Volume 6 Issue 4 | May 2011
| May 4 2011
Many lab managers still remember them from their student days—a handful of hastily stapled printouts sternly titled “Laboratory etiquette—Acceptable standards of conduct.” Those were rules to live by, and the smallest violatio
Many lab managers still remember them from their student days—a handful of hastily stapled printouts sternly titled “Laboratory etiquette—Acceptable standards of conduct.” Those were rules to live by, and the smallest violatio
Choosing the Right Biological Safety Cabinet
In February 2011, Lab Manager Magazine hosted a “Product Showcase” webinar, focused on the different features and uses of biological safety (or biosafety) cabinets (BSCs). The webinar featured a panel of six experts representing the Ameri
A List of Useful Links Related to Biosafety Cabinets
www.cdc.gov/od/ohs www.absa.org www.absa-canada.org www.inspection.gc.ca www.who.int www.biosafety.be www.hse.gov.uk www.nsf.org (Source: Scott Christensen, Vice President North American Sales, NuAire,
Anyone Using A Biosafety Cabinet Should Be Trained In At Least The Following
The rationale for why the biosafety cabinet has been selected (sterility, biosafety, or a combination). This would include the risk assessment process that led to its selection for use. Aseptic technique and good microbiological work practices.
In 2002, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) embarked on an educational project to leave no young manager behind. HHMI and BWF, both in the business of career development, sought to lighten the load of nov
Invest in Skill Building and Watch Potential Grow
Know where the safety equipment is. Don’t eat or drink on the job. Wear the right clothes. And please don’t casually pour chemicals down the drain. Such precautions may sound elementary, but these important and fundamental lab safety
The Cost of Disorganization… Can You Afford It?
For most, being organized means “a place for everything and everything in its place,” but the true definition of being organized is being able to find things when you need them, not three weeks later. If you ask me, being organized me
This is the first in a three-part series on CO2 incubation. Biological contamination is the dread of every person working with cell culture. When cultures become infected with microorganisms, or cross-contaminated by foreign cells, these cultures
Evolution of Chromatography Columns
The history of chromatography begins during the mid-19th century when a rudimentary version of the technique was used for the separation of plant pigments such as chlorophyll. The first chromatography column was developed by the Russian botanist Mikh
ASK THE EXPERT: Keeping Up with HPLC and UHPLC Advances
Daniel Zimmerli, associate scientist and lead of the Separation Science Point group, discusses how his team uses high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-high performance (or pressure) LC (UHPLC) technologies for analytical and prepara
Perspective On: A Microbiology Lab
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
MindMap: Increase My Lab’s Productivity Through Automation
Driven by the pressure to control costs while generating better quality data, automated, unattended, and reliable operation is what lab professionals are looking for from their instruments. Compact and scalable lab automation modules provide the flex
What do Users Look for in an Incubator? See the Survey Results
Laboratory incubators have evolved steadily over the latter part of the twentieth century, and have remained an important piece of laboratory equipment. Find out the results of our lab incubators survey here!
Ducted Fume Hoods Still Most Popular: See the Survey Results
One of the primary safety devices in laboratories where chemicals are used is the laboratory fume hood. Continue on to find out the results of our fume hood survey.
LIMS: Connecting Instruments to the Data Backbone
Laboratory information management systems (LIMSs) are software packages that connect instruments, other software and sample management to human operators and other data systems, including electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs). Despite their inde
Sample Management top Reason for LIMS Purchase: See the Survey Results
A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) serves as the interface to a laboratory’s data, instruments, analyses and reports. Read on to find out the results of our LIMS survey.
Centrifuges: The Gravity of it All
Centrifuges separate particles and structures suspended in liquid by applying thousands of gravitational force equivalents to the sample through spinning. Laboratories use centrifuges to clarify suspensions, separate liquids, isolate suspended partic
TOF Mass Spectrometry: Sophisticated Method for the Masses
Once the domain of do-it-yourself Ph.D. scientists who spent years studying its intricacies, mass spectrometry (MS) is continuing to go “down market,” says Alessandro Baldi, Ph.D., business manager for MS at PerkinElmer (Waltham, MA).
Water Purification Systems: Under-Recognized “Utility” Essential for Laboratory Operations
Like the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, laboratory water purification systems get no respect. Lab workers use them every day, but few realize— beyond opening the spigot—how they operate.
