Jena Bioscience News Blog
Oct 09, 2026
TEV & SUMO Proteases: tag removal made simple!
Cleave your tag or fusion protein and obtain native proteins with TEV & SUMO proteases from Jena Bioscience.
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Jul 02, 2026
Meet us – The LEXSY Team
The LEXSY expression system, based on Leishmania tarentolae, was originally developed at the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund and was one of the founding ideas that eventually grew into Jena Bioscience as we know it today. Get to know the persons behind it!
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Jun 10, 2026
Advancing EBV Research: Harnessing LEXSY technology for BGLF4 protein kinase expression and discovery
LEXSY technology offers an efficient and scalable platform for expressing viral replication proteins, facilitating advanced research and vaccine development. Check out our references!
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Feb 10, 2026
Nourseothricin (clonNAT) – Flexible and reliable antibiotic selection at attractive prices
Need a selection antibiotic for your organism? Nourseothricin can be used for selection of over 100 different species from all kingdoms of life – at affordable costs!
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Sep 19, 2025
Crystallization of LEXSY-produced Heliorhodopsines
Producing functional, correctly folded proteins is crucial for crystallization and structure determination - LEXSY can help making these proteins.
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Apr 10, 2024
LEXSY – Expression of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and more
Recombinant protein production with the LEXSY technology yields active, correctly folded and uniformly glycosylated antigens – crucial for functional assays as well as for structure determination.
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Nov 17, 2023
TEV Protease: Simplifying Tag Removal
Cleave your tag or fusion protein and obtain native proteins with TEV protease from Jena Bioscience! Read more...
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May 03, 2023
Protein glycosylation: LEXSY can do
When producing proteins, proper glycosylation is often the key to success. LEXSY can recognize glycosylation sites and provide proteins with correct glycan patterns.
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Crystallization of LEXSY-produced Helminth proteins
Producing functional, correctly folded proteins is crucial for crystallization and structure determination. LEXSY can help making these proteins – and JBScreens can turn them into high quality crystals.
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Oct 11, 2021
LEXSY - Custom protein expression service
Are you interested in protein expression, but lack the time or manpower to realize your project? Try our custom protein expression service!
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May 20, 2021
LEXSY – The antigen production factory
Producing functional, correctly folded antigens is crucial for immunization experiments as well as structure determination. LEXSY can help you produce these antigens – from single proteins to complete virus-like particles. Read more...
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Mar 24, 2021
LEXSY for difficult-to-express proteins
Complex proteins are often poorly expressed in prokaryotic expression systems. With LEXSY you can tackle these difficult proteins with a eukaryotic host – but with all the ease and simplicity known from prokaryotic cells. Read more...
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Nov 11, 2020
Mind your sugars: Antigen glycosylation in LEXSY
When producing antigens, proper glycosylation is often the key to success. LEXSY is able to recognize glycosylation sites and provide proteins with correct glycan patterns.
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Aug 31, 2020
LEXSY in vitro translation: High yield, low cost
Producing research amounts of recombinant proteins of interest by in vitro translation is often fast and convenient however, suffers from a reputation of being expensive. Using LEXSY in vitro cuts reaction costs down to € 2.50 per reaction while offering a fully eukaryotic protein expression and modification machinery.
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May 19, 2020
Viral proteins expressed in LEXSY
Viral proteins are often hard to express in conventional expression systems. See how LEXSY can help!
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Mar 18, 2020
Creating the desired post-translational modifications with LEXSY
Is your recombinant protein lacking the necessary post-translational modifications (PTMs)? See how LEXSY can help!
read moreJan 23, 2020
Nourseothricin (clonNAT) – Flexible, reliable and affordable antibiotic selection
Need a selection antibiotic for your organism? Nourseothricin can be used for selection of over 100 different species from all kingdoms of life – at affordable costs! Learn more...
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Sep 18, 2019
LEXSY for Membrane Transporters
Membrane transporters are difficult to produce in most expression systems. With LEXSY you can express and investigate them.
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Apr 30, 2019
Time to wake up
The World Health Organization defines 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). They mainly affect the poorest of the poor - and this is precisely why they receive little attention in research. Learn about our support in fighting sleeping sickness!
Apr 10, 2019
LEXSY in Kinetoplastid Research
Researching pathogenic parasites can be difficult due to strict laboratory requirements and the risk of infection. LEXSY can be used to investigate kinetoplastids in a safe and convenient way.
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Jan 30, 2019
LEXSY: Membrane Protein Expression & Crystallization
Integral membrane proteins are hard to express with common recombinant expression systems. Learn how LEXSY can help!
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Nourseothricin (clonNAT): Antibiotic of choice for long-term cultivation
Antibiotic instability is often a problem in long-term cultivation experiments. Nourseothricin entirely circumvents this problem. Learn more here:
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Sep 26, 2018
Expression and Crystallization of Plant Proteins from LEXSY
Want to express plant proteins, but E. coli expression doesn't work? Click below for successful examples of expression, crystallization and structure elucidation of plant proteins from LEXSY!
read moreMay 29, 2018
Creating the desired post-translational Modifications with LEXSY
Is your recombinant protein lacking the necessary post-translational modifications (PTMs)? See how LEXSY can help!
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