RECENT NEWS

A partnership that will transform pathology services and help to improve the quality of patient care across South East London has gone live.

Dr Sarah Pitt has been made a Life Member of the Institute of Biomedical Science in recognition of her long and valuable contribution to the field of virology.

ViroStat is a primary manufacturer, supplying infectious disease reagents to researchers and rapid test manufacturers. It has just released a new set of monoclonal antibodies to lipoteichoic acid (LTA).

Olympus has unveiled the winners of its second Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. The winning images were selected from a record number of entries—nearly 700 submissions from 61 countries.

The wide range of Excel Scientific sealing options, available from Alpha Laboratories, securely seal plates to avoid contamination and evaporation. They are designed with features that maximise ease of use and performance in specific techniques.

Sarah May, Deputy Chief Executive at the IBMS, provides a personal view of progress in organising the professional body's next biennial Congress event.

The British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) has launched its new Don’t Wait;Act campaign to re-start testing for non-COVID health issues.

New research, using cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), has revealed key insights into a vital DNA repair process, which is implicated in resistance to cancer treatments.

OGT, a Sysmex Group company, has unveiled a brand refresh and new integrated website that reaffirms and pledges its commitment to delivering partnership, innovation and expertise to scientists and clinical decision-makers worldwide.

CliniSys Group has created a single brand for its businesses in the UK and Europe, with a refreshed logo and a new website.

Proscia and Unilabs have established a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in routine pathology practice.

The British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) has welcomed the publication of the Government’s new research strategy.

Investors in biotech innovator Abviris Deutschland are injecting almost two million Euros to speed up expansion, after promising results for its immunoassay biomarker for the early diagnosis of cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

Solmedia has brought new precision microtomes to the UK for the first time, as part of a new partnership with SLEE Medical.

INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot and VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipettes are proving invaluable to scientists at Southmead Hospital in Bristol developing novel antibiotics against resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria.

HORIBA UK has reinforced its provision to academia by launching a new dedicated resource centre on its website. This is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to fully support scientists involved in academic research and innovation.

HORIBA UK, Medical has launched its new-look blood cell morphology-focused newsletter, which draws on and shares HORIBA Medical’s haematology expertise with a broad audience.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its Thermo Scientific General Purpose Pro Centrifuge Series with the addition of two new models designed to enhance sample safety and reproducibility, improve ergonomics and reduce noise levels.

PCR Biosystems, a UK-based specialist in DNA and RNA analysis, has launched a range of IsoFast Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification.

INTEGRA Biosciences’ VOYAGER adjustable tip-spacing pipette is routinely used to combat the challenges associated with repetitive pipetting tasks in molecular biology. These workflows often consist of lengthy, multistep protocols.