#Polysaccharides

#Postdoc opportunity (2y) studying metabolism of #polysaccharides in brown #algae
in the Brown Algal #Glycans group at #Roscoff Marine Station🪸

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8227-CECHER-004/Default.aspx?lang=EN

#Science = #Seaweed ...

It's as simple as that!

The clear seaweed base commonly used in lab #petri dishes is killing yeasts... some #scientists are stumped.

Two #polysaccharides—agarose and agaropectin— found in the cell walls of submersible red #algae, and the sourcing of it, has become as big a problem, as some of the big problems science is trying to solve.

https://www.science.org/content/article/bad-agar-killing-lab-yeast-around-world-where-it-coming

#Microfluidic chip reveals that #bacteria swim toward large, complex #polymers.

#chemotaxis #sensing #polysaccharides #DMSP

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-microfluidic-chip-reveals-bacteria-large.html

Busy week coming - but am definitely looking forward to next week visiting #Cambridge (UK) to discuss #amyloid #ssNMR #ECM #polysaccharides and more. Actually my first visit there, although I spent quite a few years in the 'other' Cambridge (MASS/USA). :-)

@haritulsidas

Portulaca oleracea extract is also interesting.

Here's a review of its geroprotective constituents, but unfortunately it is paywalled:
https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079057022020047

It is an AChE inhibitor, among other things.

#NaturalProducts #FunctionalFoods #Aging
#Polysaccharides #Portulaca