Danish focus on bio chemicals

The Danish company Genencor and the German company BRAIN establish a research collaboration for the production of biobased chemicals from renewable feedstock.

New firm based on SLU research

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

Ny chef för europeiskt smittskydd

Den nederländske mikrobiologen tillträder som ECDC:s nye chef den första maj.

Branschröster: "Värdefull kompetens riskerar att gå förlorad"

Hur påverkas den svensk life science av Astrazenecas nedläggning i Lund? Några av branschens företrädare tycker till.

Första cancerlinjen sekvenserad

- Kartläggningen visar att en del av en kromosom är borta, vilket kan ge en fingervisning om hur cancer uppstår, säger en av forskarna.

Tikomed förbereder kommersialisering

Forskningsbolaget stärker styrelsen i samband med att företaget går in i en ny fas.

New Nordic nutrition collaboration

Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition has recently signed a unique Nordic distribution agreement.

Nu ska Scilifelab granskas

Fem år efter starten ska forskningsinstitutet granskas.

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Focusing on Medicon Valley

Copenhagen Capacity and Invest in Skåne are hosting a seminar to promote the geographical area known as Medicon Valley. Some of the 350 life science companies f...

Snabbt test av mikrober i vatten

Real-Time Microbial System for Water (RMS-W) från Instant Bioscan och Miclev är ett nytt system som tillåter kontinuerlig och omedelbar kvantifiering av kontami...

Denator får EU-pengar

Får anslag till topprankat, internationellt forskningsprojekt inom cancerdiagnostik.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

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

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...

Sales Representative, Applied Biosystems

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...

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Gammal Astrasubstans får nytt liv

En färsk studie visar att en substans som Astrazeneca ratade har effekt mot multipel skleros. I alla fall i djurstudier.

Genterapi ska ge blinda synen åter

Forskaren Botond Roska vill bota blindhet med hjälp av genterapi, och inom ett par år är det dags för kliniska prövningar. Det var en av många nyheter från Soci...

Bio-X på turné

Den senaste utlysningen i Uppsala Bios finansieringsprogram Bio-X stänger den 26 augusti. Under ett par dagar åkte de runt och berättade om programmet.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

Finnish-Dutch engineering cooperation continues

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

Harmony prevents dementia

People who are active, outgoing and relaxed may be less likely to develop dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.