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| First DNA test to predict individual patient response to clozapine |
28 May 2006 - LGC
LGC, Europe´s leading independent analytical laboratory providing advanced chemical, biochemical and forensic analysis, has announced an exclusive agreement with King's College London to offer the first pharmacogenetic screening service which will predict whether a patient with schizophrenia will respond positively to the antipsychotic drug clozapine. Developed following 13 years of research by Professor Robert Kerwin and Dr Maria Arranz from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's, the test will help clinicians tailor the management of medication for schizophrenia to the needs of the patient. |
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| Seven new reference materials for antibiotics testing in animal products now available from LGC Promochem |
27 May 2006 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of certified reference materials, is pleased to announce the launch of seven new reference materials from the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements intended for validating methods of analysis for veterinary residue testing in pig and salmon tissues and related products. |
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| ATCC apoptosis detection products now available from LGC Promochem |
27 May 2006 - LGC
LGC Promochem is pleased to announce that the new range of ATCC kits for apoptosis detection is now available throughout Europe. Designed for the straightforward detection of this complex process, researchers are now able to detect all stages of the process quickly and reliably in cultured cells or tissue samples. |
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| LGC-funded new MSc programme in analytical chemistry |
26 May 2006 - LGC
Dr Peter Lyne, Head of LGC´s Government Chemist Department and creator of the MSc course said: 'This course has been developed as a result of a growing demand for LGC´s advanced analytical services. We are therefore looking for two outstanding individuals to undertake permanent positions within the company. Based at our laboratories in Teddington, Middlesex, the two successful candidates will earn a competitive salary whilst building valuable practical skills using LGC´s state-of-the-art analytical equipment, backed up with the full support of LGC.' |
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| LGC Promochem announces a new range of botanical reference standards |
26 May 2006 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of certified reference materials, has announced its new range of botanical reference materials for specific plants, from artichoke to yarrow. The reference materials are primarily characterised by thin layer chromatography showing a 'fingerprint' of the botanical along with the certified identity and source. Many are also provided with macro and microscopic information for specific genus and species of the plant. |
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| The new Pharmaceutical Reference Substances and Impurities catalogue from LGC Promochem |
25 May 2006 - LGC
The release of the 2006 Pharmaceutical reference substances and impurities catalogue from LGC Promochem is set to make compulsory reading for the pharmaceutical industry and reinforce LGC Promochem's position as Europe's leading supplier of certified reference materials. |
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| New Promochem for LGC |
24 May 2006 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's most comprehensive source of certified reference materials and analytical standards, is exhibiting at Analytica 2006, and will be offering visitors information on a host of new products as well as technical advice on the use of reference materials. |
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| New VAM Bulletin puts food at the top of the menu |
24 May 2006 - LGC
LGC, Europe's leading independent analytical laboratory and the UK's National Measurement Institute for chemical, biochemical and nucleic acid analysis, has published the Spring 2005 issue of the VAM Bulletin. This twice-yearly journal looks at the activities and projects currently underway as part of the National Measurement System Valid Analytical Measurement Programme, as well as the issues surrounding the quality and reliability of analytical measurements. |
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| InsightFaraday launches LabSmart software audit package |
23 May 2006 - LGC
The InsightFaraday Partnership has launched LabSmart, a novel software-based process developed to analyse and significantly enhance laboratory operations. Coordinated by LGC, core partner of the InsightFaraday Partnership, this unique audit service is designed to model laboratory processes and explore alternative scenarios for improving efficiency and resource utilisation. |
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| LGC launches generic DNA-based proficiency testing scheme for quantitative PCR |
23 May 2006 - LGC
Developed by LGC as part of the DTI-funded Measurements for Biotechnology programme 2004-2007, this innovative approach is the first DNA-based PT scheme able to provide test materials applicable to a significantly wide range of sectors, beneficial to analysts working in clinical, pharmaceutical, forensic, academic and public health laboratories. LGC has established a reputation for setting up and running successful PT initiatives and, as the UK's National Measurement Institute for chemical and biochemical analysis, promotes international standards for analytical measurement for use in trade, industry, academia and government. |
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| Identifying pluripotency with the new ELF Phosphatase Detection Kit from ATCC |
22 May 2006 - LGC
The new ELF Phosphatase Detection Kit from ATCC, now available though LGC Promochem, offers a simple and robust method to fluorescently detect and visualise alkaline phosphatase activity in embryonic stem cells. The test method, which has been optimised by scientists at the ATCC Stem Cell Center, takes only a few minutes to perform and can be used alone or in conjunction with other techniques to provide dual colour assessment of overall in-vitro stem cell pluripotency. By quickly assessing the state of ES cells, the assay allows improved reproducibility of scientific data, enabling researchers to have increased confidence in their results. |
