OUR TECHNICAL TEAM ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU

Our technical team at Solmedia, are always on hand to support you when it comes [...]

Be prepared for the second wave.

If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it would be to keep safe. After last nights’ new [...]

NEW ADDITION TO THE DAVIDSON DYE RANGE, LIME!

Are you using the Davidson Marking System tissue marking dyes? We have a brand-new colour [...]

WHY DO I NEED A SPECIALIST WAX OVEN?

Wax melting is a high-risk part of the histology process. Whilst the tissue processor will [...]

FLYING IN THE FACE OF THE VIRUS

Extraordinary circumstances require innovative solutions.  With the airline industry all but grounded by the pandemic, [...]

WHAT HAVE MICROTOMES GOT TO DO WITH DIGITAL PATHOLOGY?

Digital Pathology is taking huge lab-leaps forward as a result of the Covid19 pandemic.  Just [...]

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY

The company has a long and distinguished history, having been created in 1910 by Mr [...]

COULD USING THERMOMETERS HELP US ALL GET BACK TO WORK?

As with so many of the theories surrounding Coronavirus, the jury’s out.   There seems to [...]

PATHOLOGY: THE POST-COVID DIRECTION OF TRAVEL

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the [...]

BUILDING A SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL LABORATORY

As the media obsesses with the translation of the government’s guidelines into tangible steps to [...]

HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING

It might only be a matter of weeks, but it feels like months since Histology [...]

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE LAB?

Patchy information is beginning to emerge about the impact Covid19 is having in the laboratory.  [...]

DOING ALL WE CAN TO HELP

This is an appeal to anybody who is still seeking gloves, surgical masks, visors, anti-bacterial [...]

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE NHS

When history looks back at this time of crisis, it is likely that there will [...]

STAINING, TAKEN SERIOUSLY

‘It’s interesting,’ says Camelo Lupo, Head of Innovation at Diapath SPA, ‘how machines designed by [...]

STANDING ORDERS ON CORE CONSUMABLES

Are you getting the best deal on your day-to-day lab supplies?  Can you be sure?  [...]

THE GREAT AUTOMATED MICROTOMY DEBATE

There are many factors which make microtomists fearful of the automated microtome.  We are told [...]

REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE – HOW TO MINIMISE DOWNTIME

Downtime: the curse of the laboratory. But not just the laboratory; suppliers hate downtime too, [...]

TISSUE PROCESSORS: A COMPARISON OF WHAT THE MARKET HAS TO OFFER

If you are in the market for a new tissue processor, the options can seem [...]

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR THE LAB

Start 2020 with some great lab life initiatives! Little things can make a big difference [...]