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The EU clinical clock is ticking

January 9, 2023
With the 31 January 2023 switch to new EU Clinical Trial Regulations fast approaching, Werner Engelbrecht explains how trial sponsors and CROs can ensure they are prepared.

NASA awaits return of landmark space experiments cargo

January 8, 2023
Samples from pioneering experiments into radiation, hydroponics and bioprospecting in microgravity environments will return to Earth this week from the International Space Station.

The agile response

November 14, 2022
Sustainable lab practice allied to uncompromising quality and safety standards are vital for the operation of cutting edge life science discovery and development. Kas Mohammed and Mark Yeeles provide practical...

Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation

November 7, 2022
To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia Alliance’s Dr Becky Upton answers with her own forecasting and pinpoints the...

Doppelganger effect

September 26, 2022
Ethical and medical challenges combined with technological advances and improved data capabilities have advanced the use of computational modelling in preference to animal testing. It may take longer though to...

I’m reviewing the simulations…

September 12, 2022
It may not be robots that researchers need to fear. Dr Matthew Partridge suggests, however, that the onward advance of modelling might mean we humans will soon need to look...

Sulzer acquisition to scale up biopolymer production

September 10, 2022
Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland's-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling up the Dutch company's pioneering technology for biopolymers.

Disruptors: how Cloud tech is reshaping the laboratory

August 22, 2022
Technological transformation is driving change in the modern lab as Cloud-based systems, automation and improved analytics open up a range of new possibilities, explain Dave Levy and David Gosalvez.

Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York

August 5, 2022
Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist insect laboratory at its York Bioscience Campus.

Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’

May 31, 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a research learning tool that returns experimental results as side-by-side, colour coded...

Industry 4.0 for UK chem labs

May 10, 2022
In advance of her talk as part of the Lab News hosted session at CHEMUK 2022, Iwona Kandpal looks at driving innovation in UK chemical labs in small and medium...

How to create an inclusive workplace

March 22, 2022
According to research, working women and minorities in the workplace have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This situation must bring diversity front and centre on the leadership agenda and...

Transitioning your values for gender neutrality

March 8, 2022
The world is in transition, and we must evolve along with it. Understanding and adopting the language and behaviours required to fully include transgender people into society is a change...

Understanding menopause in your workforce

March 1, 2022
While jumping at the chance to tell her personal story about how menopause has affected her work, this interviewee then asked for anonymity. Such is the continued fear of stigma...

Mitigating implicit bias in your laboratory

February 22, 2022
In the ongoing battle for workplace equity, diversity and inclusion, we are all responsible for our own actions. Here, we discuss how we may all become a little more self-aware...

Breakthrough technique set to improve robotic cancer surgery

February 18, 2022
The National Robotarium has received funds to develop a method to remove the margin of error for surgeons, giving them confidence that they have removed the correct amount of tissue...

Leadership pilot encourages progression for women in STEM

February 11, 2022
To celebrate the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science the Pistoia Alliance has announced the pilot phase of a new Women in STEM leadership program. The new...

Diagnosing exotic animals

January 13, 2022
From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic animals, Mary Pinborough discusses the joys and pitfalls of working with exotic animals and how...

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