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

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

Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

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

Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Young, bright and committed to labtech

, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

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

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

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.

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

38 nya professorer på Karolinska

I morgon håller Karolinska Institutet sin årliga installationshögtid i Stockholm. Då installeras 38 nya professorer vid lärosätet.

Studie av fetmamedicin på paus

Ett läkemedel som Novo Nordisk tagit fram för behandling av diabetes typ II fungerar även som bantingsmedel. Det visar en fas II studie av preparatet. Men Novo Nordisk har lagt fortsatta studier på is.

Nobelpriset i kemi är klart

Årest Nobelpris i kemi går till Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz och Ada E. Yonath för deras studier av ribosomens struktur och funktion.

Tvärvetenskap på agendan

- Biologer är vana att jobba med steg mellan noll, ett och två, kan man säga. Kemin för in decimaler som ger möjlighet till steglösa variationer i forskningen, säger Per Sunnerhagen om årets Functional Genomics Conference.

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.

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.

El kan lindra Parkinson

Genom att stimulera nerver i ryggmärgen hoppas forskarna kunna minska medicindosen hos Parkinsonpatienter.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Faster sales but less profits for Probi

The probiotic company increases its turnover, and the net results are twice as large as last year.

Test if you carry the fat virus

In a soon future there may be a quick and simple test that could show if you are infected with Ad-36, a human adenovirus that can make you over-weight.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.