Platform for high security virus purification

Millipore Corporation has introduced the Viresolve Pro Solution system, a new system for purification of viruses. The technology in the new platform includes a novel patent pending membrane.

Finding your way at the fairs

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

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.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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Young, bright and committed to labtech

, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

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.

Hey Johannes Hedman...

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

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

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

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.

How to get the most out of the fair

USB recycler for liquid chromatography

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

Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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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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Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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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.

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

375 miljoner till cancerforskare

Cancerfonden ger Ruth Palmer pengar för forskning på signalöverföring och ett av de största anslagen går till forskning om genexpression. Även projekt inom bland annat farmakologi, cellsignalering och strålning får tillskott.

Pengar och support på önskelistan

I senaste Scanbaltrapporten identifierar organisationen fem huvudområden för att förbättra förutsättningarna inom life scienceindustrin i länderna kringa Baltikum. -Självklart siktar vi högt, säger Scanbalts generaldirektör Peter Frank.

Synkrotronljus viktigt för life science

- Utvecklingen är ändå bara i sin början. Nya synkrotronljusanläggningar poppar upp som svampar i Europa, säger Olof Hallonsten som nyligen har disputerat i ämnet.

Kvarts miljon att hämta

Scanbalt delar i höst ut Scanbalt Bridge Award i samarbete med Lunds och Greifswalds universitet.

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.

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.