From drug discovery to academic research, cell culture has become a staple of biological exploration. Researchers remove cells directly from animals to grow in laboratory conditions that are similar to the environment inside the body. They can then manipulate the cells in ways that are not feasible in vivo—inside a living organism.
Troubleshooting, scheduling, communicating, and consulting are just part of Lab Manager Lisa Wright's many responsibilities.
Jason Todd is in the business of solving puzzles—in the laboratory. As a manager of the liquid chromatography lab and co manager of the gas chromatography lab at Polymer Solutions Incorporated (PSI) in Blacksburg, Virginia...
Clean Harbors of Baltimore, Inc.,
is a transfer storage and disposal
facility and part of the largest
hazardous waste disposal company
in North America. Clean Harbors
provides recycling, treatment and
disposal of a variety of hazardous
and
In 2002, when Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, California, decided to build the Molecular Foundry laboratory, they employed the help of Steve Greenberg, an in-house energy management engineer.
When developing new chemical
entities, pharmaceutical and
biotech companies often employ
the help of contract research organizations
(CRO). Bioanalytical CROs assist with
method development, validation and
sample analyses for preclinical and
Stephanie Smith has an exciting job. As assistant lab director of the Physical Sciences Unit at the National Forensics Laboratory of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)—the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service
Michael Glavanovich receives
calls with all kinds of strange
requests. Once, a woman
phoned to ask him if a piece of
meat tossed into her yard for her
dog contained poison. Although he
couldn’t help the woman, Glavanovich
was able to direct he
The privilege of conducting
research dedicated to finding
cures for human diseases is one
reason Paul Diaz starts his workday
with enthusiasm.
“The life of a scientist can be
stressful, but in what other profession
does it seem like someone is
Wally Thompson is the Microbiology Supervisor at Gambro in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gambro is a global medical technology company, with manufacturing facilities in countries all over the world including Italy, Sweden, Germany, France, Korea, and China
