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Solid Form Solutions Ltd achieves ISO9001:2008 certification
After inspection by the British Standards Institute, Solid Form Solutions (SFS) has now been recommended for certification to ISO9001:2008.
12 April 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Actual Analytics Secures £900,000 Investment
Actual Analytics, a recent spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, has announced the completion of a funding round, securing over £900,000 of investment to develop and take to market their first product.
12 April 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Engineer awarded for his work with schools
An engineer who has worked with schools and colleges to get young people interested in science has won an award for his dedication
30 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Remembering the future: Visual cortex saves energy by predicting what it will see
Scientists have discovered the brain saves energy by predicting what it is likely to see
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Lab901 extends ScreenTape user base for rapid, automated SDS-PAGE
Lab901 announced a significant extension of the user base for its protein ScreenTape platform for rapid, convenient, automated SDS-PAGE
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Stirling cancer researchers to examine lifestyle changes
Cancer researchers at the University of Stirling, in collaboration with national and international colleagues, are to undertake an in-depth study to determine if lifestyle changes are prompted by a cancer diagnosis.
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Scientists find 'Doublesex' gene key to fruit fly gender
The brains of males and females and how they use them may be far more different then previously thought, at least in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, according to a joint study by scientists from the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford.
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Scientists share secret of how our cells make us tick
Scientists have shed light on a key control process within cells that helps ensure our bodies function efficiently.
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
ClinTec CEO Dr Rabinder Buttar wins the Institute of Directors Director of the Year Award for Glasgow and West of Scotland
Dr Rabinder Buttar, President and CEO of Global CRO (Contract Research Organisation), ClinTec International, became the only female director this year to pick up a Regional Director's Award at the renowned Institute of Directors (IOD), Director of the Year Awards.
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Computer scientists play key-role in UK's first three-way kidney transplants
Computer scientists from the University of Glasgow are playing a key role in the NHS's living donor kidney transplant programme which saw the first multiple kidney transplants involving three couples take place at the end of last year.
29 March 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland