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Ever-evolving biological research requires tools that are not always easily and commercially available. For a researcher, that challenge can be difficult for a variety of reasons: material procurement, technical knowledge, capacity and the risk of production downtime.

When was the last time you tested? Not yourself, but your cell culture? Mycoplasma contamination is a well-known but still often ignored problem in cell culture. Currently, only about 30% of cell culture labs test for mycoplasma.

90 drugs received marketing authorization in the EU in 2020, and a further 27 in the first quarter of 2021. The majority of therapies were registered in the field of oncology – comparable to previous years. However, Covid-19 reversed this trend. In 2021, private and public research institutions in Austria expect a particularly large number of publications on vaccines and drugs for infectious diseases.

Team AstraZeneca or Team Biontech Pfizer? On social media, many happily vaccinated people are showing off their vaccination status and proudly displaying the vaccine they received. And the pictures are representative of the debate about whether mRNA or vector vaccines are better.

A disease is considered rare if it affects no more than 5 in 10,000 inhabitants. That doesn't sound like much. But a total of about 8,000 rare diseases are known worldwide.

With the first Immunis Sponsorship for Young Science, or Immunis for short, SZABO-SCANDIC and the Next Generation Immunologists NGI, as the young scientists' organization of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology ÖGAI is called, want to support young scientists.

Our supplier Elabscience has been named CiteAb Antibody Supplier to Watch in 2021. This is an exciting award for Elabscience with the largest percentage increase in citations for antibodies.

With the ongoing vaccination programmes, the level of immunisation becomes of vital significance. The detection of both SARS-CoV-2 IgG and neutralizing antibodies are the methods of choice for the screening of patients after the vaccination.

Importing different products from the UK to Austria has become very difficult for many people since the Brexit, especially if the structures for a smooth process in the company are missing. We at Szabo-Scandic were well prepared, therefore the import of goods from the UK works without any problems.

Microwell plate readers are considered to be indispensable in every laboratory. This owes to the fact that they have the capability – depending on the device – to measure signals from chemical and biological reactions of laboratory samples. To ensure that they are not only measuring hot air, but perform according to high standards, a regular validation is necessary. One of the techniques for this purpose is specifically highly regarded by our customer service.