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The laboratory publishes short notes on inspections, new facilities, conferences and recruitment.
The laboratory is recruiting a technician for the night rota in sample custodyWith the nitrogen store on level B2 in service, sample custody is opening a night rota and is looking for a laboratory technician.The new nitrogen store on level B2 entered service in SeptemberThe vapour-phase nitrogen store on level B2 holds samples at about -150 °C and was handed over to sample custody on 7 September 2026.The laboratory renewed its GLP certificate after the inspection of May 2026The Swiss GLP monitoring authority inspected the laboratory over two days and confirmed compliance for potency and viability assays and for sample custody.Yasmine Achour presented viability results at a cell therapy workshop in LausanneDr Achour compared two flow cytometry methods for measuring the viability of thawed cell products at a workshop on 21 April 2026.