Review of methods and challenges associated with detection of Precision Bred Products

News (ZH) - The UK National Reference Laboratory for GMOs based at LGC has reviewed the current state-of-the-art methods for the potential detection of Precision Bred Organisms (PBOs) in food and feed supply chains and to provide recommendations towards developing a framework for the traceability of PBOs.

LGC acquires Kova International, Inc., including Biochemical Diagnostics, Inc., strengthening its portfolio of Quality Measurement Tools

News (ZH) - Today, LGC Clinical Diagnostics, a business unit of LGC, announced the acquisition of Kova International, Inc. (Kova), a leading developer and manufacturer of in vitro urinalysis and toxicology quality control products for clinical laboratories

Mehrdad Tabrizi appointed Executive Vice President & General Manager, LGC Axolabs

News (ZH) - LGC today announced the appointment of Dr Mehrdad Tabrizi as Executive Vice President and General Manager for LGC Axolabs. 

DNA identifies five more Australian World War I soldiers

News (ZH) - Five more soldiers who fell at the Battle of Fromelles more than 100 years ago have been identified using DNA analysis performed by LGC.

National Measurement Laboratory at LGC launches cell metrology lab in Leeds

News (ZH) - The first step in a partnership between the University of Leeds and the NML, the laboratory was launched on Friday, 31 March 2023 at a special event hosted Nexus, which features talks from Professors Julian Braybrook and Nick Plant, as well as a visit from the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin.

LGC acquires the Lipomed Reference Standards business, enhancing global portfolio of analytical reference materials

News (ZH) - Leading manufacturer and supplier of analytical reference standards greatly complements LGC's current offering

LGC Board of Directors change

News (ZH) - After ten years with LGC, initially as Chief Executive Officer and most recently as Non-Executive Chair, Tim Robinson has announced that, as planned, he will be retiring from LGC to focus on public service and philanthropy.

LGC publishes ESG report for 2021-22

News (ZH) - This is LGC’s second ESG report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the most widely used sustainability reporting framework globally.

Infectious disease researchers publish routes to ensure lessons are learned from COVD-19 when using PCR for monkeypox diagnosis

News (ZH) - The paper, titled “Monkeypox: another test for PCR”, focuses on how to ensure the PCR diagnosis tests being deployed for monkeypox will be most accurate and that lessons learned on PCR testing from the COVID-19 pandemic are applied to the current epidemic.

LGC Clinical Diagnostics extend collaboration with Stanford Medicine supporting global genetic and metabolomic diagnostic testing

News (ZH) - The exclusive partnership will also be extended to include the analysis of phenotypic-genotypic correlations and metabolic profiling of some common maternal/ fetal cardiac defects known to be related to monogenic disorders.