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Relocation, relocation, relocation; negotiating the potential risks

October 17, 2013
John Best outlines some of the critical issues that must be considered when choosing a relocation company for the transfer of laboratories, either internally or externally, from facility to facilityWhether...

Targeting the genome

October 15, 2013
Genomic target selection using individually synthesised capture probes may translate cutting edge research in the laboratory into personalised medicine in the clinicGenomic target selection enables faster development of clinical sequencing...

From anecdote to evidence: the flying ant survey

October 12, 2013
Citizen science has rapidly increased in popularity, but for decades volunteers have contributed to ecology through species recording schemes. Today, projects vary from counting butterflies in your garden to cataloguing...

Barley genotyping: a path to the sustainable production of food and drink

October 10, 2013
Barley is the world’s fourth most important cereal crop _– now geneticists think that with the elucidation of its genetic code and a powerful new genotyping assay we are closer...

Adhering to label legislation

October 9, 2013
Working with potentially hazardous substances is an ever-present risk in a lab and a threat safeguarded against with specialist equipment, protective clothing and vigilant storage of chemicals in a properly...

An epigenetic panic?

October 8, 2013
 Epigenetics is a hot topic. DNA now has six bases rather than four and there are modified versions of the proteins that wrap DNA into chromosomes. Should we be developing...

Leading lights

October 2, 2013
The use of photonics is expanding rapidly with applications across the scientific spectrum. We speak to several experts and find out why photonics is one of the UK’s fastest growing...

The incredible journey

September 26, 2013
The cuticle of a leaf cutter ant and the Atacama Desert – the race to find new antimicrobial drugs is taking scientists to some truly surprising placesWe are facing a...

A need for speed

September 25, 2013
Rapid microbial methods can reduce laboratory waste and increase sustainability as well as make a significant contribution to operational savings says Jenny WoolwayLean manufacturing is not a new concept, but...

Refitting the E.coli ‘factory’

September 24, 2013
Escherishia coli cells are able to add sugars to proteins using genes from Campylobacter jenuni. Here we learn that an inverse metabolic engineering approach can improve the efficiency of the...

Warding off microbes – the green way

September 23, 2013
Scientists from Wageningen UR have unravelled the mechanism of how a plant defends itself against pathogens, finally solving a mystery that has troubled botanists for yearsPlants are constantly challenged by...

Protecting your food from E. coli

September 20, 2013
Detecting the more dangerous forms of E.coli in the food chain poses many challenges, but these are driving the continued development of isolation and identification techniques Escherichia coli is a...

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