Finding your way at the fairs

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

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.

Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

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Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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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.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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Young, bright and committed to labtech

, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

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.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

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

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Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

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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.

Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

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Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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Annika Garnås, LAB

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Safe and economic dispensing of powders

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

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.

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

USB recycler for liquid chromatography

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

Astrazeneca tappar forskningschef

Jan Lundberg lämnar sin tjänst som forskningschef på Astrazeneca med omedelbar verkan. Han blir nu forskningschef på amerikanska Eli Lilly.

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.

Så bildas insulincell från stamcell

Forskare från Lund har publicerat forskning som förklarar hur celler under tidig embryonal utveckling differentieras och bildar rör i kroppen. Samma grupp upptäckte en gen som styr rörbildningen i bukspottskörteln och det ger hopp för diabetesforskningen.