Bakterier förlorar på antibiotikaresistens

Forskning från Örebro universitet visar antibiotikaresistensen hos meningokockbakterien inte har ökat i Sverige de senaste 15 åren. Resultaten av studien som gjorts av Sara Thulin Hedberg tyder på att dessa bakterier inte har någon nytta av att tåla antibiotika.

Fritt fram att patentera

Nu finns ett nytt verktyg för att scanna av patentläget. Vissa områden är överpatenterade, medan det på annat håll kan finnas vad skaparen Matthew Miskimin kallar white spaces - områden med få eller inga patent och lägre konkurrens.

EU-pengar till laserprojekt mot cancer

Lundabolaget Clinical Laserthermia Systems, CLS, får del av ett fyra miljoner kronorsprojekt som syftar till att utveckla ett instrument för att behandla tumörer med laser.

Nikotinforskaren bakom 310-miljonersaffären

Karl-Olov Fagerström är forskaren bakom lilla Niconovum som nyligen såldes för 310 miljoner till amerikanska tobaksbolaget Reynolds. Med tre procent i bolaget får han drygt nio miljoner.

Nytt infärgningsreagens för immunohistokemi

Histofine Immunohistochemical Staining Reagents är nya infärgningsreagenset från B-Bridge International som istället för att använda hela antikroppar använder sig av ett Fab fragment.

Vinnmerpengar till fler

Vinnovas program Vinnmer betalar halva lönen för forskare som beviljas stöd inom programmet. Nu får ytterligare 15 kvinnor, både i Sverige och utomlands, bidrag.

Ökat söktryck hos Emea

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.

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.

Anything is measurable

At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into the research of analyzing markers in body fluids.

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.

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!

Hey Klementina Österberg ...

... CEO at GU Holding, which awards SEK 120, 000 to three female entrepreneurs.

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.

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.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

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.

Young, bright and committed to labtech

, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

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

Hey Johannes Hedman...

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

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

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.