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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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Oliver Strnad

Oliver Strnad covers devices and medtech for Dark Biotechnology: clearances, approvals and specifications from makers' documentation, with limits stated as limits.

Articles by Oliver Strnad

A researcher loads a flow cell into a benchtop sequencer at a steel lab bench, cool white light with teal accents, no logos.

PacBio Raises Vega HiFi Output 50 Percent With SPRQ-Nx Chemistry

Oliver Strnad

A scientist loads a sample plate onto a benchtop sequencer in a glass-and-steel laboratory, cool white light, teal accents, no visible labels.

SOPHiA GENETICS and AstraZeneca to Develop Two Precision Oncology Companion Diagnostics

Oliver Strnad

A researcher adjusts a steel-jacketed bioreactor control panel, gloved hand on a dial, cool white-teal light over glass vessels, no logos.

Where Lab Automation Actually Stands in Biotech Right Now

Oliver Strnad

A researcher monitors a robotic liquid handler through glass under cool white laboratory lighting.

GenScript and Tamarind Bio Partner to Connect AI Molecular Design With Validation

Oliver Strnad

A nurse's gloved hands inserting a test cartridge into a compact analyzer on a stainless steel countertop, teal screen glow, no readable labels.

Point-of-Care Testing Explained: CLIA Waivers and Near-Patient Diagnostics

Oliver Strnad

A laboratory technologist monitoring sample racks moving along an automation track past brushed-steel analyzers in cool teal light.

Lab Automation Devices Explained: How Total Laboratory Automation Reshapes Clinical Testing

Oliver Strnad