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| New pesticide references are anything but standard! |
22 May 2006 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials and analytical standards, has launched a new, extremely flexible range of pesticide standards. The new standards, from ULTRA's New Catalogue Customs range, are semi-customised reference standards that are available at catalogue prices, with off-the-shelf shipping times. Users can have their chosen pesticides delivered in one of four solvents, at either of two possible concentrations and in one of four packaging options. |
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| LGC´s new genetic diagnostic service debuts at InSiGHT Conference. |
15 May 2006 - LGC
LGC, Europe´s leading independent analytical laboratory providing advanced chemical, biochemical and forensic analysis will be launching its new screening service of the genes associated with non-polyposis colorectal cancer with a stand at the First Conference of International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours, at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, 14 - 17 June 2005. LGC is also the primary sponsor of the UK Cancer Genetics Group meeting, a satellite meeting which will run alongside the conference on 14 June. |
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| New research to evaluate options for a commercial synchrotron analysis service at CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory |
02 December 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Intertek Caleb Brett has been appointed by CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory to conduct market research and to evaluate all options for establishing a sustainable synchrotron radiation service for industry. Under details recently announced by CCLRC, the use of the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source by UK academia is planned for phased reduction completing at the end of 2008 and this creates an opportunity for the capacity released to be made more available for commercial use. |
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| Higthroughput new X-ray powder diffraction |
27 September 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Following discussions with STOE, Darmstadt 's prestige designer of scientific instruments, DARTS commissioned a bespoke automatic sample changer for use on the high flux powder diffraction station 9.1. Customers working in speciality chemicals and pharmaceuticals will particularly benefit from the high throughput for phase or polymorph identification, structure analysis and combinatorial chemistry studies, where the high intensity of synchrotron radiation is essential. |
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| e-HTPX: e-Science resource for high-throughput protein crystallography |
02 September 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
DARTS is preparing to offer yet another service to science and industry, namely e-HTPX; an e-science resource for high-throughput protein crystallography. e-HTPX will provide an automated procedure for protein structure determination using X-ray crystallography in a high throughput mode. In addition, e-HTPX will provide access to instruments, databases and low-cost, high quality parallel computing. |
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| DARTS helps solve industrial problems |
01 September 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
With support from the Victorian Government's new Industry Synchrotron Access, Cetec, a risk management consulting group, contacted DARTS in order to help solve a manufacturing problem for MtM Pty Ltd, an Australian car exporter. Cetec and Mtm Pty Ltd had already used conventional analyses to determine that the problem lay in the bonding mechanism between the bright-metal-on-plastic components. Results suggested that the bonding process could be improved by modifying several stages of the process, but the distribution of metals and other elements below one part per million could not be determined without the use of a synchrotron radiation source. |
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| Crystal structure connected to product performance |
01 June 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The appearance of different crystal structures (also known as polymorphs) in a crystallising substance can be critical to its performance in use. During manufacture, process control factors such as pressure and rate of cooling determine the composition of polymorphs that will occur. The ability to look at the detailed crystal structures developing during the manufacturing process allows an understanding of how the presence or absence of a particular polymorph can alter the behaviour, appearance, texture and other characteristics of the finished product. The properties which different polymorphs confer are often the key to improved or diminished product performance in terms of efficacy, safety and bio-availability. |
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| New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals |
15 April 2005 - University of Michigan
The beginnings of precious metals like gold can be traced to the blink of an eye in an exploding star billions of years ago, and scientists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have been able to scrutinize a crucial step in that process. |
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| Certified reference materials for doping control, forensic toxicology and food analysis |
14 April 2005 - LGC
From 1st April reference standards from the National Measurement Institute, Australia will be available in Europe from LGC Promochem. Under the agreement LGC Promochem has the exclusive right to distribute NMIA reference materials in Europe and a non-exclusive right for other parts of the world, excluding Australasia. |
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| ERM brand of certified reference materials - US debut at Pittcon 2005 |
