Finding your way at the fairs

For details on exhibitors, booths, seminars and the fair map we have gathered the important sites for you.

Young, bright and committed to labtech

, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

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

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Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

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.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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How to get the most out of the fair

Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

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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.

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.

Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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Big Pharma blir sig inte likt

I veckan släppte Price Waterhouse Coopers, PwC, sin rapport om läget för den globala läkemedelsindustrin fram till 2020. Stora strukturella förändringar krävs i branschen och industrin kommer att agera, enligt rapporten.

Pengar sinar för strategiforskning

Om Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning, SSF, ska bibehålla sin betydelse gentemot andra aktörer i samhället räcker dagens kapital till 2025, enligt ett av utredaren Joakim Amorims scenarier.

Open access för svensk forskning

Nu ska inte bara prenumeranter till dyra, vetenskapliga tidsskrifter kunna ta del av svensk forskning. Den ska vara offentlig, har Vetenskapsrådet beslutat. - Våra skattebetalare har rätt att ta del av det pengarna använts till, säger Vetenskapsrådets gd Pär Omling.

FDA förordar svensk analysteknik

Melamin i läkemedel ska spåras med en metod som har utvecklats av Umeåföretaget Merck Sequant. - Det här beslutet kommer definitivt ha en positiv inverkan på vår försäljning, säger bolagets vd Einar Pontén.

Genmab fortsätter klinisk studie

Amerikanska FDA har nu get klartecken för det danska bolaget att gå vidare med kliniska studier av ett cancerpreparat.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

The winner of the race

She learned how to work hard at an early age and her devotion has certainly paid off. Whether it is field running or running a company, the key to success is focus according to Yvonne Mårtensson.

Lund och Chalmers får mest statliga medel

Förslaget till fördelning av medel för strategisk forksning är nu klar.

OpenMM ny standard för molekylsimuleringar på grafikkort

Vijay Pandes grupp på Stanford University har nu utvecklat Open Molecular Modeling (OpenMM), en ny standard för molekylsimuleringar på grafikkort.