L@b Brief May 26

21 May 2026

Welcome to the May 2026 edition of L@b Brief.

Read the full L@b Brief here.

This issue also includes a separate Excel sheet detailing lab construction and refurbishment projects in the UK and Ireland.

 

 

INSIDE this ISSUE

UK news: Free with this issue – excel sheet detailing 20 lab construction or refurb projects… Speak at Lab Innovations 2026 - a major profile opportunity for GAMBICA members… DRC Ebola outbreak focuses minds on test development… Help on leadership development from GAMBICA… Much bigger London Lab Live in 2026… HMRC ramps up audit staff… MHRA consults on overhaul of medical device regulation…  Up to £1 million funding available for biomedical research equipment…

Lab construction and upgrade projects: Including a separate excel sheet detailing lab construction and refurbishment projects in the UK and Ireland… and opportunities in California, Illinois, Germany and Poland 

Export news: India trade deals: a major opportunity for UK laboratory equipment exporters… New end-use controls come into force… Dual-use export controls extended to quantum and semiconductor equipment

Member news: Faster antibody analysis from GAMBICA newest member NOVILYTIC

Also inside...

GAMBICA events and Industry events including new opportunities for marketing and after-sales professionals