA, a multiplex label-free biosensor platform, and discuss some of the applications it could benefit.

Codexis and Molecular Assemblies recently announced a partnership through which the companies aim to engineer enzymes that will optimize the process of enzymatic DNA synthesis – an alternative approach to chemical DNA synthesis. Technology Networks spoke with Codexis to find out how this will transform the field of DNA synthesis.

We spoke to Ari Goldfarb, CEO of Kando, about how their wastewater monitoring technology works and how it is being applied to the current monitoring efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic.

With advances in cellular and tissue-based imaging, researchers are able to peel back the layers on new challenges and test hypotheses to solve more problems. We heard about some of the advancements being made in the field of confocal microscopy.

Microplastic ocean pollution is gradually receiving more attention but there is still so much that we don’t know. eXXpedition, a not-for-profit all-female team, are hoping to address some of these questions. We caught up with two of the expedition crew that are sailing around the world, investigating plastic pollution, gathering samples for scientific analysis and helping to educate people.

Dr Wirulda Pootakham is a Thai entrepreneur who has created a "plant paternity test" – HybridSure – which enables seed production companies to assess the genetic purity of hybrid seeds faster than traditional methods.

Food is an important part of our everyday lives, and the current COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted just how important having a robust food supply chain is. So much interlocking information goes in to keeping the food production wheels turning. But how do you collate that much diverse data from so many sources, used by so many consumers?

As part of efforts to provide a more sustainable method of milk production, TurtleTree Labs has developed a cellular method, which bypasses the environmental and animal welfare issues of industrial dairy. Technology Networks recently spoke with Fengru Lin, the founder of TurtleTree Labs, to learn more about the method and the benefits it could offer.

In the world of analytical chemistry, liquid chromatography has become indispensable in the analyst’s toolbox. Decades of research and refinement have brought many advances, which begs the question, where else can improvements be made?

Lab efficiency is critical to speeding up development processes, yet many researchers find they spend more time managing consumables data than working at the bench. Lab informatics is one solution to this problem.