Collaborating with the University of Georgia to Develop Extremophilic Enzymes

An increasing number of universities are now operating business incubators, programs which help nurture and grow early-stage companies affiliated with the institution. According to the International Business Innovation Association, there are now more than 1,250 business incubators in the United States and more than 7,000 worldwide. As of 2012, about one-third of the U.S. incubators 

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A novel catalase from an extreme microorganism

By Felipe Sarmiento, Ph.D., Business Innovation Director of Swissaustral USA Swissaustral is a worldwide specialist in extreme biotechnology, developing innovative solutions for non-standard technological challenges in life sciences and industry. Our company exploits the potential of extremophiles, or microorganisms that thrive under extreme conditions, and their unexplored metabolic pathways as a unique and diverse natural 

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7 Reasons Why Researchers Partner with Kerafast

Researchers from many leading institutions have joined the Kerafast community, making their reagents easily accessible to the global scientific community. We recently surveyed nearly 200 of these providing investigators to get their feedback on the Kerafast program. The survey asked about their experiences working with us and provided an opportunity to weigh in on new 

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Meet Our New Customer Support & Logistics Manager

Kerafast team member Carlos Guerra recently moved from Boston to sunny San Diego, California. We were sad to say goodbye, but are very excited to welcome William Vezinaw as our new Customer Support & Logistics Manager. William comes to Kerafast from the University of Rochester, where he received a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences-molecular genetics 

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