Castles Made of Sand: Coral Reefs and their Symbionts

Towering coral, vibrant with color, and teeming with life is a common image when thinking of coral reefs. Scores of fish, sharks, sea turtle ...

Bacteria Versus Body Cells

Do our bodies contain far more bacteria than human cells? Researchers have found that this is not the case. The ratio is approximately equal ...

From Research to Commerce - The story behind novel therapeutic development

The line between academia and commerce has blurred tremendously over the past few years. Not only do big companies actively invest in unive ...

Eyes on Cancer Therapy - From University and Hospital to Start-up

For this issue we have interviewed Dr. Harri Sihto, a 42-years-old researcher and entrepreneur. Dr. Sihto is the Chairman of the Board at Sa ...

Pipetting Comics

Lab Life

A laboratory can be a lot of fun. Read our exciting comics and find out how you recognize yourself. Lean back and smile.

Summertime, and the Livin’ Is Easy…

It’s summertime - the clocks have moved forward by an hour and any lingering feelings of lethargy have been replaced by an upbeat mood, ener ...

Staying up-to-date

We all do it – and quite frequently. Press the button, watch the hourglass, circle or shaded bar until it’s completed. We’ve now updated the ...

Do You Worry About Your Samples?

Despite all trends for energy saving, the goal of an ULT freezer should always be providing you a safe storage for your high-value samples. ...

Everyday Centrifugation

In the laboratory, centrifuges are ubiquitous, and they are used with a goal in mind. The principle of centrifugation, however, is not limit ...

Malaria – the Battle is Not Lost

Learning From Nature

Centrifugation Tube Adapters – When to Use One, and How to Identify the Correct One

Multiple different adapters for all types of vessels and tubes exist. Often it is difficult to decide which one is the correct adapter for t ...

Behind the Crime Scene: How Biological Traces Can Help to Convict Offenders

Although cutting-edge forensic laboratories feature frequently in films and television, how many of us know what actually goes on there in r ...

The First Mother of Cell Culture

In February 1951, George and Margaret Gey, a married couple working as scientists at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, received a penny-s ...

Spotlight on Women in Science

Female scientists are unequally rare. To raise awareness of this issue, women all over the world are celebrating the “International Day of W ...

How Many Cells Are in Your Body? Probably More Than You Think!

Very different figures circulate about the quantity of cells found in the human body. An international team of scientists has done systemati ...

At the Forefront in Fighting Cancer

This August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new kind of drug which could well represent a breakthrough in cancer treat ...

Physicians on Standby: The Annual Flu Season Can Be Serious

The Ocean: An Undiscovered Treasure-Trove

The oceans cover about 70% of our planet’s surface and are full of living organisms. However, the seas represent a relatively undiscovered r ...