Lab Leadership
In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama promised to restore science to its rightful place in U.S. society. But where is that place? How do we find it in an ever more complex, uncertain, and politically, socially and culturally diverse world?
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Writing reports can be a pain. Writing takes lab managers away from other work and isolates them behind a desk. Yet timely reports can be necessary, even essential in running a laboratory. So it is essential that laboratory managers write productivel
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The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has donated $100,000 to The Scripps Research Institute that will be used to jump start a new philanthropic drive to expand the graduate school program at Scripps Florida.
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General economic conditions have many lab employees concerned about their continued employment. This is particularly the case if their laboratory has undergone a staff reduction. Some big pharmaceutical companies even have closed entire large laborat
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The Biotechnology Study Center of NYU School of Medicine will hold its annual awards symposium on April 5, 2010, to honor three outstanding leaders in biomedical research.
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Dr. Hakim Djaballah shares his experiences on setting up a screening lab in an academic environment. He will walk participants through the process on how he and his team designed and set up the HTS lab for MSKCC.
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Barbara Royce, an employee of the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory since 1980, will be honored for her dedicated community service work at the Town of Brookhavens 24th Annual Womens Recognition Night on March 25 at Town Hall in Farmingville.
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Have you ever posted a job opening online and received a huge number of resumes in response? On the one hand, the more resumes you receive, the more likely you're going to find a talented employee who will strengthen your team. But narrowing a pile of applications also takes a lot of time and energy. Here are some tips on how best to do that.
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"The chemical industry is leaving the United States, and it won't be back," said Peter Huntsman, CEO of chemical firm Huntsman Corp. "When demand picks back up, they'll build new capacity overseas--in the Middle East, Singapore and China." He was quo
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For the past 18 months, the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) have been strategizing a merger to unite their complementary missions within the context of one inclusive organizationthe Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS).
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Burlington Laboratories Inc. recently made a $50,000 challenge grant to commemorate Lund Family Center's 120 years of strengthening families by helping children survive.
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The work force is aging as baby boomer move toward retirement. Gen X managers need to learn how to motivate and manage this talent pool of older workers. Both generations have very different views of the other and will need to learn how the other generation operates. It is up to the managers, Gen X or otherwise, to take the lead and create the climate in which older workers will remain engaged and productive.
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