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.

Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

Datorn förutsäger hur vi reagerar på läkemedel

En nyutkommen avhandling från Uppsala universitet beskriver hur datorbaserade in silico-metoder kan användas för att förutsäga interaktioner mellan läkemedelsmolekyler och farmakologiskt viktiga transportproteiner.

300 miljoner tar Karolinska Development till börsen

Karolinska Development genomför en nyemission på 300 miljoner som vänder sig till både existerande och nya utländska investerare. Målet är en ägarspridning inför en börsintroduktion som kan ske redan till våren.

Indunstare utan avfrostningsbehov

EZ-2 är en serie avfrostningsfria indunstare från Genevac.

Nytt system hanterar sekvenseringsdata

Dagens avancerade tekniker för sekvensering av DNA gör att det behövs nya system för att lagra de enorma mängder data som samlas. På Uppmax i Uppsala finns ett resurscentrum som hanterar merparten genetiska data från Uppsala universitet.

70 miljoner till småföretag

Albiero, Moberg Derma och Vitrolife är några av dem som får stöd inom årets andra utlysning inom Vinnovas program Forska och väx. Totalt får 64 projekt vara med och dela på kakan.

Skola i folkhälsovetenskap får ny ledare

Anders Foldspang efterträder Göran Bondjers som rektor för Nordiska skolan i folkhälsovetenskap i Göteborg. Han har tidigare bland annat varit president för Association of Schools of Public Health in the European region, ASPHER.

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.

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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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.

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.

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

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

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

Annika Garnås, LAB

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Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

How to get the most out of the fair

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.