Helping athletes stay safe and clean with Informed Sport

Blog - The sport industry’s top priority should be to protect these athletes and their health and integrity, which is why transparency and certification programmes like Informed Sport are so important.

29 March 2018
LGC expert elected President of the Association of Official Racing Chemists

News - The AORC represents analytical chemists working to support medication and doping control in regulated animal sports

26 March 2018
Government Chemist Conference to take place in June

News - The biennial Government Chemist conference will take place on 13- 14 June at BMA House and will provide an opportunity for regulators, policy makers, enforcement agencies, manufacturers, scientists and academia to discuss and learn about challenges affecting the security of the food chain

23 March 2018
The importance of iodine - are you drinking enough milk?

Blog - In pregnant women and infants iodine is of particular importance as it plays a critical role in brain development. The primary sources of iodine for most people are milk and dairy products but due to increases in dairy intolerance and changes in diet, milk-products are being increasingly substituted for non-milk alternatives.

20 March 2018
NML joins NHS England in Knowledge Transfer Partnership for leaders in healthcare science

News - KTP enables healthcare scientists to remain in clinical service whilst exchanging skills and expertise with NMS experts

14 March 2018
Five brilliant scientific breakthroughs for British Science Week

Blog - British Science Weeks begins on the 9th March and this year’s theme is ‘Exploration & Discovery’, which encompasses the spirit of scientific enquiry. The week is a ten day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.

13 March 2018
Are apprenticeships the future for science?

Blog - Apprenticeships provide an alternative to young people who either don’t wish to or are unable to attend university, and in some cases, they can complement university studies. And evidence shows that they work.

06 March 2018
Finding harmony in newborn blood spot screening

Blog - We have partnered with Dr Rachel Carling and the NHS England as part of the CSO’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a programme that teams up leaders in healthcare with the UK National Measurement System’s labs to solve measurement challenges in their fields.

26 February 2018
LGC Maine Standards announces VALIDATE® Procalcitonin kit for easier linearity and calibration verification on Roche cobas® analyzers

News - Updated kit addresses demand for product to document Procalcitonin linearity and calibration verification

21 February 2018
Government Chemist offers APA validated postgraduate residential course

News - The Government Chemist team and the Association of Public Analysts Educational Trust organise an annual RSC-approved, fully residential week long postgraduate course on the analysis and examination of food and feed

21 February 2018