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Setting the Standard: Digital PCR's Role in Accurate Infectious Disease Testing

News - Harnessing the precision of digital PCR, a global team of measurement experts led by the NML at LGC have developed a reference measurement procedure (RMP) that standardises nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) results.

21 March 2025
Pioneering precision in carbon isotope measurement

News - Work from the Inorganic Analysis team at NML at LGC has been recognised by the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (CIAAW) as the 'best measurement' of the 13C/12C isotope ratio in Vienna Peedee belemnite (VPDB).

07 February 2025
Molecular Biology Team at NML Achieves European Standard for Equine DNA Quantitation Method

News - Molecular Biology Team at NML Achieves European Standard for Equine DNA Quantitation Method.

30 January 2025
Developing reference methods to characterise gene mutations in breast cancer. NML collaborate with NIM China under the GenomeMET project.

News - Developing reference methods to characterise gene mutations in breast cancer. NML collaborate with NIM China under the GenomeMET project.

07 October 2024
Innovative research in regenerative therapies for heart failure through the InnovateUK Analysis for Innovators Programme

News - NML Scientists at the Northern Cell Metrology Hub develop new technologies to solve challenges in regenerative therapies for heart failure... working with HeartCells with funding support from InnovateUK Analysis for Innovators.

04 September 2024
New methodology to support the accurate quantification of nanomaterials added to food headlines Analytical Chemistry journal

News - Nanomaterial metrology experts in the National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC headline Analytical Chemistry journal with new methodology to support the accurate quantification of nanomaterials added to food.

30 August 2024
NML to enhance pandemic preparedness in a strategic partnership with The Pandemic Institute

News - The National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC signs collaborative partnership with The Pandemic Institute aimed at enhancing pandemic preparedness. Combining expertise together to ensure scientific readiness for future pandemics.

28 June 2024
Ensuring accuracy in the development and application of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for infectious disease

News - During COVID-19, bioanalytical diagnostic techniques (like PCR and lateral flow tests) were widely discussed across the world. This paper discusses learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic and offers alternative approaches to conventional diagnostic evaluations for infectious disease to improve diagnostic performance assessment and meet increased regulatory requirements.

21 June 2024
Celebrating sustainable measurement on World Metrology Day

News - World Metrology Day is the annual celebration of the signature of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875. The National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC provides measurement research and services to improve accuracy, traceability and standardisation of chemical and biological measurements.

20 May 2024
The National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC appoint Academic in Residence at Strathclyde

News - The National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC recently appointed their second Academic in Residence, Dr Zahra Rattray, based at the NML’s Centre for Advanced Measurement Research and Health Translation at the University of Strathclyde.

23 April 2024