Precision Medicine and Clinical Labs: AACR Dinner Seminar Recap

博客 - 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.

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

博客 - 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

Improving the lab function with automation

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

The least stressful option for patients with Parkinson's

博客 - 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

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

博客 - 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.

Highlights from SeraCare's AACR 2019 meeting experience

博客 - 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

Agrigenomics: how can NGS contribute to global food security?

博客 - 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

Ground Control to Major Tom: Use Controls and Keep Your Assay Running On

博客 - Our analysis uncovers how labs may save money by leveraging positive run controls to reduce costs associated with excessive downtime related to troubleshooting sources of assay failure

Counting down to the SI redefinition: Give us a second!

博客 - Each month we are posting a blog focusing on one of the seven SI base units. This month we are taking a peak at the redefinition of the second.

Try some fun science activities for British Science Week!

博客 - This week marks another British Science Week, a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.