CONTENTS
EUROPEAN
LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Welcome
This first Eurolab of the year has several new areas of focus. We have a training section; a response to feedback from readers. It is clear that the bio-engineering sector requires cohesive collaboration between industry and education and that there is considerable work being done in this area. As such, it makes sense for us to provide information on this. We are also running a ‘Focus’ section, a standalone piece looking at a key topic. On pages 8-11 we provide an industry response to a report released by the UK’s House of Lords in late 2024 stating that the UK’s bioengineering sector needs improved training, investment and regulation. We provide views from the industry on how the UK compares with its international competitors as well as how the report’s recommendations might be implemented. The cover story A clean up
operation (page 20) looks at a series of new cleanroom products from Netherlands-based company Safe-T as well as the ISO requirements that such products need to meet. As usual, this issue features several articles on artificial intelligence. Of particular interest is a new platform from Telesis Bio explored in Life from a lab on page 18. The platform, called Gibson Sola, uses AI and computational technology to develop new biologics in a lab overnight. Other articles of interest will the
piece from Restek on dual-bed cartridges with filter aid (page 38); and CN Bio’s always innovative Organ on a chip work, explored in Data translation (page 28). This looks at how in-vitro to in-vivo translatability (IVIVT) of preclinical data is improved with the technology.
Nicola Brittain Editor
20 INDUSTRY NEWS
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An overview of global news for scientists and lab technicians
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FOCUS: THE UK’S BIOENGINEERING SECTOR
View from the industry Exploring recommended changes to the UK’s regulation, training, and investment environment
ANALYTICAL AND LAB EQUIPMENT
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Temperature tips How robust temperature control increases efficiency
Reduced pipette waste Mitigating the problem of single-use pipette tips
Qualifying instruments Using a continuous digital flow meter with liquid chromatography instruments
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Life in a lab The creation of in-house biologics goes mainstream
A clean up operation A product suite that will help maintain clean room standards
MICROSCOPY
Focus on sustainability How electron microscopy can help combat climate change
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