Precision Medicine and Clinical Labs: AACR Dinner Seminar Recap

Blog - SeraCare recently hosted a dinner seminar to discuss the very topic of how clinical labs with liquid biopsy assays can better support the development of clinical validation of liquid biopsies and then clinical utility in patient care.

23 April 2019
Countdown to the SI redefinition: How long would it take to eat a mole of Easter eggs?

Blog - This month we are focusing on a unit that has particular significance to chemists and therefore, our scientists at the UK National Measurement Laboratory at LGC: the mole, the unit used to measure the (usually very large) number of things, usually atoms or molecules

20 April 2019
Improving the lab function with automation

Blog - Recently, Ben Meadows shared his thoughts on the value of trade shows like SLAS and how our tools are solving customer problems.

15 April 2019
The least stressful option for patients with Parkinson's

Blog - In the absence of a cure for Parkinson’s, patients themselves have identified improved management of stress and anxiety as the second highest priority for unmet research needs to improve their quality of life. Measuring cortisol has been suggested as a potential alternative and objective way to measure stress

11 April 2019
Some weight off your shoulders: The Kilogram and its SI redefinition

Blog - Since the late 19th century, the kilogram has been defined by the official artefact. However, despite being undeniably valuable, this artefact has been shown to have changed over its century-long life.

08 April 2019
Highlights from SeraCare's AACR 2019 meeting experience

Blog - The team at SeraCare have been experiencing the sights and sounds of the annual AACR meeting this week in Atlanta, and they are exciting about what they're learning! Catherine Huang, Director of Product Development at SeraCare, shared her top highlights from Atlanta this week

05 April 2019
Agrigenomics: how can NGS contribute to global food security?

Blog - NGS makes it much easier to apply genome selection, since breeders can more easily design and implement their breeding programmes to develop desirable traits such as drought tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yields

02 April 2019
LGC welcomes HRH The Princess Royal

News - The Princess Royal was given a tour of LGC’s recently-expanded laboratories and met with scientists and apprentices to hear how the company’s cutting-edge analytical science supports doping and medication control in animal sports, provides assurance to athletes taking supplements, and helps develop new drugs and therapies

01 April 2019
LGC scientist helps identify seven soldiers from Battle of Fromelles

News - Seven more Australian soldiers fallen at the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 have been formally identified, the Australian Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester announced earlier this week

29 March 2019
IQN Path Selects SeraCare Life Sciences for First-Ever Tumor Mutational Burden External Quality Assessment Program

News - International expert group focused on improving quality of clinical biomarker testing launching pilot TMB proficiency program in Spring 2019 

27 March 2019