Discovery of new role for leukemia gene

Martin Bergö and his colleagues have studied two gene variants that often occur in acute leukemias. One gene codes for the protein RAS, which accelerates cell division in several cancers.

Clinical trials in large scale to Stockholm

Karolinska Trial Alliance, KTA, will open a medical clinical for clinical trials in Phases II-IV. The clinic will be able to accommodate up to 150 patients per study, so that companies do not have to go abroad for clinical trials.

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.

Mingling do's and don'ts

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, networking is about meeting and talking to people face-to-face," says mingling expert Mia Forsgren at Begriplig.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project between Swedish public actors and some companies aims to change that and make entrepreneurs of BMAs.

Enjoy Stockholm - the capital of Scandinavia

Welcome to Stockholm! Built on 14 islands, you are never far from the water in the capital of Sweden. Stockholm offers a wide range of museums, theaters, and attractions. Whatever your interest might be: history, art, music or design, you can find it here!

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.

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

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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.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

Annika Garnås, LAB

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USB recycler for liquid chromatography

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

How to get the most out of the fair

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.

Hey Johannes Hedman...

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

Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

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Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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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.

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.

Vitrolife blir starkare i Storbritannien

Vitrolife köper brittiska IVF och startar därmed marknadsföring och försäljning av fertilitetsmedier i egen regi i Storbritannien och Irland. I samband med övertagandet byter det brittiska bolaget namn till Vitrolife.

Nu blir labbet snyggt och trendigt

Glöm gråa kantiga maskiner med obegripliga instrumentpaneler och knappar. Morgondagens apparatur är både snygg och användarvänlig precis som dagens mobiltelefoner och datorer.

Hamstring av virushämmare ger kassaklirr

Det har sålts 30 gånger mer virushämmare i Sverige fram till september i år jämfört med 2008. - Försäljningen överstiger vida antalet rapporterade fall, säger Peter Persson läkemedelsanalytiker på Apotekens Service.

Industrin stödjer Barack Obama

Nya marknader och tillåten stamcellsforskning gör att den amerikanska bioteknik- och läkemedelsindustrin väljer att stödja Obamas hälsoreform. Trots Vita Husets ambitioner att ta kontroll över prissättningen på läkemedel.