Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

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.

Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

Mettler Toledo is showcasing Quantos, an automated dispenser for laboratory use.

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

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

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

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.

Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

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, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

Annika Garnås, LAB

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

USB recycler for liquid chromatography

The Smartsaver recycler from Biotech AB is designed to recycle the uncontaminated mobile phase in isocratic liquid chromatography.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

Hey Johannes Hedman...

... graduate of SKL and LTH, who has improved a method of forensic analysis

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.

How to get the most out of the fair

Bavarian köper amerikanskt dotterbolag

Bioteknikföretaget Bavarian Nordic har tecknat avtal om att köpa samtliga aktier i det amerikanska dotterbolaget BN Immuno Therpeutics. Genom köpet får det danska bolaget full kontroll över koncernens cancerforskning.

Startskott för avbildningscentrum i Lund

Under fredagen invigdes Lund University Bioimaging Center. Teknikerna som finns på centret ger bland annat möjlighet att avbilda strukturer som är viktiga inom cancer-, hjärta-kärl-, och diabtesforskning.

Klinisk prövning i storformat till Stockholm

Karolinska Trial Alliance, KTA, ska öppna en mottagningsverksamhet för studier i fas II-IV. - Vi kommer att kunna ta emot upp till 150 patienter per studie så att företagen slipper vända sig utomlands, säger enhetschef Mia Englund.

Passionerad pionjär

Efter 55 år på institutionen för biokemi i Uppsala har professor emeritus Stellan Hjertén fått den nya utmärkelsen Tiselius Award för sitt arbete inom nobelpristagaren Arne Tiselius område, separation substanser. Han är glad och stolt, men han behöver också forskningspengar. Pensionerade forskare diskrimineras, säger han.

Genovis emission fulltecknad

Nyemissionen som avslutades den 30 september övertecknades med 102 procent varav 61 procent tecknades med företrädesrätt.

Datorn som matchmaker

Datorbaserade modeller kan användas för att förstå interaktioner mellan två läkemedel eller förutsäga biverkningar. - Det blir också möjligt att identifiera problemläkemedel tidigare i utvecklingsprocessen, säger Gustav Ahlin om sin forskning.