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Top brands and rising stars lead Lab Awards 2023 shortlist

September 24, 2023
Many of the best known brands and names in the laboratory sector, together with rising stars, are on the shortlist for the 2023 Lab Awards.

Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel

September 23, 2023
Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead in the sector’s transition to cleaner fuel.

Work begins on Manchester’s £42 million specialist lab at Citylabs cluster

September 23, 2023
Construction has commenced on a pioneering £42 million specialist laboratory and office workspace project at the Citylabs cluster, a significant international health innovation campus.

Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences

September 19, 2023
AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next two years, suggests a new survey from The Pistoia Alliance in partnership with...

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers

September 16, 2023
Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council intervention to support researchers.

Lab News latest edition: Toxic testing in the field, tackling waste, consent and the clinic and more

September 11, 2023
Arable farming the sea, real time toxicity testing, the phage revival, clinical consent and why heavy industry could teach life science about tackling waste.

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech

September 6, 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK.

RVC’s Webster ‘honoured’ to receive prized Leeuwenhoek Medal

September 5, 2023
Professor of Parasitic Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Joanne Webster has been awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture, which recognises and celebrates outstanding contributions to...

100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours

September 4, 2023
One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s profile and skills shortages have been honoured en masse for their efforts with young audiences.

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