Young, bright and committed to labtech

Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be back after living in Geneva for four years. On November 10 she will take a big career leap

How to get the most out of the fair

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

Life science in Stockholm

Sweden has the fourth-largest biotech market in Europe. More than half of its biotechnology enterprise, some 460 companies, is located in the Stockholm region.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

Qiagen recently presented a method of dry blood sample storage as an alternative to storage in freezers.

Diagnostics to deal with new diseases

Maria Brytting at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI, will share her experiences from April 2009 when the new influenza A virus, H1N1, was first reported globally.

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

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Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

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Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

The new 5430 R from Eppendorf is a refrigerated microcentrifuge with several different rotors.

Martin Willner, Manager Lab, Nordic Service Manager, Mettler-Toledo AB

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Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

The Medicon Valley covers the Öresund region (Skåne and Sjaelland).

Mer pengar till forskningssamarbete

EU manar till gemensamt Alzheimersprojekt

EU-parlamentet har antagit en resolution om ett gemensamt forskningsprogram kring neurodegenerativa sjukdomar inom medlemsländerna. Ledamöterna vill bland annat se storskaliga kliniska och epidemiologiska studier på området.

Urvattnat sjukvårdsförslag i USA

Genmabs delårsrapport: minus en halv miljard

Årets första nio månader blev en förlust för danska Genmab. Omstruktureringar och ett driftsunderskott på 1, 6 miljarder svenska kronor för hela året gör att företaget gick back 560 miljoner.

Renare analys av proteininteraktioner

Thermo scientific/Pierce lanserar en ny version av deras kit för koimmunoprecipitering.

Stora nedskärningar på Pfizer

Pfizer lägger ner sex av sina 20 forskningsanläggningar som en följd av en omorganisation i samband med sammanslagningen med Wyeth. Sammanlagt 15 procent av de anställda blir av med jobben.

Hallå där Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson...

...rektor på Karolinska Institutet som återigen rankas högt i en internationell undersökning. Vad betyder det för ett universitet med den här typen av rankningar?

Antikroppar mot jonkanaler

Stressmarq Biosciences har tagit fram en mängd olika antikroppar mot de proteiner som bygger upp jonkanalerna i cellernas membran.