We all know how diamonds are formed. You take a lump of carbon and subject it to intense pressure and high temperatures, and magically those carbon atoms are pressed into a diamond. The diamonds we are discussing in this article are formed much more
Special Hazards: NFPA Hazard Diamond
Experienced laboratory managers know that there are four basic categories of chemicals: toxic, corrosive, flammable and reactive. However, in our chemical world there are many additional categories and subsets of these main four. We should also keep
Safety Tip: Use Warning Signs to Designate Particular Hazards
The use of warning signs to designate particular hazards is not just a good idea. It’s the law. The OSHA Laboratory Standard 29CFR1910.1450 requires that those areas in which particularly hazardous substances
Proper Disposal or Reuse of Old Laboratory Chemicals
Laboratories frequently accumulate bottles of old chemicals, often toxic or hazardous, that are no longer used. Laboratory managers can use several strategies to properly reuse or dispose of these chemicals. These strategies are not mutually exclusiv
Chemical Disposal and Lab Staff Reductions
Staff reductions can result in severe challenges to proper chemical waste disposal management. In some recent cases, entire large facilities have been closed. Some areas of research have been abandoned completely and work in others has been severely
Developing New Revenue Streams
Developing profitable new products and processes is the major mission of corporate laboratories. Professors justify their research grants aimed at developing new knowledge by describing how the research can eventually result in new products and proce
ANALYTICAL Handheld FTIR System Exoscan Spherical ATR Sampling interface permits analysis of powders and granules, as well as polymer, composite and plastic sheets Features a frequency range of 4000 – 650 cm-1 and maximum
Aries Filter Works: Maximizing UV Light For Lab Water Systems
Abstract: Conventional lab water systems use UV light by flowing water in a chamber around the bulb in a protective quartz sleeve as part of the recirculation loop.
Avantor: Improving Performance and Sensitivity of LC/MS Instruments Using Optimized LC/MS Solvents
Abstract: Increasing the sensitivity and resolution of LC/MS instruments has been an ongoing focus for instrument manufacturers. As a result of this increased sensitivity of today’s analytical instrumentation, the choice of high purity solv
Binder: Sample Security Through Quality Manufacturing
The integrity of samples is paramount in all critical laboratory processes, and important in more routine operations. The range of environmental control apparatus offered by BINDER Inc. includes full lines of ovens, incubators, CO2 incubators and con
Abstract PCR techniques are in widespread use for the amplification of genetic material. The need for reagents and solutions free from nucleases (DNase, RNase) is widely recognized, however, it is vital to also ensure the absence of other waterbo
Abstract: The new heated lid technology, vapo.protect™, featured by the Eppendorf Mastercycler pro, achieves improved evaporation protection even at the corner and edge positions of the thermoblock. The tighter sealing of the newly develope
Eppendorf: How Tubes Can Affect Your Experiments
Introduction It has been known for several years that chemicals (e.g., BPA and phlalates) can leach out of the plastic, such as toys and baby bottles. The impact of these chemicals on human health is well known.
Leco: High-Performance Mass Spectrometry Using a No-Compromises Approach
Introduction LECO Corporation continues its history of innovation in high-speed time-of-flight mass spectrometry with the introduction of new High Resolution TOFMS (HRT) instrumentation, available in LC and GC configurations.
Metrohm USA Inc.: Analysis of Sodium in Foodstuffs by Thermometric Titration
Consumers and regulatory agencies are expressing more and more interest in the true amount of sodium contained in food products. Sodium has traditionally been indirectly tested using a silver nitrate precipitation reaction: The amount of sod
Mettler Toledo: Flash DSC 1 – A Quantum Leap in DSC Technology
The commercialization of the DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) technique in the 1960s led to a rapid expansion of this method for the thermal characterization of materials. The great strength of DSC is that complex information can be quickly an
Abstract This application note describes an automated method for the measurement of pH, Brix and acidity, incorporating a METTLER TOLEDO T90 Titrator, DM45 Density Meter, Rondo60 autosampler and LabX® titration software (Figure 1). Introd
Nuaire: Incubator Sterility Test
Incubator contamination is a potential for all incubators. Laboratories have thousands of airborne contaminants that may enter a culture incubator during a door opening and enter the growth environment. High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filt
RURO: The most comprehensive laboratory information management solution with LIMS 24/7
The most comprehensive laboratory information management solution with LIMS 24/7. Single and secure lab data repository Lab processes automation Unlimited workflow scenarios Data mining and knowledge discovery 100% Web based Install onc
Rapid Microbial Screening Systems
Problem: The traditional method of testing for microbial contamination has changed very little in the past 100 years. A sample of product is added to a growth medium in a plate or sample container. The samples are then put into a warm incubator and a
Lab Manager's Independent Guide to Purchasing a Titrator
Titration, a common laboratory method of quantitative chemical analysis used to determine the unknown concentration of a known reactant.
Integrated Sample Management Across Several Labs
Problem: It is essential for medicinal chemists to have access to analytical instrumentation for reaction monitoring and product analysis. However, due to the associated high capital cost and maintenance overheads, it is not possible to install and s
Problem: When culturing cells for use in, for example, drug screening assays, maintaining consistently high throughput is essential. However, in order to achieve this while obtaining reliable data, evaporation and consequent well-to-well variability
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