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Award winner: Partnership and sustainability win emerging technology award

February 16, 2022
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As we begin to look forward to the inaugural Lab South spin out event, Lab Innovation’s ‘Most impactful emerging technology’ Lab Award winners, Appleton Woods and Manchester BIOGEL, look back...
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Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical
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Making an impact in remote laboratory research

February 16, 2022
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During Lab Innovations last November, Anna Cooper and Raymond Wong were delighted to pick up the ‘Most impactful laboratory research model or simulation award’ at the 2021 Lab Awards on...
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Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Forensics, Genetics, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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Applying digital technology and AI to compound management

February 9, 2022
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Sample management has changed enormously over the past 20 years. Steve Knight discusses the technological innovations available today that enable lab managers to store and handle compounds with the care...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Liquid biopsy for solid tumour research

February 3, 2022
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Liquid biopsy is becoming more and more promising for solid tumour research, detection and surveillance. Here, Lab News asks Dr Han Wei what liquid biopsy is, the advantages and challenges...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Physiology
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Game review: On the Origin of Species

February 1, 2022
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Details Age 9+2-4 players45-80 minutesMont Taber, Artana, Spielefaible Traffic Lights Educational use – 3/6Scientific accuracy – 5/6Enjoyment – 6/6
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Understanding the true scale of your carbon liability

January 25, 2022
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Laboratory-based process loads impact operational energy use. Debbie Hobbs discusses the shift towards measurable build performance metrics and the profound implications to science parks, research campuses and the technology and...
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Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Estimate your probability of success with Bayesian statistics

January 18, 2022
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Don’t settle for approximations, make smart, risk-based economic decisions. Bruno Boulanger explains how the application of Bayesian statistics can assist with decision making when data samples are small but pre-existing...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Diagnosing dysbiosis – understanding imbalance in human gut microbiota

January 10, 2022
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Dysbiosis describes imbalance in healthy gut bacteria... but what is a healthy gut? We ask Christina Casén to explain how such a complex and changeable ecology can be interpreted well...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Physiology, Virology
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Accelerating R&D innovation in 2022 and beyond

January 3, 2022
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Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business habits is unnecessary, data experts Jim Reilly and Rik Van Mol predict how the life science...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Paleobiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Net zero rubber duck debugging

January 3, 2022
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Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential research tool… far better than a rubber duck in fact
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Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries

December 23, 2021
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The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help everyone comprehend and act on climate change science. Charlie Rapple outlines how 15 of the world’s largest...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Computational Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Oceanography, Organic Chemistry, Policy, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology
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The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing

December 22, 2021
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Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wastewater. Dr Han Wei explains how sewer sample surveillance could potentially offer an early warning...
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Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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