28 February 2005 - LGC
The ERM brand of reference materials will be showcased for the first time outside Europe at Pittcon 2005, at the Orange County Convention Centre in Pittsburgh, USA from 28 February until 3 March 2005. |
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| New non-destructive residual stress mapping technique |
23 February 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The need of designers, manufacturers and maintenance engineers for non-destructive techniques to assess areas of structural weakness and potential failure in critical engineering components is being met by the DARTS team using the synchrotron at Daresbury Laboratory. Synchrotron strain scanning has been developed into an advanced non-destructive engineering analysis tool using the high energy, high flux beams and large experimental area at the Daresbury synchrotron to characterise the strength and potential failure of structural components. Detailed two and three dimensional strain maps of entire engineering components are obtained faster, to greater depth and more accurately than possible by any other method. |
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| Research instrument to study molecular events |
17 February 2005 - Q-Sense AB
A new generation of research instruments for characterising molecular events at surfaces has been launched by Q-Sense AB. |
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| New toxicogenomics project aims to maximise the potential of DNA microarray technology |
17 February 2005 - LGC
As the next phase of DTI's Measurements for Biotechnology programme to 2007 gets underway, a large DNA microarray dataset generated by an LGC-led consortium during the first phase is now freely available online at ArrayExpress, a leading public repository managed by the European Bioinformatics Institute. The sharing of well-annotated data is a primary objective of the Microarray Gene Expression Data Society and this repository is stored in accordance with MGED recommendations. |
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| Industry-driven technology roadmap from InsightFaraday Partnership helps stimulate uptake of HTT |
28 January 2005 - LGC
The InsightFaraday Partnership's technology roadmap for High Throughput Technologies is now available www.insightfaraday.org. Designed to provide industry with a step-by-step, comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques, benefits and barriers associated with HTT in the UK, the roadmap is also being referred to by applicants to EPSRC's current call for proposals in High Throughput Methods. |
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| New 2004-05 'Pharmaceutical reference substances and impurities' catalogue. |
20 December 2004 - LGC
LGC Promochem's new 2004-05 edition of its Pharmaceutical reference substances and impurities catalogue has a massively expanded product range including primary pharmaceutical standards from the United States Pharmacopeia, European Pharmacopoeia and British Pharmacopoeia as well as secondary impurity standards with detailed certificates of analysis. |
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| New commissioned beamlines on the SRS |
29 November 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
MPW6.2 is one of the most recently commissioned beamlines on the SRS and has been optimised to be particularly powerful for the investigation of structural changes during time-resolved materials processing experiments. |
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| New MPW MAD10 beamline has successfully completed its commissioning program |
29 November 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The new MPW MAD10 beamline has successfully completed its commissioning program during AP42 (March-October 2004). The station is characterized by the new MAR desktop beamline with CryoSampleChanger capable of storing up to 19 samples at time. The DTB has been integrated with the MAR225 Mosaic detector for macromolecular crystallography and by the C-TRAIN solid state fluorescence detector for MAD/EXAFS experiments. |
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| Natural products are central to a new drug discovery alliance announced by LGC and Novacta Biosystems. |
15 November 2004 - LGC
LGC, Europe's leading independent analytical laboratory providing advanced chemical, biochemical and forensic analysis, has signed a memorandum of collaboration with Novacta Biosystems, a Hertfordshire based drug discovery and development company formed to commercialise bioactive natural products. In the collaboration, LGC will market and provide access to Novacta's well-documented natural product library of 10,000 actinomycetes, creating a novel addition to the screening services available to drug discovery companies. |
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| New beamlines at the SRS |
11 November 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Beamline 11.1 is a new synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy facility that has recently been completed at Daresbury, and is now being commissioned ready for access by users. The beamline focuses the infrared synchrotron light down to a 10 micron spot which allows high spatial resolution chemical analysis of a wide range of materials from biological tissues to polymers, and from single crystals to archaeological remains. It is anticipated that the beamline will be further enhanced in the near future by the addition of an array detector infrared imaging system. |
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| Cause of the haziness affecting a transparent polymer food packaging material was discovered |
04 November 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The cause of the haziness affecting a transparent polymer food packaging material was discovered by DARTS by combining two complementary techniques available on the synchrotron. Transparent packaging suits both consumers, who can see what they are buying, and manufacturers who can use the visual appeal of the product to entice the customer. However, if the package looks imperfect or deteriorates in storage then this advantage is negated. The polymer film in question consisted of a core of polypropylene with a 0.6 micron surface layer of random copolymer of propylene and ethylene. The haze effect was known to be caused by the scattering of light from crystallites, but more information about the exact nature and size of these crystallites was needed in order to eradicate the problem. |
