Ingen duger för Vetenskapsrådet

Trots 46 sökande och ett flertal förfrågningar misslyckades Utbildningsdepartmentet med att rekrytera en ny generaldirektör till Vetenskapsrådet. I stället tvingades de att förlänga nuvarande gd:n Pär Omlings förordnande.

Ny kraft för norsk forskning

Sen hon kom till makten har hon ökat den norska forskningsbudgeten med 354 miljoner euro. Klimatfrågan ligger henne varmt om hjärtat, då hon är gift med en mjölkbonde. Möt Tora Aasland, den första forsknings- och utbildningsministern i norsk historia.

Läkemedelsförsäkringen får ny vd

- Idag täcker vi mer än 98 procent av den svenska läkemedelsmarknaden och en av mina främsta prioriteringar som ny vd blir att vidmakthålla och se till att ytterligare fler företag ansluter sig till Läkemedelsförsäkringen, säger nya vd:n Anders Öhlén.

Tillväxtsignaler får inte tumörer att växa

Forskning från Umeå universitet visar att två receptorer för tillväxtfaktorer som vanligtvis spelar en viktig roll för tumörtillväxt verkar ha motsatt effekt vid njurcancer.

Så ska Svensson älska pharma

Absorber får europapatent

European Patent Office, EPO, har beviljat Svenska Absorbers ansökan om patent för transplantationstestet XM-ONE. Absorber, som är ett dotterbolag till Linkmed, har sedan tidigare patent på produkten i Nya Zeeland.

Boven som ger dåliga kärl vid högt blodsocker

Maria Gomez är en av forskarna som har visat hur proteinet osteopontin påverkas av högt blodsocker och orsakar åderförkalkning.

Hey there Summer Eriksson......

.....biomedical analysist at Akademsika sjukhuset in Uppsala. Why are you here at Biotech Forum and Scanlab?

Filter tips for safer pipetting and better accuracy

Biohit has launched new Safetyspace Filter Tips that have more space between the sample and the filter than conventional filter tips usually have.

Discovery of new role for leukemia gene

Martin Bergö and his colleagues have studied two gene variants that often occur in acute leukemias. One gene codes for the protein RAS, which accelerates cell division in several cancers.

Clinical trials in large scale to Stockholm

Karolinska Trial Alliance, KTA, will open a medical clinical for clinical trials in Phases II-IV. The clinic will be able to accommodate up to 150 patients per study, so that companies do not have to go abroad for clinical trials.

Changeable proteins cause nerve disease

An incorrectly folded protein is one of the reasons behind the nerve disease ALS, according to new research. But the protein does not have structural errors all the time and only certain types contribute to the harmful protein accumulations that cause

Stockholm-Uppsala life science cluster in brief

Stockholm-Uppsala evolves around the research at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. Typical areas of research are protein research, neuroscience and cancer.

Rapid and thorough homogenization of samples

MP Biomedicals presents the Fasprep-24 instrument, a new high-throughput model of the earlier Bio 101 Systems Fastprep homogenizer.

Partnering offer for scientists and medics

For the first time in the history of Biotech Forum, scientists and medics are invited to join the partnering event. I

Relax at the After Fair

Round off the first day of the fair by visiting the After Fair. You can reload with entertainment from talented artists such as Patrik Isaksson, The Gentlemen and Ellinor Asp and take the opportunity to mingle with old and new aquaintances.

New partnering platform

EBD Group's Partnering One is the new partnering platform for Biotech Forum 2009.

Multilabel plate readers with luminescence capability

The Enspire Multilabel Plate Reader platform from Perkin Elmer now features sensitive luminescence detection. The new detection capability is primarily aimed at improving assay performance and sensitivity for scientists working with primary cells or stem

Cell incubator with built-in microscope

InCu-view live is an incubator from Sanyo for cell or embryo culture with documentation functionality.

New type of stem cell discovered

The earlier view of the scientific community was that melanocytes, the pigment cells, derive from the spinal cord during the early fetal period and then move over on to the skin.

Oslo Cancer Cluster

Cancer is, of course, the focus for this Oslo-based cluster, which is solely dedicated to cancer treatment and diagnostics. Oslo cancer cluster is also a part of Medcoast, a Swedish and Norwegian cluster.

75 million for research schools

Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University and Umeå University have received SEK 75 million from the Research Council. The money will be used to build five national clinical research schools. The research schools will receive 15 million each over five years.

Hey Kurt Berndt...

... who is starting up a research center for youths in Saltsjöbaden.

Anything is measurable

At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into the research of analyzing markers in body fluids.