Volume 7 Issue 3 | April 2012
| April 3 2012
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.
Here in my neck of the woods in Northwestern New Jersey, spring arrived weeks ago, which the early and abundant forsythia flowers outside my office window testify to. No guarantee, however, that we won’t see snow on Easter. But because of their
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.
Digital Manners: e-Mail etiquette to get the best results in YOUR lab
“It was best of times... it was the worst of times...” That Charles Dickens quote from long ago perfectly describes our ability to communicate virtually today. We can communicate quickly but not always well. Content—your expertise—isn’t
A New Approach To How You Hire
Many job seekers still know how hard it is to get hired. There’s no doubt that certain worker populations continue to feel the pressures and competition of finding employment. Nearly every global industry, after all, continues to evaluate
“Hiring is your most important task,” the late Steve Jobs, former chief executive officer of Apple, Inc., told his managers. The reason? “The team with the best players wins,” according to Jack Welch, a chemical engineer and former....
Performance and productivity expectations for the modern laboratory have never been higher. Test results must be accurate, timely, and provided in the most cost-effective way possible. Fortunately for lab managers, automation technology has advanced.
The old proverb “The more things change, the more they stay the same” seems truer than ever. Certainly, the use of technology in the lab is making significant changes to laboratory work processes, but when all is said and done, the goals of the
Many companies have made the decision to improve the sustainability of their operations, facilities, and products. They are doing so in response to a variety of pressures, including shareholder demand, employee interest, the potential for cost
This column is for research labs that involve animal procedures or surgeries. We encounter anesthetic gas use in many settings such as medical research, veterinary schools, dental research labs and dental colleges, and biological research...
Remove All Electrical Connections From Inside Chemical Refrigerators and Require Magnetic Closures
Standard refrigerators should not be used for storage of flammable or reactive chemicals. Electrical connections within the refrigerator can be an ignition source for flammable vapors. In fact, it’s been reported that there are nearly a dozen
Ask the Expert - What to Consider Before Consolidating Your Lab Services
David F. Beyerlein, vice president of global operations at MicroConstants, Inc., talks to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, Ph.D., about the options he had available and the decisions he made regarding consolidating the servicing and maintenance
Electrophoresis: Improving the Safety and Sensitivity While Speeding Up the Process
Electrophoresis relies on a basic process— particles moving in an electric field, more or less. Although known for more than 200 years, this phenomenon still drives fundamental techniques in many laboratories. Despite that long history, this
Sample Prep for Chromatographic Analysis
Balancing the needed increases in selectivity with the desire for generic methods The Greek translation of chromatography— basically “color writing”— fails to reveal the breadth of this technology. The range of
Total Organic Carbon Analyzers
The amount of carbon in an organic compound makes up the so-called total organic carbon (TOC), which serves as a crucial metric in a wide range of processes. For instance, TOC can indicate the quality of water or the cleanliness of a
Gas Generators: Convenient, Cost-Effective and More Accurate
Lug a tank of gas to an experiment station, break the connection to the old tank, unhook the device that keeps the tank in place, pull out the empty tank and wrestle in a full one, secure the tank in place, attach the regulator and repeat, repeat,
Are You in the Market for an Automated Liquid Handler?
In automated liquid handlers (ALHs) many customers are looking for modularity, flexibility, scalability, and upgradability. At the same time, space limitations are causing a shift from large core-facility, high-throughput screening systems to
Are You in the Market for a Mass Spectrometer?
Mass spectrometry (MS) is the art of measuring atoms and molecules to determine their molecular weight. MS involves the ionization of chemical samples to generate charged molecules or molecular fragments and measuring their mass-to-charge ratio.
Are You in the Market for a Centrifuge?
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
The Right Choice for CO2 Incubators
CO2 incubators are designed to copy a cell’s natural environment with a relative humidity of around 95 percent, a temperature of 37°C and a pH of 7.2 to 7.5. They are most common in biology labs performing tissue or cell culture and are
Perspective On: A Biofuel Research Laboratory
Even before the current cloudier tax incentive climate cast its shadow on biofuel production, the budding industry faced the slings and arrows of environmentalists, food producers and even applied economists. The renewability of biomass stock feeds
Analytical Flexibly Coupled Diamond ATR Probe DMD-270Fx Employs hollow flexible lightguides Provides coupling to a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer Gives users full fingerprint region spectral
New Mini centrifuge with BIG benefits
Labnet International is proud to introduce their new personal mini centrifuge, the PRISM MINI. Reliable and easy-to-use, the Prism Mini is compact and economical, allowing each workstation to be equipped with a “personal” centrifuge. The
While widely utilized, ELISA has significant limitations. In order to capture antigen of interest from the sample, a relatively large amount of sample is required. xMAP Technology offers an attractive alternative, delivering the benefits of the
2Y series of balances launched by RADWAG
At the beginning of year 2012, can be undoubtedly called a revolution in the global weighing market. The brand new 2Y series offers new software applications, so far unavailable in the laboratory weighing solutions. The new concepts not only enable
Unity Lab Services Provides a Single Source for Integrated Lab Service
Unity Lab Services provides a single source for integrated lab service, support and supply management. Our customized service offerings and world-class service experts have the flexibility and experience to uniquely address your business needs.
A Bulk Liquid Dispenser with Both Peristaltic Pump and Syringe Dispensing
Problem: Bulk microplate-based liquid dispensing instruments typically use peristaltic pumps or microprocessor- controlled syringe pumps to perform reagent and cell dispensing. Each pump type has advantages and disadvantages depending on the reagent
Problem: Immunoassay plates are utilized for a range of mainly ELISA-based applications, some of which are extremely sensitive and contain detection limits in the range of 10 fmol. In order to obtain accurate, reproducible and positive results, it
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