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| DARTS cracks the crystal haze |
01 November 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The cause of the haziness affecting a transparent polymer food packaging material was discovered by DARTS by combining two complementary techniques available on the synchrotron. |
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| LGC´s new analytical quality training programme - meeting the evolving needs of the analytical community |
15 October 2004 - LGC
LGC has published its new 2005 calendar of courses which has been designed to help laboratory managers and analysts demonstrate competence in, and keep abreast of, quality assurance issues and practices. Companies are facing increasing demands to meet regulatory, trade and quality requirements, resulting in a greater need to enhance skills in method validation, measurement uncertainty and the traceability of results. |
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| DARTS improves process control through formulation characterisation |
29 September 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Using the skill and expertise of the DARTS team and the high intensity X-rays produced by the Daresbury synchrotron, a major player in the oil industry has been able to improve the formulation control of its oil additive quickly and effectively. |
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| DARTS meets the challenge in complex crystal structure determination |
09 September 2004 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Patients in the future may be recovering much more quickly from surgery with the introduction of a new molecule which suppresses the effects of the neuromuscular blockers often used in conjunction with anaesthetics. |
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| LGC´s new easy-to-use website provides fast, comprehensive information about DNA profiling |
02 September 2004 - LGC
LGC's new website provides accurate, jargon-free information about paternity and relationship testing. LGC is Europe's leading independent analytical laboratory providing advanced chemical, biochemical and forensic analysis, diagnostic services and DNA testing, and has been an accredited provider of paternity testing for the past 15 years. |
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| LGC Promochem announces new reference materials for clinical analysis and forensic toxicology |
11 August 2004 - LGC
The misuse of drugs is a growing problem that is setting new challenges for clinical and forensic analysts, but help is now at hand from LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of certified reference materials. LGC Promochem has released the new 2004-05 edition of its well-known Reference materials for clinical analysis and forensic toxicology catalogue. |
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| LGC Promochem responds to customer demands with its new Snap-n-Shoot reference standards |
13 July 2004 - LGC
The demand for plant-derived phytomedicines is increasing and, consequently, manufacturers are having to widen their sources of the plant extracts which are their raw materials. Many of these extracts are imported from overseas, particularly the Far East, and quality is often variable depending on how the extraction step has been carried out. |
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| LGC Promochem announces new reference standards for the food industry. |
09 June 2004 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference standards for the nitrofuran drug metabolites. Developed by Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, these new standards support the demand for analytical techniques to determine drug residues in meat. |
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| LGC Promochem announces new reference materials for the oil industry |
06 May 2004 - LGC
We are all aware of the contribution that sulfur makes to atmospheric pollution and acid rain, and low sulfur fuels are a familiar feature of forecourt advertising. But what exactly is low sulfur? The current limits set by European Union Directives for sulfur in petrol and diesel fuels are 150 and 350mg per kg, respectively, and will be reduced to 50mg per kg for both fuels by 2005. |
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| LGC and AKOS combine to offer expanded drug development services |
22 March 2004 - LGC
LGC, Europe's leading independent provider of chemical, biochemical and forensic analysis, has formed a strategic alliance with AKOS, the UK-based specialist drug development and regulatory affairs consultancy company, that will enable both parties to expand the range of services they offer to drug discovery companies. |
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| The sky´s the limit, a dilute Aqueous Ethanol Reference Material to meet new legislation |
05 December 2003 - LGC
LGC Promochem has released a new forensic ethanol reference material in rapid response to recent legislation. Legislation lowering the blood alcohol limit for air traffic controllers and active aircrew to a quarter of the drink drive limit recently passed into law in the UK. This law now brings the UK into line with other EU countries. |
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| New VAM Bulletin looks back |
14 November 2003 - LGC
The VAM Bulletin is a twice-yearly journal focusing on the latest activities and developments from the DTI National Measurement System's 'Valid Analytical Measurement' Programme, of which LGC is the lead contractor. Through VAM, LGC has been providing support to UK industry to ensure that analytical measurements are carried out competently and accurately by providing the 'tools' needed to implement best practice and demonstrate the validity of their results. |
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| New VAM guide and software package to aid in-house method validation studies |
14 October 2003 - LGC
