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Former Bath spin-out secures pre-seed funding for refrigeration free vaccine transportation project

Added: 24 Jan 2023

University of Bath spin-out, award-winning biopharmaceuticals company EnsiliTech has raised £1.2 mi…

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ Colorado expansion completes first phase

Added: 24 Jan 2023

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has announced the end of phase one of the construction of its new R&D…

London Institute of Medical Sciences’ cutting-edge HQ complete

Added: 24 Jan 2023

The Medical Research Council’s new home for its London Institute of Medical Sciences has reached co…

Lab’s failures led to nearly 40,000 false negative COVID tests, says UKHSA

Added: 29 Nov 2022

A clinic set up just months after the initial outbreak of Covid-19 cases in the UK issued thousands…

More wins in an expanded Lab Awards

Added: 4 Nov 2022

A packed Lab Innovations Show saw 10 renowned brands from the laboratory world winning in the expan…

Government challenged to ‘level up’ northern science park provision

Added: 24 Oct 2022

The head of a former Liverpool University spin-out has called on the Government to address the lack…

SEP investment 'aids Cresset to speed product development'

Added: 26 Sep 2022

UK-based drug discovery and design software developer Cresset has secured investment from Scottish …

Microscopic Zebrafish embryo is star of global film awards

Added: 13 Sep 2022

A stunning video of the developing embryo of a Zebrafish has been named as this year’s winner of th…

Lab Awards: Get your nominations in before the deadline

Added: 29 Aug 2022

Time is running out to enter the Lab Awards 2022 – featuring 10 categories to highlight the best wo…

GE and Emerson give biophrama boost FlexFactory

Sheffield spin-out aims to harness global biomanufacturing boom

Added: 1 Aug 2022

A University of Sheffield spin-out is aiming to develop faster growing and more resistant and susta…

East of England trusts and Sectra unite to digitise pathology

Added: 19 Jul 2022

The East Suffolk & North Essex and the West Suffolk NHS Trusts are partnering with Sectra to enable…

iiCON to expand pipeline following Research England funding boost   

Added: 11 Jul 2022

Research England has confirmed a grant of £1.7 million in new funding for iiCON – the Infection Inn…

NHS Scotland says Citadel LIMS contract will be transformational for healthcare 

Added: 11 Jul 2022

NHS Scotland says its contract with Citadel Health to supply its Laboratory Information Management …

Cellomatics moves with growing demand

Added: 21 Jun 2022

Cellomatics Biosciences has tripled its footprint with the opening of its new Nottinghamshire site …

New Cambridge facility aims to ease clinical trial supplies challenge

Added: 11 Jun 2022

Pharmaceutical and medical manufacturer SMC has opened its new 20,000 sq ft Cambridge Pharma facili…

EUREKA Eurostars grants €0.8 million for immune therapies collaboration

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Dutch firm Lead Pharma and French company Oxeltis have been awarded an €800K grant from the 37-nati…

Pandemic a ‘missed opportunity’ to recruit specialists of the future

Added: 3 May 2022

Careers in laboratories must be “made more visible” to encourage more young people into the field a…

Chemical compliance for the medtech industry: new whitepaper

Added: 27 Apr 2022

Chemical compounds are used both within the constituent materials used to make medical devices and …

Mitigating implicit bias in your laboratory

Added: 22 Feb 2022

In the ongoing battle for workplace equity, diversity and inclusion, we are all responsible for our…

Sustainable savings: 4 ways labs can reduce water use

Added: 3 Feb 2022

In times when sustainability and waste reduction remain high on the agenda of laboratory managers d…