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Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation

Added: 7 Nov 2022

To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia A…

Lab Awards finalists named

Added: 26 Oct 2022

Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…

Lab Awards, Insights and Innovation Theatre at Lab Innovations

Added: 23 Oct 2022

After a successful launch last year, the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with…

How can AI advance laboratory research?

Added: 21 Oct 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …

Lab Innovations: back at Birmingham NEC for 2022

Added: 17 Oct 2022

Lab Innovations is back once again at the NEC with a panoramic mix of exhibits, seminars and sessio…

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness o…

Reproducibility’s new rule of three

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Could multiplexing offer the way around one of science’s great conundrums? Russ Swan contemplates.

Supporting innovation in life sciences

Added: 20 Sep 2022

The life sciences’ response to Covid-19 has spurred intense interest worldwide in British R&D, says…

Climate turns frosty for UK participation

Added: 20 Sep 2022

Whatever dividends might accrue from Brexit, British science looks set to lose its key role in the …

I’m reviewing the simulations…

Added: 12 Sep 2022

It may not be robots that researchers need to fear. Dr Matthew Partridge suggests, however, that th…

The OOC alternative

Added: 28 Aug 2022

Microphysiological systems can be employed with the aim of providing a more accurate replication of…

Hazards poster

Avoiding common pitfalls deploying customised fume cupboards

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Fume cupboards are vital in an industrial setting but they need to be tailored carefully to the ind…

Healthcare must learn from experience to combat global challenges for patients’ sake

Added: 22 Aug 2022

With nearly one in 20 of global drug trials affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it’s essential…

Disruptors: how Cloud tech is reshaping the laboratory

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Technological transformation is driving change in the modern lab as Cloud-based systems, automation…

Game Theory: Ecosystem

Added: 8 Aug 2022

Games are always a fun way to spend time. Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, reviewed Ecosystem …

Creating a Successful Lab Buildout Plan

Added: 8 Aug 2022

Creating a detailed plan is a vital part of making lab build projects run smoothly with minimal pit…

Young people still choose BMW over biotech

Added: 1 Aug 2022

Starlab International recently carried out a survey about the perception of laboratory careers post…

How to get lab equipment ‘field’ ready

Added: 31 Jul 2022

Having gathered evidence from at least two field researchers, Dr Matthew Partridge discusses the pe…

Creating places for people to drive life science

Added: 24 Jul 2022

While technology and collaboration has made it possible for many to consider giving up their commut…

Non-consensual citizen science?

Added: 24 Jul 2022

Russ Swan ponders the non-consensual extraction of biological information from public social images…