Lab Leadership
In last week's blog, I discussed five ways to increase their report writing speed. There is also a sixth approach lab managers can use to get reports written and issued quickly: hire a technical writer to write the report. However, this approach has
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As effective team memebers, scientists can help their organizations and laboratories continue to do the important research necessary to improve lives well into the future.
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For many, Project Management means graphs, charts, and procedures, often implemented through a software package, designed to plan and guide to completion repetitive and highly predictable work. If that's what it means, does it have a place in today
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With all your employees being unique, some of them may need extra reassurance in order to function, while others may be uncomfortable with praise or even indifferent.
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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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