5 miljarder till superkluster

Världens mest attraktiva plats för life science. Det är målet för femmiljardersprojektet , en ny stadsdel som byggs för att förena Stockholm och Solna. År 2025 kommer ytan att husera 600 000 kvadratmeter kontor och laboratorier tillägnade life science, inklusive ett helt nytt universitetssjukhus.

Fem forskare får pengar i tre år

Fem forskare från Karolinska institutet, Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset och Akademiska sjukhuset har fått pengar för att finansiera sina forskartjänster i tre år.

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.

Hallå där Peter Bramberg...

...ansvarig för life science på ISA, som har varit med och undersökt medtech- branschens framtidsutsikter och pipeline

Snabbare filtrering och mindre förluster

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

Proteinproduktion i svävande fabriker

Cellectis lanserar kittet CHO-S Cemax för stabil transfektion av celler i suspensionskultur.

Biotechbyggare blir ordförande i Pergamum

Jørgen Thorball, initiativtagare till nätverket Biotech Builders, har utsetts till styrelseordförande i Karolinska Develpments bolag Pergamum.

Fattigt men ljust för branschen

Swedenbios och Arthur D. Littles, ADL, undersökning från i våras är nu sammanställd och life sciencebolag verksamma i Sverige är positiva inför framtiden, men uppger också att de behöver extern finansiering för att överleva.

Ökat söktryck hos Emea

Hey there Summer Eriksson......

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

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.

Rapid and thorough homogenization of samples

MP Biomedicals presents the Fasprep-24 instrument, a new high-throughput model of the earlier Bio 101 Systems Fastprep homogenizer.

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.

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.

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.

New partnering platform

EBD Group's Partnering One is the new partnering platform for Biotech Forum 2009.

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

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

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

Cell incubator with built-in microscope

InCu-view live is an incubator from Sanyo for cell or embryo culture with documentation functionality.

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.

Oslo Cancer Cluster

Cancer is, of course, the focus for this Oslo-based cluster, which is solely dedicated to cancer treatment and diagnostics. Oslo cancer cluster is also a part of Medcoast, a Swedish and Norwegian cluster.

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 million each over five years.

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.