New measurement centre set to open in Scotland

News - Centre is being created as part of an ambitious, long-term collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and LGC

01 July 2019
What is the microbiome and how can it help?

Blog - LGC’s Denise O’Sullivan, Science Leader in Infectious Diseases within the UK National Measurement Laboratory, recently spoke with Genetic Engineering News on the latest episode of their podcast, GENcast, to discuss the role of the microbiome in human health.

25 June 2019
Informed-Sport and Informed-Choice: Testing your favorite products for banned substances

Blog - Last month, during Clean Sport Week, we showed Grenade around our labs that help keep athletes clean.

17 June 2019
Newly published multi-laboratory study provides utility and validation of the use of ctDNA reference standards

Blog - The study, “Multi-laboratory Assessment of a New Reference Material for Quality Assurance of Cell-Free Tumor DNA Measurements,” was published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

04 June 2019
Genomic selection: can it accelerate livestock breeding?

Blog - In this article, we investigate how genomic selection can now provide us with genomic information of increasing complexity, which can be utilised to evaluate polygenic traits such as feed conversion ratio, and how breeders and ranchers can leverage the latest genomic tools to meet the growing global demands on protein consumption

28 May 2019
LGC announces VALIDATE® High Sensitive Troponin kit for easier linearity and calibration verification on Beckman Coulter DxI / Access® analyzers

News - VALIDATE High Sensitive Troponin, for Beckman Coulter DxI / Access®, is the only linearity and calibration verification product targeting Beckman’s High Sensitivity Troponin I assay range

21 May 2019
LGC backs third annual UK Anti-Doping Clean Sport Week

News - This year’s campaign will celebrate clean athletes and their success, and promote the work of the anti-doping community in the fight for clean sport

20 May 2019
Farewell to the kilogram as we know it

Blog - At the National Measurement Laboratory for chemical and biomeasurement, we are celebrating a momentous achievement this World Metrology Day – a day dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of measurement for life as we know it

20 May 2019
Meet the Scientists: Protecting patients and sharing knowledge with Antonio

Blog - We recently spoke with one of our senior scientists, Antonio, to learn about the important work he does and what inspired him to become a scientist. He's passionate about the environment and sharing his knowledge with others to benefit society!

09 May 2019
LGC announces VALIDATE® LP kit for easier linearity and calibration verification on SIEMENS ADVIA® and ATELLICA® analyzers

News - Addresses the growing demand by laboratories in need of a product to document HDL and LDL linearity and calibration verification

24 April 2019