The recent plan by the Trump Administration to cap indirect costs for NIH academic research, which has been put on hold by a federal judge, as well as cuts to several other agencies that are major funders of R&D, has put the spotlight on federal R&D spending. This month, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) National […]
10x Genomics (10x) is a US-based life science technology company that manufactures genomic and cell analysis technology for scientific research applications. Specifically, the firm’s products and offerings cater to end-users conducting bulk, single-cell and spatial biology analyses. Due to being part of the research scientific tools market, 10x’s co-founder and CEO Serge Saxonov, Ph.D., presented […]
The SLAS2025 International Conference and Exhibition, one of the annual conferences of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, from January 25 to 29. SLAS is a professional society whose members include researchers as well as developers and providers of lab […]
Founded in Germany in 1956, family-owned LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG (LAUDA) has become one of the most well-known companies for laboratory temperature-control equipment. Today, the company boasts $120 million in annual sales and a workforce of 600. End-markets served include the pharma/biotech (32% of sales), automotive (20%), chemical (20%), medicine (10%) […]
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 highlighted the importance of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors as scientists worked tirelessly utilizing analytical and scientific instruments to create vaccines to combat the virus. Now that the pandemic has subsided, both the pharma and biotech markets are struggling with issues such as lack of funding for […]
According to KPMG’s CEO Outlook reports between 2021 and 2023, M&A was a crucial growth strategy for executives. Specifically, CEOs believed M&A deals were a way to drive sales growth for companies and moderate external factors such as potential emerging technology disruptions, regulatory demands, and geopolitical and macroeconomic concerns. Additionally, executives who participated in the […]
Life science labs view sustainable consumables as important but face challenges in purchasing and using them. These results are part of Bioinfomatics’ latest report, “2024 Perceptions of Environmental Sustainability in the Life Sciences.” Bioinformatics, part of Science and Medicine Group (SMG), is a research and advisory firmserving the life science industry. SMG is a leader […]
One can look at the inventions of the semiconductor and the battery to show why the industrial end-market plays a pivotal role in advancing technology. However, manufacturers of semiconductors, batteries, chemical products, plastics and other products would be unable to make advancements without the assistance of analytical technologies. Due to its importance to society and […]
This spring, Strategic Directions International (SDi) published its latest “Global Assessment Report,” providing comprehensive market forecasts and sizing information for the laboratory tools industry. SDi, part of Science and Medicine Group, is a business intelligence company specializing in analytical and life science instruments. The report covers 10 categories of analytical and life science instrumentation (excluding […]
In March, the UK government announced a major investment in the country’s mass spectrometry (MS) capabilities. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will provide £49.35 million ($62.4 million) in funding over five years for Critical Mass UK (C-MASS), a network of MS labs supporting large-scale screening, protocol development, data tools and cataloging, among other priorities. UKRI […]
