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Firefly BioWorks Awards $120K in Grants for microRNA Research

Firefly BioWorks announced today the awarding of $120,000 in twelve research grants to scientists working to expand the frontiers of microRNA research. The Firefly Frontier...

Firefly BioWorks receives MLSC grant to commercialize new microRNA detection technology

Firefly BioWorks, Inc., a developer of next-generation multiplexed assays for biomarker detection, announced today the awarding of a $500K Grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.

Firefly BioWorks Announces New Grant for microRNA Research

Firefly BioWorks announces today the creation of the Firefly Frontiers Grant, open to any scientist or engineer from an academic or non-profit research institution....

Firefly BioWorks unveils expanded multiplexed microRNA assay

Firefly BioWorks has expanded its FirePlex miRSelect to enable multiplexed detection of up to 68 user-selected microRNA species in a single well of a 96 well plate from a maximum of 23.

Firefly BioWorks Releases Expanded Multiplexed microRNA Assay

Today Firefly BioWorks announces the expansion of its microRNA assay, FirePlex® miRSelect, from a maximum of 23 multiplexed microRNAs to 68. “The expanded capab...

Firefly BioWorks Awards Three Frontiers Grants for microRNA Research 

Firefly BioWorks announced today three winners of the Firefly Frontiers Grant, a $10,000 award for microRNA research. Firefly BioWorks announced today the awarding of three F...

Mass. biotech center awards $500K to Firefly BioWorks

Firefly BioWorks has received a matching grant worth $500,000 from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.  -More- 

Kip Miller Joins Firefly BioWorks’ Board of Directors

Today Firefly BioWorks announced the election of John L. (Kip) Miller, a life sciences industry veteran, to the company’s Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to have...

Effects of Sucrose and Trehalose on Stability, Kinetic Properties, and Thermal Aggregation of Firefly Luciferase.

In this study, we used sugars as stabilizing additives to improve the thermostability and to inhibit aggregation of firefly luciferase. The combination of sucrose and trehalose has a strong stabilizin...

Comparison of Acyl-CoA Synthetic Activities and Enantioselectivity toward 2-Arylpropanoic Acids in Firefly Luciferases.

Measurement of thioesterification activities for dodecanoic acid (C12) and ketoprofen was done using five firefly luciferases, from Pyrocoelia miyako (PmL), Photinus pyralis (PpL), Luciola cruciata (L...

Molecular enigma of multicolor bioluminescence of firefly luciferase.

Firefly luciferase-catalyzed reaction proceeds via the initial formation of an enzyme-bound luciferyl adenylate intermediate. The chemical origin of the color modulation in firefly bioluminescence has...

Identification and Characterization of a Luciferase Isotype in the Japanese Firefly, Luciola cruciata, Involving in the Dim Glow of Firefly Eggs.

We isolated the cDNA of a luciferase isotype (LcLuc2) from the Japanese firefly, Luciola cruciata (Lampyridae, Coleoptera). The gene product of LcLuc2 (LcLuc2) showed 59% amino acid identity with fire...

Firefly chemiluminescence and bioluminescence: efficient generation of excited States.

Firefly luciferase catalyzes a light-emitting reaction in which an excited-state product is formed. Both experimental and theoretical methodologies are used to study this system, and the reactions cat...