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11/11/2024

The 11 November is Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day and Veterans Day, and marks the end of hostilities of World War One in 1918.

At LGC, we have worked with various agencies to identify the bodies of 250 soldiers found in unmarked graves from the Battle of Fromelles, using DNA analysis, letting their families and descendants where their final resting place is.

Click the link below to find out more about the soldiers identified.

https://www.lgcgroup.com/news/dna-identifies-five-more-australian-world-war-i-soldiers/

06/06/2024

Honouring the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Today commemorates D-Day, the Normandy landings and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944, which initiated the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. This pivotal operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, laying the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

At LGC, we honour the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought by working to identify the bodies of soldiers from World War I and II through DNA analysis. Our efforts help families find answers about their ancestors and relatives, bringing closure and recognition to their enduring legacy.

Click the link below to read about the latest work we are doing to identify the remains of soldiers:

https://ow.ly/HQCZ50SaA0b

24/08/2023

Two of our colleagues were honoured to attend the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles commemoration in Fromelles last month., New headstones were unveiled to mark the final resting places of the seven fallen Australian WW1 soldiers whose remains were identified this year via DNA analysis performed by our team at UK National Measurement Laboratory at LGC. (bit.ly/3sp3tPD)

We've been involved in this project since 2008, when the remains of 250 fallen Australian soldiers were discovered, and since then, we're proud to have helped identify 173 soldiers.

Thank you Matthew Nickless and Will Webster for attending and representing us. Read more about this story here: http://bit.ly/3PanSRh

20/07/2023

Exciting to see the Food Authenticity Network team have launched a new research tool to support reliable supply chains and help in the fight against food fraud! 👏 We're proud to support this valuable network and resilience in the food system!

This new open access tool bridges the gap for those in the food industry to seamlessly find information about specific food items, like produce, spices, and meat, and analytical techniques by collating information on known databases of commodities, to assist in classifying authentic and fraudulent food products.​
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Browse the new tool here: https://bit.ly/3OnvAqI

food authenticity databases

12/07/2023

This week, we've appointed Dr Mehrdad Tabrizi as our new Executive Vice President & General Manager for LGC Axolabs. We're delighted to welcome Mehrdad to LGC at this exciting time for our LGC Axolabs Business Unit as it enters an important new chapter as a world-leading service provider to producers of oligonucleotide therapeutics.

Further information about Mehrdad's appointment can be found here https://bit.ly/43nJihC

Mehrdad Tabrizi appointed Executive Vice President & General Manager, LGC Axolabs LGC today announced the appointment of Dr Mehrdad Tabrizi as Executive Vice President and General Manager for LGC Axolabs. Prior to joining LGC, Mehrdad gained extensive international senior leadership experience in va...

01/06/2023

Today marks the start of Pride Month! We want to wish a great Pride Month to all our colleagues around the world, and to everyone else who will celebrate, protest and show solidarity during this month. We also looking forward to celebrating our own Pride Day later this month on 28 June.

23/05/2023

We’re delighted to congratulate our LGC Axolabs team for winning the first of LGC’s ‘President and CEO’ Awards, where we celebrate the work of teams across the company for outstanding work! LGC Axolabs have won due to their contribution to LGC’s growth, science and people priorities over the past three years.

Euan O'Sullivan, CEO, said “I have been hugely impressed by Axolabs’ high performance in key areas. For example, Axolabs has successfully recruited and trained many new colleagues to enable our ambitious strategic growth. They’ve been agile and scalable too, as well as innovative, by evolving our chemistry capability to even more complex molecular forms.”

Congratulations to all involved for their hard work!

17/05/2023

We are delighted to share that last month, over 200 electronic items were collected from our Teddington, UK site, including old laptops, monitors, display cables, docking stations and keyboards, to support the brilliant work of Camara Education.

Old and unused IT equipment is collected from us, securely processed and then re-marketed or recycled. The funds raised from this process are then used to support education in schools across Africa.

In partnership with local educational authorities, Camara prepare new or re-purposed equipment, install software, train local teachers and work closely with the schools to maintain the equipment. We're excited to support this fantastic initiative.

For further details see Camara Education's website here: https://camara.org/

Transforming Life Chances in Africa with Technology Camara Has Given Computer Access to Over4.4 Million Children Camara Education is a charity that provides computers, teacher training and innovative learning programmes to schools across Africa. We exist because we believe the world would be a bette...

25/04/2023

Last week, the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research announced a breakthrough in Parkinson's research, after discovery of a PD biomarker. This news centres on the detection of abnormal alpha-synuclein proteins within a patient's spinal fluid. The protein is normally found in the nervous system, but it can start to misfold and clump, damaging neurons.

Well done to all involved on this extremely vital research, which shows promise of improving the lives of millions living with PD! We're incredibly proud to have been selected by the foundation to provide vital cell lines to a range of organisations working on Parkinson's Disease through our ATCC partnership, specifically around mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene.

Read the full story on the MJFF website here: https://lnkd.in/dVVTx_HB

LGC in partnership with ATCC

New biomarker can reveal key pathology of Parkinson's disease and is a significant milestone in the search for a cure for Parkinson's disease.

25/04/2023

Five more soldiers who fell at the Battle of Fromelles more than 100 years ago have been identified, using DNA analysis carried out by our specialist DNA team.

Victoria Moore, leading the effort of the LGC team, said, “It is an honour to continue working with the Uncovered War Casualties – Army, Australia, using our scientific expertise and knowledge in assisting with these five new identifications. Each person has a unique story and for these five, their families and descendants finally now have the answer to which many have asked and have spent over a century waiting to hear - knowing where their final resting place is."

This news coincides with Anzac Day, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations and the contribution and suffering of all those who have served.

Read the full story on our site here: https://lnkd.in/dDxxAxUy

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DNA identifies five more Australian World War I soldiers Five more soldiers who fell at the Battle of Fromelles more than 100 years ago have been identified using DNA analysis performed by LGC. After unmarked graves were discovered at Pheasant Wood in 2008 containing the remains of 250 World War I s...