One-step cleaning system for use in clean rooms

The Micronswep cleaning system from Berendsen is a single action cleaning system developed for use in clean rooms.

Hormones make children fat

A new Danish million project will define the connection between hormons and obesity amongst children.

Finnish-Dutch engineering cooperation continues

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

SwedenBio-rapport: Rekordår för emissioner på svenska börslistor

Den växande life science-sektorn i Sverige har under den senaste tioårsperioden utökat möjligheterna att finansiera sin verksamhet. Det visar resultatet av en e...

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, ...

Ny kommunikationschef på Hansa

Katja Margell är ny Head of Corporate Communications på Hansa Biopharma.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

A platform for dialogue

As a step towards connecting the life science industry in Denmark, Biologue was founded three years ago with 10 member companies. Today, the network has 40 memb...

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on ...

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

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 d...

Hon ska leda EIT Health Scandinavia

Annika Szabo Portela har utsetts till vd för EIT Health Scandinavia. Hon har sedan december arbetat som operativ interim vd, men anställs nu permanent.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth

The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at app...

Hon får nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance

Ewa Wikström får den nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance på Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet. Professuren skapas med hjälp av Carl Bennet, huv...

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organizatio...

Realhearts styrelseordförande har avlidit

Realhearts styrelseordförande Göran Hellers avled i helgen till följd av plötslig sjukdom, meddelar företaget.

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.

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal

The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.

Bioscience-möte på Karolinska samlar medicinsk forskarelit

WHO: Nya omikronvarianten XE kan vara mer smittsam

Den nya varianten omikron XE kan vara tio procent mer smittsam än de tidigare omikronvarianterna, rapporterar WHO och uppmanar länder att återuppta sekvensering...

Positivt från Hansa Medical

Resultat från en ny studie visar ny verkningsmekanism av Ides.