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Micro Rheometer is Latest Lab On a Chip Device Posted: 9/2/2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a microminiaturized device that can make complex viscosity measurementscritical data for a wide variety of fields dealing with things that have to flowon sample sizes as small as a few nanoliters. .. READ MORE Conferee Registration Opens for Pittcon 2011 Posted: 9/2/2010 The Pittcon Registration Committee is pleased to announce that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2011, which will be held March 13-18, 2011, at the Georgia World Conference Center (GWCC), Atlanta, Georgia. Conferees registering before February 14, 2011, will save 50% on the registration fee... READ MORE Dionex Corporation and EMD Millipore Announce Distribution Agreement for Ion Chromatography Water Purification System Posted: 9/2/2010 Dionex Corporation and EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, announced on September 2 the signing of a worldwide distribution agreement for the EMD Millipore ICW-3000 water purification system for Dionex ion chromatography (IC) systems using RFIC-EG technology... READ MORE LABORATORY NEWS ARCHIVES

Current Issue Highlights
LEADERSHIP & STAFFING	TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS	LAB DESIGN & FURNISHINGS	BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Global Management Forming and managing effective global research teams with members located in far-flung countries and different time zones is a major challenge for lab managers at multinational companies and at companies outsourcing lab work overseas... READ MORE Project Management Software Judicious use of project management software can enable lab managers, team leaders and team members to keep informed on all team members progress in meeting their goals... READ MORE Competing Priorities Doing a good job of establishing project priorities and focusing on the highest-priority projects can enable laboratories to compete effectively with labs having much larger staffs and budgets... READ MORE LEADERSHIP & STAFFING ARCHIVES
Into the Field Increasingly, analysts perform routine analysis where the action islocations of environmental interest, manufacturing suites, crime scenes, loading docks, and packaging facilitiesthrough transportable instruments... READ MORE Specialty Gases In many applications, continuous emission monitoring is required to collect and analyze at least one sample every fifteen minutes from industrial processes. High-purity gases are vital for this purpose, as are custom standards for head space analysis of water and soil samples... READ MORE Presumed Accurate The notion that a temperature can be exactly X is erroneous, in the strictest sense of accuracy. In reality, all measurements are subject to uncertainty, and a measured value is only complete if it is accompanied by a statement of the associated uncertainty... READ MORE TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS ARCHIVES
Crime Lab Design Design requirements for forensic laboratories are unique. While forensic labs share certain features with academic, research, and other laboratories, the composition of these elements and the addition of other characteristics make these facilities an uncommon challenge... READ MORE Leaning Toward Lean? Although the basic concepts and techniques of Lean are straightforward, adapting them to a particular lab situation and integrating them into a defined process that uses resources well is quite a challenge... READ MORE Best and Brightest Of late, designers and operators of laboratory spaces are beginning to encourage clients to consider an unusual and often unconsidered aspect of research facilities: how laboratory design and amenities contribute to a research organizations ability to attract and retain top scientific talent... READ MORE LAB DESIGN & FURNISHINGS ARCHIVES
Perspective On: A Biotech Lab Although Jonathan Sweedler is the director of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaigns Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, he insists that the management of the center, its 36 full-time staff, plus the students who work part time in the various facilities, is a shared task... READ MORE Financial Intelligence For a laboratory to be able to survive in a difficult economic environment, it is crucial that the scientific and financial sides of the business be in sync... READ MORE Valuing Specialization Biotech organizations that hire more project managers and fewer programmers, invest in strategic sourcing personnel and adopt risk-based approaches to vendor selection may be better able to adapt to the ever-changing biotech landscape... READ MORE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ARCHIVES

LAB MANAGEMENT TIPS		LAB SAFETY TIPS
Overcoming Analysis Paralysis Top 10 Tips for New Managers 4 Ways to Transform Challenges into Opportunities LAB MANAGEMENT		Respirator Change Schedule Appropriate Footwear in the Lab Contact Lenses in the Lab LAB SAFETY TIPS

LAB PRODUCT NEWS
Product Focus: Microplate Handlers The "Glue" That Binds Microtiter Plate-Based Analysis Systems.. READ MORE Laboratory Casework No dearth of options for design and materials used for laboratory cabinetry and storage.. READ MORE Water Baths It comes down to temperature uniformity, stability and control when buying the right water bath for your laboratory... READ MORE LAB PRODUCT NEWS ARCHIVES

PRODUCT APPLICATION NEWS
Determination of Mercury in Waters by U.S. EPA Method 245.1 Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Mercury is a toxic element found throughout the environment. Its mobile nature allows it to diffuse through the air, soils and ultimately into water systems. Fish have the ability to bio-accumulate mercury (in its methylated form) at much higher concentrations than the waters they inhabit. People and wildlife that consume fish high in mercury are at risk... READ MORE Endotoxin-Free Water for Tissue Culture Water is a ubiquitous solvent used throughout cell isolation and culture. Therefore, water contamination may affect experimental outcomes. The use of ultrapure water is advisable for culturing of cells sensitive to environmental contaminants, such as endotoxins and bacteria. .. READ MORE Automated Detection of Drug-Induced Lysosomal Cytotoxicity - Automation of the Lyso-ID Red Assay Using the EL406 Combination Washer Dispenser Almost all drug compounds will elicit deleterious effects on cells at some concentration. Lysosome perturbation as a result of ion trapping of amine containing compounds has been demonstrated to cause the formation of autophagosomes and autophagic cytopathology. Here we describe the use of the EL406 Combination Washer Dispenser to automatically aspirate media, wash cells and dispense reagents for the Lyso-ID Red Detection kit, part of the CELLestial Live Cell Analysis platform from Enzo Life Sciences... READ MORE PRODUCT APPLICATION NEWS ARCHIVES

COMPANY NEWS
Mallinckrodt Baker Acquired by New Mountain Capital Mallinckrodt Baker announced on September 1, 2010 that it has been acquired by an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, a New York-based private equity firm investing for long-term capital appreciation. The deal closed on Friday, August 27, 2010 at a price of $280 million USD... READ MORE Sigma-Aldrich Receives NIH Funding for Cardiovascular Research Sigma-Aldrich announced on August 5 that it has entered into an agreement with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, and Boston University (BU) to develop methods to measure several potential biomarkers of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) using plasma samples from the NHLBIs Framingham Heart Study (FHS), one of the most prestigious clinical studies in medicine... READ MORE PerkinElmer to Acquire VisEn Medical, Inc. PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, announced on August 3 that it has acquired VisEn Medical, Inc., an in vivo molecular imaging technology company based in Bedford, Massachusetts... READ MORE COMPANY NEWS ARCHIVES

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