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.

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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Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

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Annika Garnås, LAB

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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.

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

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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.

Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

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

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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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

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Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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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.

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.

Hur stoppa vaccinskräcken?

Nytt webbverktyg ger koll på gener

Hur kombinerar man ihop all information om uttryck av gener, interaktioner mellan proteiner, signaleringskaskader, proteiners intracellulära lokalisering och så vidare? Forskare vid Stockholm Bioinformatics Center presenterar nu en möjlig lösning i form av ett offentligt tillgängligt webbverktyg.

Aminosyra indikerar Alzheimers åratal i förväg

Dimitri Zylberstein vid Göteborgs universitet har använt blodprover från 1 500 kvinnor för sin studie. De högsta nivåerna av aminosyran innebar mer än dubbelt så stor risk att utveckla Alzheimers, jämfört med de kvinnor som hade lägst nivåer.

Chatt inspirerade till bättre molnberäkningar

En grupp forskare har byggt en ny teknik för molnberäkningar. Istället för fråga-svar principen bygger programmet på omvänd kommunikation mellan server och dator. - Webbtjänster används mycket i biovetenskaper, säger en av forskarna, Ola Spjuth.