Genforskare invald till KVA

Lars Wieslander vid Stockholms universitet är invald i akademiens klass för biologiska vetenskaper.

Forskning spår ny reparationsväg

De enzymer som hjälper till att kopiera DNA:t begår fler misstag än vad som tidigare är känt, visar ny forskning.

Positiv vändning för Q-Med

Q-Med gick plus 62 miljoner kronor under fjärde kvartalet 2009.

Glaxosmithkline skänker bort malariaforskning

I ett nytt initiativ offentliggör GSK resultatet av sin malariaforskning för att ge världen en chans att bekämpa den dödliga malariaparasiten. Läkemedelsbolag har fått ett ökat tryck på sig att bistå med billiga läkemedel till människor i utvecklingsländerna.

EU har siktet på Lundbeck

EU-kommissionen kommer att granska om den danska läkemedelsjätten har brutit mot EUs regler för konkurrens. Granskningen gäller hur Lundbeck har agerat kring generika av bolagets preparat citalopram.

Sverige patenterar och Danmark gör business

Sverige har det största antalet patent och vetenskapliga publikationer i Skandinavien, medan danskarna är bättre på att skapa en bra pipeline från sin grundforskning. - Danmark är mer framgångsrikt på att ta innovationer hela vägen, säger Jacob Ehnfors, Swedenbio.

Snabbare filtrering och mindre förluster

Millipore har släppt en förbättrad version av sina 13 mm Millex sprutfilter.

Blottning i automatiserat system

iBlot Dry Blotting System från Invitrogen används tilsammans med engångskassetter och fungerar helt utan separata buffertar för att blotta proteiner på 7 minuter.

Ökat söktryck hos Emea

Hey there Summer Eriksson......

.....biomedical analysist at Akademsika sjukhuset in Uppsala. Why are you here at Biotech Forum and Scanlab?

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.

Multilabel plate readers with luminescence capability

The Enspire Multilabel Plate Reader platform from Perkin Elmer now features sensitive luminescence detection. The new detection capability is primarily aimed at improving assay performance and sensitivity for scientists working with primary cells or stem

New type of stem cell discovered

The earlier view of the scientific community was that melanocytes, the pigment cells, derive from the spinal cord during the early fetal period and then move over on to the skin.

Partnering offer for scientists and medics

For the first time in the history of Biotech Forum, scientists and medics are invited to join the partnering event. I

VTT in brief

VTT is a broad science cluster with research within applied materials, chemical and biochemical processes, energy, industrial systems management, information and communication technologies, microtechnology and electronics.

Definite answer with new cancerous gene

A newly discovered cancer gene is enabling the diagnosis of adenoid cystic caranoima using a genetic test.

Changeable proteins cause nerve disease

An incorrectly folded protein is one of the reasons behind the nerve disease ALS, according to new research. But the protein does not have structural errors all the time and only certain types contribute to the harmful protein accumulations that cause

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.

Filter tips for safer pipetting and better accuracy

Biohit has launched new Safetyspace Filter Tips that have more space between the sample and the filter than conventional filter tips usually have.

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.

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.

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.

Hey Kurt Berndt...

... who is starting up a research center for youths in Saltsjöbaden.

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.