Spotlights

Measuring biomolecular interactions

Biomolecular interactions are at the core of drug discovery and development. In order to accurately determine a biomolecular interaction’s affinity, binding kinetics and ...

Transitioning from animal to patient-derived in vitro cell models

A significant paradigm shift in drug development is urgently required to address the lamentable success rates that persist for clinical trials. The recent passing of the FDA ...

Antibody discovery

Antibodies are one of the most important classes of biologics in the life sciences. Their ability to bind specifically and tightly to target biomolecules makes them ideal therapeutics, ...

Spatial omics in translational research

Spatial techniques are used to visualize how different types of cells interact and their relative locations within a tissue. This allows researchers to investigate a range of tissue ...

Understanding tumor response

Novel therapies for various cancers are gaining momentum as promising new treatments. Cell therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, have taken great strides ...

Imaging in neuroscience

Imaging methods help neuroscientists understand the structure and function of the central nervous system, from cell-to-cell interactions and signal transduction to regional brain ...

Bioimaging and analysis

The goal of bioimaging has always been to capture the maximum amount of information about a biological process, with the minimum amount of interference. To achieve this goal there are ...

CRISPR

CRISPR is a key element of many lab scientists’ toolkits. In addition to its application in basic research, CRISPR is also being applied as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, and is ...

Advanced cell models

Advanced cell cultures represent a new window through which researchers can observe the developmental biology of organs, the underlying pathogenesis and progression of diseases and the ...

Next-generation multiomics

The integrative nature of multiomics provides a state-of-the-art tool for understanding the underlying biology of cells, diseases, and natural processes such as aging. As fields ...

Immunology

Ever on the forefront of life science, the field of immunology has been dominated by advances in the realm of oncology over the last decade with interludes for the Zika and Ebola ...

AACR 2020

AACR 2020 is the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. The meeting gathers the foremost minds in Cancer research to share their knowledge and research, with ...

3D cell culture

How are scientists around the world utilizing 3D cell cultures, what challenges do they face and what is on the horizon for 3D cultures in terms of development, technology, applications ...

Lab 4.0

The life science field is constantly evolving and is now entering a new era of methods, techniques and technologies: a laboratory 4.0. In this feature, we will highlight futuristic ...

ASHG 2019

ASHG the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. The meeting aims to gather the leading minds in human genetics to share their knowledge and research while providing ...

ASM Microbe 2019

Dates: 20-24 June 2019 ASM Microbe is an annual meeting hosted by the American Society for Microbiology. The meetings are a vessel to convene microbiologists from across the globe in ...

The Microbiome

A key buzzword cropping up in many different research areas is the microbiome, a term that describes the total genetic material of a microbial community resident in a specific ...

Cancer Research

Cancer Research is a highly dynamic and vital aspect of life science research, with updates and novel techniques in cancer therapeutics and diagnostics continuously being developed. To ...