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EXPERTS IN BACULOVIRUS PROTEIN EXPRESSION
BAC TO THE FUTURE
Leo Graves
- Dec 20, 2023
- 1 min
OET has a new phone number
OET have unfortunately had to change their phone number so the existing number no longer works. However, we now have a new number for you...
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Leo Graves
- Dec 19, 2023
- 1 min
Scientific Technician Job Oppertunity
OET seeks to recruit an experienced technician to join us at the Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane, Headington. This will be a key role in...
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ybajaj12
- Nov 23, 2023
- 2 min
OET and Oxford Brookes University Collaborate in Pan-European Project 'NanoZoo' to Develop Vaccines
Novel vaccine platforms are urgently needed to produce efficacious, safe, low cost, and rapidly adaptable (‘plug-and-play’) vaccines to...
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ybajaj12
- Nov 21, 2023
- 2 min
OET Receives £1.4M UK Contract to Develop Vaccine for Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus
CCHFv vaccine - transition from preclinical to clinical studies Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFv) is endemic in >30...
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ybajaj12
- Nov 14, 2023
- 2 min
Choosing the right baculovirus gene promoter for recombinant protein production
The polyhedrin gene promoter is the general work horse used for protein expression in the baculovirus system. It is active in the very...
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Leo Graves
- Nov 9, 2023
- 1 min
Christmas Shipping at OET
Please note, the last date for shipping of the orders will be Monday 18th December 2023 UK, across the world (except USA). For USA, last...
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yelluk
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
The Cells at Christmas Conundrum
As the holiday season creeps painfully slowly towards us it’s not only the lab staff who need a little TLC over the festive break. Cell...
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yelluk
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Introduction to the Baculovirus Expression System
Baculoviruses are in many respects an odd choice for use as an expression system to make recombinant proteins. In their natural...
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yelluk
- Oct 24, 2019
- 3 min
Insect Cell Culture Media
Following on from our last blog we briefly describe insect cell culture media. It used to be that all animal cell cultures depended on...
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yelluk
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
Culturing Insect Cells
On a scale of complexity/difficulty, culturing insect cells falls somewhere between yeast and mammalian systems. They can be grown in...
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yelluk
- Oct 9, 2019
- 3 min
Selecting a Protein Expression System
A major decision facing anyone starting a new project requiring any quantity of recombinant protein is selecting a protein expression...
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yelluk
- Jun 11, 2019
- 2 min
Baculovirus P10 Structures and Role in Insect Cells
A blog on baculovirus P10 structures and the role in insect cells might appear a slightly odd topic for a blog from a company based on...
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yelluk
- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
New pOET9 Vectors!
This month we’re celebrating the release of our newest product to come out of the OET labs – pOET9 transfer vectors. With the application...
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yelluk
- Feb 12, 2019
- 1 min
Plaque-Assay Schematic
We’ve said it enough times; the plaque-assay is the ‘gold standard’ for determining virus infectivity. But this doesn’t make the...
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yelluk
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
How to Grow Cells over the Holiday Period
We want to talk about how to grow cells over the holiday period spanning Christmas and New Year. (OK, so we have covered this before but...
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yelluk
- Nov 26, 2018
- 3 min
Growing Mammalian Cells Successfully
While OET Ltd has built its reputation on baculovirus-insect cell expression systems, we also undertake work that requires growing...
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yelluk
- Nov 13, 2018
- 3 min
Growing insect cells successfully – Part II
In our previous blog we talked about the early stages of growing insect cells when you might just have revived a frozen stock and set up...
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yelluk
- Oct 12, 2018
- 3 min
Growing Insect Cells Successfully
With Autumn, or Fall as some of you may call it, upon us everyone seems to back in action in the lab again and hopefully growing insect...
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yelluk
- Jul 9, 2018
- 2 min
Baculovirus Transfer Vector Plasmid Compatibility
A frequent customer query concerns baculovirus transfer vector plasmid compatibility with either flashBACTM or other systems for making...
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