On May 14th 2020, BaseClear organised the 1st Infant & Pregnancy Microbiome Experts Meeting, which was attended by 55 participants from 30 companies, with a nice blend of 70-30 commercial-academia profiles. The online event was open for public after registrations …
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The 2nd Experts meeting on Strain Safety Assessment for Regulatory Approval on April 21st 2020 was hosted as a complete online edition due to the measures related to the Covid-19 outbreak. Also in this online format the meeting was a …
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While the European (EU / EFSA) and American (US-FDA) regulatory bodies have established guidelines for the approval of novel microbial strains in food and feed applications, these guidelines are regularly updated and in some cases are difficult to interpret, making …
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Obtaining approval to use microbes as feed or food additive or as a production strain can be challenging. The European (EU / EFSA) and US (US-FDA) regulatory agencies now have strict guidelines for submitting dossiers. Applying the regulatory guidelines and …
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Water, malt, hops, and brewer’s yeast – These are four simple ingredients that when combined create one of the world’s most consumed beverages, beer. In this blog we outline some of the current research about the relationship between the brewer’s …
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As mammals we host a whole set of microbiota ranging from gut to skin, oral and even the lung microbiome. I have provided a brief summary of a couple of up-and-coming microbiota and will touch on why it is imperative …
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Our in-house animal microbiome experts are constantly looking for ways to further their knowledge and understanding of the ever growing field. This week, two of our experts attended a course held at the Wageningen University & Research Centre which focused …
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The microbiome is increasingly making news headlines on a global scale. A rapidly growing number of studies are being published that link the microbiome to phenomenon such as human health and environmental sustainability. And yet, true understanding of what the …
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Check-Points recently obtained FDA clearance for its rapid-screening assay for gram-negative drug-resistant bacteria: BD MAX Check-Points CPO. BaseClear was asked to develop a reference PCR and sequencing method and to serve as reference lab for PCR and Sequencing of bacterial …
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Today, host- and environment-associated microbial communities like those living in the human gut, skin, soil, and water are more and more studied in terms of their functional capacity and activity. For the latter, metatranscriptomics is the method for profiling active …
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Ocean Harvest Technology produces seaweed-based functional feed ingredients for animals. Together with BaseClear, the company is now investigating the effects of its seaweed blend on the animal microbiome and health. “On the market you hear a lot of claims about …
Read more The Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda collaborated with BaseClear in an Enabling Technology Hotel (ETH) project for the whole genome sequencing of colistin-resistant bacteria. By combining short-read (Illumina) and long-read (Nanopore) sequencing technologies, the partners succeeded in revealing …
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