DKK 1,3 billion for grand research

Danish Councils for Independent Research, DFF, will grant DKK 1,3 billion during 2009. Now has the application period started.

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 bac...

Norwegian entrance in EU technology network

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology joins the European Science Business Network of prominent European research institutions.

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

New firm based on SLU research

Four researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has recently founded a new nanotech company.

New nanotech professor to DTU

The Danish University of Technology, DTU, has appointed Kristoffer Almdal as professor to DTU Nanotech.

Take off for this year's fair

More visitors than previously were preregistered when Scanlab and Biotech Forum opened today. But the future of the exhibitions and their design is uncertain.

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.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be ...

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 at...

Success fee to Bioinvent and partner

The cancer collaboration started last year. After successful technology transfer the two partner companies now receives 5 million euro from pharma giant Roche.

Danisco strengthens its IP team

Danisco's division Genencor has appointed a new Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy and Chief IP Counsel.

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...

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Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and on...

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

New CEO to Medivir

The Board of the Swedish biotech company Medivir has appointed the successor to the current CEO Lars Adlersson.

Swiss allergy therapy convinces

Cytos Biotechnology presents promising results in a study of a new therapy against allergy and asthma.

Bio-Linux goes global

Recently the NEBC Bio-Linux Version 5.0 was released, a one-stop shop for bioinformatics tools in a Linux context.

Blood type decide resistance to HIV

A Canadian-Swedish research team has found a blood type molecule that increases the resistance to HIV-infections.

Control of blood vessels can treat obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Finnish-Dutch engineering cooperation continues

The University of Helsinki and ASM International renew a fice year research agreement on Atomic Layer Deposition.