Latest Comment And Analysis


Health in the round

Added: 2 May 2023

In the second of our features on key talks from the recent Lab Innovations’ My Green Lab/Laboratory…

Wading with dinosaurs

Added: 24 Apr 2023

As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford resurfa…

Synthetic affinity reagents: new possibilities for diagnostics

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Fast and effective diagnostic testing is key to disease management but a challenge for antibody-bas…

CHEMUK 2023 Preview: Get in the zone

Added: 20 Apr 2023

CHEMUK is back with hundreds of exhibitors and speakers and this year for the first time it will ha…

Shared excellence

Added: 17 Apr 2023

The FAIRE grants scheme provides opportunity for researchers in 80 countries to publish their work …

Collaboration on life sciences – do we need the UK?

Added: 17 Apr 2023

Undoubtedly, yes, says Jan Wauters. The benefits to Britain and Europe are too great, he argues, an…

‘Life in the clouds’

Added: 3 Apr 2023

The growth of collaborative work and reliance on contract research organisations plus unprecedented…

Let’s talk about sex, maybe

Added: 30 Mar 2023

As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisit…

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Not wanted – bot with GSOH

Added: 27 Mar 2023

Reinforced learning won’t make ChatGPT a lab competitor for Matthew Partridge. Not until it masters…

Keener on greener

Added: 27 Mar 2023

Sustainability was the core of Lab Innovations’ MyGreenLab/Laboratory News seminar series. In the f…

Game Theory: Genotype

Added: 20 Mar 2023

Based on Mendelian genetics, Genotype is absorbing and challenging, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr I…

Colouring our view

Added: 20 Mar 2023

The work of spectroscopy’s early pioneers continues to influence us today, says Brian J Ford, and i…

Light shined like a neon show

Added: 12 Mar 2023

Good quality visuals help convey information in research papers. Contrary to what many scientists s…

Lab Diary: Aurora provides lecture time enlightenment

Added: 7 Mar 2023

Recent days have offered a rare opportunity to view the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in the U…

International Women’s Day 2023: the voices of experience

Added: 7 Mar 2023

To mark International Women’s Day 2023, three women who play leading roles in the life science sect…

Investing in futures

Added: 5 Mar 2023

It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-te…

Sustainably feeding the world with genomics-driven agriculture

Added: 5 Mar 2023

As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in t…

The Pauper Paradox

Added: 27 Feb 2023

The degree machine pumps out poorly paid young graduates. Someone’s doing well out of it, observes …

From petri dish to dinner plate

Added: 27 Feb 2023

Lab grown meat is developing into a multibillion pound industry but scaling up has challenges, expl…

A coordinated advance

Added: 20 Feb 2023

Deep virology knowledge, urgency and partnership form the crucible for rapid antibody development t…