Angelo DePalma, PhD
Articles by Angelo DePalma, PhD
Experimentation in microtiter plates exemplifies the two dominating trends in the life sciences: higher throughput and smaller sample size. Microplate handlers are the robotic glue that connects microplate readers, liquid dispensers, plate storage systems, plate washers, and other equipment essential for microplate-based research and development.
Glove boxes are enclosed, controlled-environment chambers that serve as isolation or containment spaces for laboratory work. Most glove boxes operate in isolation mode, under positive pressure, to protect samples or experiments from the environment.
Automated liquid handlers (ALHs) are one of the truly enabling technologies of modern life sciences, particularly in medical testing, biological research, and high high-throughput screening.
Power supplies provide steady, precisely controlled electrical energy to electronic equipment.
Rotary evaporators have for decades been staples in labs and industries performing chemistry, including labs in the chemical, environmental, materials, life science and forensics industries
The choice of overhead or magnetic stirring to achieve uniform mixing is relatively straightforward, based on scale and viscosity of the medium being stirred.
Useful viscometer / rheometer features that buyers should be aware of are temperature control, spindle rotational speed control, a range of sample holders, and ease of use.
Over the years lab workers have come to expect more from instrumentation, and pH meters are no exception.
Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are enclosures that protect users from biohazards by cleansing the work space air through HEPA filters.
Since size dictates so many properties of materials, particle size measurement is critical for many industries.
LIMS may be processor workflow-oriented, industry-oriented, or incorporate aspects of both.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is the fastest-growing GC method.
Vacuum pumps are essential, but little understood by users.