LGC has launched two new products, both of which were produced as part of the DTI´s National Measurement System´s Valid Analytical Measurement Programme. Both products, a guide and a software package, tackle the key issue of in-house method validation. |
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| New European Reference Materials Initiative will harmonise chemical analysis |
13 October 2003 - LGC
LGC´s Chief Executive, Dr Richard Worswick, joined leaders from Europe´s major Certified Reference Materials producers last week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the new European Reference Materials Initiative, which is designed to harmonise and further improve quality, reliability and performance in chemical analysis. |
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| DARTS new protein crystallisation service – how it works |
01 October 2003 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Pharmaceutical companies are in the business of producing drugs designed to interact with specific protein targets. The drug/target interaction is first tested in order to elicit an effect, either boosting the protein's biological activity or reducing it. To fine tune the interaction, further detailed information is usually required, which often means structure determination of the protein coupled to its target molecule. DARTS is well disposed to offer a complete protein crystallisation service to satisfy your needs. |
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| First commercial use of a Leco Pegasus 4D Fast GC-ToF-MS |
31 July 2003 - LGC
LGC, the UK´s leading independent analytical laboratory providing chemical, biochemical and DNA analysis, is the first commercial operation in the UK (and one of the first in the world) to invest in a two-dimensional Fast Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. |
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| New angle X-ray scattering at Daresbury Laboratory can be used to measure size distribution of true nanoparticles |
14 July 2003 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Small angle X-ray scattering at the Daresbury Laboratory can now be used to measure the size distribution of 'true' nanoparticles in the 1-100 nm range, using specific experimental conditions and advanced data treatment developed on site. The technique has the flexibility to cope with samples either in liquid suspension or dry powder form, and most importantly can determine particle size distribution, a key requirement of particle size analysis on this scale. |
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| New LGC Promochem catalogue - Reference materials for food, industry and occupational hygiene |
19 June 2003 - LGC
LGC Promochem, Europe´s leading supplier of certified reference materials, has increased its product range for food safety and quality control, industry and occupational hygiene. In a new catalogue containing details of over a thousand products intended for analysis in these sectors, LGC Promochem has sourced products from reputable national and international bodies such as the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements and the National Institute of Standards and Technology and commercial organisations including ULTRA Scientific and Cerilliant as well as LGC´s in-house production facility. |
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| New interactive Measurements for Biotechnology website at www.mfbprog.org.uk |
30 May 2003 - LGC
In collaboration with the BioIndustry Association and the National Physical Laboratory, LGC has developed and launched a new website at www.mfbprog.org.uk for the Measurements for Biotechnology Programme, part of the DTI National Measurement System. A non-commercial, independent source of information, the site aims to provide the biotechnology sector with access to the data and guidelines arising from the MfB programme to help improve the quality, reliability and comparability of bioanalytical measurements. |
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| Biotechnology Regulatory Atlas, an overview of modern biotechnology regulation & how to achieve compliance |
02 April 2003 - LGC
The new Biotechnology Regulatory Atlas, compiled by LGC for the Department of Trade and Industry, guides SMEs and start-up companies to effective compliance strategies, equipping them to minimise the risks and costs arising from knowledge gaps. The Atlas is a key component of www.i-bio.gov.uk, the new UK Biotechnology Portal and one-stop internet resource for industry, researchers and the public interested in the biotech sector. |
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| European launch of herbal reference materials set to improve standards in growing health product market |
14 March 2003 - LGC
Over 2500 high purity ChromaDex phytochemical reference standards are now available exclusively from LGC Promochem throughout Europe. Extracted from natural plant material, the ChromaDex range of standards are used to verify the presence of, and accurately quantify, key marker or active compounds - such as hypericin for St John´s Wort or caftaric acid for Echinacea. The standards can also be used to check for toxic or adulterating plant material. |
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| LGC launches ADME-Tox screening service for pharmaceutical, drug discovery & combinatorial sector |
18 February 2003 - LGC
LGC, the UK´s leading independent analytical laboratory, is expanding its bioanalytical services for pharmaceutical and drug discovery companies with the introduction of in vitro Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Toxicology screening in new facilities at Teddington. LGC´s new range of ADME-Tox screening services, which together are able to filter out library compounds with poor pharmacokinetic profiles, include Caco-2 permeability, in vitro metabolism, plasma stability, cellular toxicology and plasma protein binding. |
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| Q-Sense sells instrument to Berkeley University in California |
15 January 2003 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense Inc. of Newport Beach in California, USA has sold and installed a research instrument for surface analysis to the Department of Bioengineering, Materials Science, Berkeley University in California, USA. Q-Sense Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Q-Sense AB, Göteborg Sweden. |
