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Veredus Laboratories

Veredus Laboratories is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Veredus Laboratories rather than just read about it. In short: Veredus Laboratories is a medical device company in Singapore specializing in developing portable diagnostic tool kits. Veredus Laboratories was founded in 2003 by Dr.

Key takeaways

Veredus Laboratories belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Veredus Laboratories to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Veredus Laboratories from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Veredus Laboratories is a medical device company in Singapore specializing in developing portable diagnostic tool kits. Veredus Laboratories was founded in 2003 by Dr. Rosemary Tan. The company released its first product in 2006. In July 2005, Veredus Laboratories launched a DNA- and RNA-based diagnostic kits for dengue, avian influenza and malaria. The kit is based on technologies licensed from A*STAR and the National University of Singapore. In January 2006, Veredus Laboratories and STMicroelectronics announced a joint effort in the development of a rapid diagnostic kit for avian influenza and other influenza viruses which could produces a result within an hour, based on Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology. In July 2006, Veredus Laboratories set up an on-board avian influenza testing laboratory on USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the United States 7th Fleet, and on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Veredus Laboratories released VereTrop in April 2013, a biochip that can diagnose 13 different varieties of tropical diseases from a single blood sample. A year later in May 2014, the company released VereMERS, a lab-on-a-chip application capable of detecting the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. In April 2018, Veredus Laboratories was acquired by Sekisui Chemical Co.

References

External links Official Website Electric Hospital Bed Singapore-made Avian Flu Test Kit (newsletter Dec05/Jan06), Singapore Embassy in Washington

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Veredus Laboratories

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Veredus Laboratories claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Veredus Laboratories before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Veredus Laboratories ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Veredus Laboratories

In research: Veredus Laboratories appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Veredus Laboratories in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Veredus Laboratories is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Asian company stubs, Health care companies of Singapore, Medical device manufacturers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Veredus Laboratories outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Veredus Laboratories in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Veredus Laboratories means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Veredus Laboratories in simple terms?

Veredus Laboratories is a medical device company in Singapore specializing in developing portable diagnostic tool kits. Veredus Laboratories was founded in 2003 by Dr.

Why does Veredus Laboratories matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Veredus Laboratories?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Veredus Laboratories.