Genomic selection: methods in crop and animal breeding

Blog - Genomic selection through genotyping is more accurate than conventional breeding methods and promises to revolutionise crop and animal breeding. The question is, which genotyping solution is right for the challenges you face?

18 February 2019
The new Gluten-Free Certification Program Global Standard published

News - GFCP is a set of voluntary certification Global Standards based on a preventative, science-based approach for managing the safe manufacturing and production of gluten-free products

15 February 2019
Keys to Better Liquid Biopsy Assay Sensitivity

Blog - Tony Godfrey, PhD, and Bob Daber, PhD, (President and CTO of Genosity) detailed how they overcame common ctDNA challenges in their labs during SeraCare’s AMP Corporate Workshop in San Antonio, Texas.

14 February 2019
LGC Maine Standards announces addition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein to VALIDATE® Body Fluids kit

News - VALIDATE® Body Fluids, now enhanced with CSF-TP, addresses the growing demand by laboratories in need of a product to document Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein linearity and calibration verification.

12 February 2019
Government Chemist team celebrates first female president of the Association of Public Analysts

News - The career and legacy of Joan Davena Peden (1920-1997) have been charted in a paper in the Journal of the Association of Public Analysts.

12 February 2019
Our hungry planet: new tools in agrigenomics are key to food security

Blog - Genomic selection has been instrumental in dairy cattle breeding where it has essentially replaced progeny testing, enabling greater and faster improvements in terms of genetic gain

11 February 2019
LGC analyst Michael Walker contributes to Food Unwrapped

News - Host Matt Tebbutt tackled the subject of meat authenticity in takeaway meals and sought to have samples from 15 dishes tested for species confirmation

05 February 2019
Counting down to the SI redefinition: Amperes, amber and EKGs

Blog - In 2019, the ampere – the SI base unit of electric current  – will be undergoing some “electrifying ” changes.

20 January 2019
Analysis for Innovators to host roadshows before fourth round opens

News - First roadshow will take place on 29 January in Oxford

15 January 2019
New training course programme for 2019

News - Includes popular courses on Statistics, Method Validation, Measurement Uncertainty

11 January 2019