Showroom for free

The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to the idea of supplying test equipment for free.

An industry emerging from crisis

"Scanlab is normally indicative of the status of investment incentives in the laboratory industry "

Your partnering tool - step by step

Profile, agenda and requests. Those are the basic steps to follow to use the partnering tool for Biotech Forum. Follow our guide to successful partnering!

International models among science parks

Science parks have become a part of modern communities. With science parks in Oxford, Cambridge and Nice setting good examples, a special potential emerged. Countries with a clear research goal are investing in new parks, and in China, the number is growing exponentially.

Ideon - Sweden's oldest science park

Old is not synonymous with boring. Swedens oldest science park Ideon still manages to attract young companies with big ideas. The recipe for success? To continue to invest in further development.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

Tvärvetenskap tacklar genreglering

Forskare inom matematik, IT och cell- och molekylärbiologi har gjort nya upptäckter kring hur celler reglerar proteinnivåerna.

Gen minskar risk för KOL och astma

En internationell studie visar att både risken för KOL och barnastma minskar hos personer med en viss genvariant. Forskarna bakom studien tror på nya och bättre läkemedel som ett resultat av forskningen.

Relax at the After Fair

Round off the first day of the fair by visiting the After Fair. You can reload with entertainment from talented artists such as Patrik Isaksson, The Gentlemen and Ellinor Asp and take the opportunity to mingle with old and new aquaintances.

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

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.

75 million for research schools

Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University and Umeå University have received SEK 75 million from the Research Council. The money will be used to build five national clinical research schools. The research schools will receive 15

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How to get the most out of the fair

Sverige rustar för influensapandemi

Socialstyrelsen ser nu över distributionsvägarna för läkemedel med anledning av det uppgraderade beredskapsläget för svininfluensa i världen. Det kan uppstå en brist på vaccin men gemene man behöver inte vara orolig enligt Socialstyrelsen.

Högkänslig spektrometer via USB

Den nya Deep UV Maya200 Pro är en tvådimensionell FFT-CCD spektrometer från Ocean Optics som används med fördel för högkänslig fluorescensdetektion.

Mediciner i svenska vatten en hälsofara

Även de låga halter av olika läkemedel som finns i svenska vattendrag ökar inflammationen i mänskliga celler.

Hoppfullt för hiv-läkemedel

En nyligen avslutad studie av en antikroppsterapi visar på positiva resultat.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

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.