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| Q-Sense signs contract with Japanese distributor |
12 December 2002 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense AB, developing and selling a sensor technology for non-rigid surfaces, has signed a distributor agreement with Meiwa Shoji Ltd, Osaka, Japan. |
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| InsightFaraday launches with plans for high throughput technology transfer |
10 December 2002 - LGC
A major technological enterprise, InsightFaraday, was launched on Monday 9 December at the Society of Chemical Industry, London. Awarded an initial £2.2m by the Department of Trade and Industry and the research councils in September, InsightFaraday aims to make high throughput technologies an integral part of new product and process development, leading to reductions in ´time to market´ for UK industry. |
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| A new national resource offering independent advice on regulation in chemical industry is now available |
08 October 2002 - LGC
LGC, the UK's national centre for analytical measurement, has announced a new advisory service for the chemical sector. Funded through the DTI's Government Chemist programme, the Regulatory Advisory Service at LGC provides free guidance and technical advice to producers and users of chemicals regarding current and emerging chemical and environmental legislation. Information available includes: |
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| New Faraday Partnership to enable high throughput technologies in product and process R&D. |
06 September 2002 - LGC
Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, announced a new Faraday Partnership in High Throughput Technologies on 5 September 2002 in which LGC is the core partner. The aim of the INSIGHT Faraday Partnership is to make HTT an integral part of new product and process development, leading to reductions in 'time to market' for UK industry. INSIGHT, one of six partnerships approved in the latest round, has been awarded an initial £2.2m over three years, with core funding to come from the Department of Trade and Industry and research funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. |
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| New quality control reference materials range from LGC |
23 April 2002 - LGC
LGC has launched a new range of reference materials which are being developed in conjunction with the analytical market place to meet the growing need for independently produced reference materials for use in routine analysis. |
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| LGC launches the Analytical Route Map, a web resource for scientists in industry |
15 April 2002 - LGC
LGC, the UK's leading independent analytical laboratory, has launched a new interactive web site for analytical scientists and laboratory managers based in industry. Sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Analytical Route Map at www.anamap.co.uk provides a problem solving resource and non-commercial practical advice on specialist techniques, from active ultrasound spectroscopy to electroseparations. |
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| Forensic DNA technique to revolutionise life science research |
22 June 2001 - LGC
A recent validation study [1] conducted by LGC has shown that a technology previously applied in forensic DNA profiling offers a fast, inexpensive and reliable method for the identification of cell lines used in medical research. |
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| Launch of new UK biotechnology initiative |
15 March 2001 - LGC
LGC, the UK's leading independent analytical laboratory, has led a successful consortium bid to formulate a new national science programme for the advancement of measurement in biotechnology. The programme, commissioned by the DTI's National Measurement System, will develop the facilities and expertise needed to support growth and prosperity in the UK's biotechnology industry. |
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| Launch of new UK biotechnology initiative |
19 January 2001 - LGC
LGC, the UK's leading independent analytical laboratory, has led a successful consortium bid to formulate a new national science programme for the advancement of measurement in biotechnology. The programme, commissioned by the DTI's National Measurement System, will develop the facilities and expertise needed to support growth and prosperity in the UK's biotechnology industry. |
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| LGC launches first Chemicals Regulatory Atlas |
20 December 2000 - LGC
At the Scientific Societies´ Lecture Theatre in London today LGC, the UK´s leading independent chemical analysis laboratory, launched the first Chemical Regulatory Atlas as a guide to achieving regulatory compliance for chemical procedures, particularly smaller firms, as part of its work carried out under the Government Chemist programme. |
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| New tests could provide answer to safety of PVC toys |
28 October 2000 - LGC
Two new tests have been developed which represent an important advance in establishing whether certain softening agents used in the manufacture of PVC toys and childcare articles present a risk to young children. |
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| Equine drug testing, straight from the horse's mane |
27 October 2000 - LGC
University Diagnostics Ltd, known for its pioneering horse identification service GENEQ, has launched a new drug testing service that can detect a horse's exposure to drugs from a simple hair sample. This is the first time such testing has been made available to the general public in the UK. |
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| LGC and North West Water launch new environmental analysis service to cut cost of regulatory compliance |
19 April 2000 - LGC
Two leaders in environmental analysis have joined forces to offer a new analytical service designed to help industry meet regulatory demands for higher levels of environmental monitoring. |
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