Pamela Ahlberg
Articles by Pamela Ahlberg
Based on a recent Lab Manager Magazine survey, we learned that nearly 44 percent of you have applied for Federal Stimulus Plan grant money - 46 percent from academia, followed by 12.7 percent from hospital or medical centers, and 12.7 percent from ph
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On the Twitter homepage (http://www.twitter.com) is the following explanation: "Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are
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"The sciences could well rise in the new pecking order of career status. The Obama administration wants to double federal spending in basic research over 10 years and triple the number of graduate fellowships in science. There are already signs of
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In the current issue of Lab Manager Magazine, Gloria Metrick provides an overview of the blogs, discussion boards, Wikis, and online social networking and data sharing sites available to laboratory professionals. (http://www.labmanager.com/articles.a
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With everyone braced for a smaller turnout in terms of exhibitors and attendees, this year's Pittcon surprised many with its vitality and respectable attendance. Vendors I spoke with acknowledged less booth visitors, but commented that the quality of
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If you were in Chicago last week for Pittcon, what was your impression of the show? Did you find what you wanted and learn what you needed to?
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"Poor training, poor technique, lack of supervision and improper method," said Neal Langerman, former head of the American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Health and Safety, about the lab fire that killed UCLA research assistant Sheri Sangji.
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The NIH is expected to receive $10 billion, including $8.5 billion for research and $1.5 billion for university research facilities. The NSF will receive $3 billion, including $2.5 billion for research, $400 million for infrastructure and $100 millio
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Due diligence in purchasing requires an investment in time and resources to manage risk and obtain the most value for the money. This requires some oversight of the actual buying cycle and is not a trivial task. How complicated is the process at your
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He also said, "We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do."
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Invention is "new technology that really changes things, that is radical disruption," explains Dr. Lienhard. One reason for this disruption is that invention is cumulative, as noted by Merton Flemings, director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, a nonprofi
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How the technical or lab manager anticipates and responds to the constant and turbulent change that envelops an organization is frequently the difference between commercial and personal success and failure. Most technical and business people disli
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The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Job and Financial Security Resource Center offers resources that can help professionals search for employment, develop qualities beyond the technical competencies that are valued by employers and learn how t
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Based on some cursory research (visit: http://www.epa.gov/sbo/labguide.htm), the following areas seem most challenging for small labs: Professional development opportunities Training Expenditure for internal audits Becoming a GL
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David P. Friedman, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, says that until the 1980s, the scientific community did a very poor job of communicating with anyone beyond their own campuses. That, he
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