Lab Leadership
Despite the general perception that biomedical research funding decisions are apolitical, Congressional members steer billions of dollars in research money from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to researchers and institutions in their home states, according to a University of California, Berkeley study.
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In Barrack Obama's inaugural address, he pledged to "restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost."
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As companies struggle to stay afloat in the current economic climate, they must cut expenses any way they can, including making reductions to employee headcount.
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Research universities may not be able to count on their ability to attract the best young faculty talent, a survey released on January 20th, 2009 suggests.
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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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"Invention and innovation are quite different things," declares Dr. Lienhard, emeritus professor of technology and culture at the University of Houston. To promote invention, a lab manager has to devise methods of instilling a sense of freedom in the research staff.
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ESI International revealed the 2009 Top 10 project management trends that will impact both private and public sector organizations this year.
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Resources and advice for gathering competitive intelligence.
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The LMI curriculum outlined below is designed to provide scientists with a more formative education. It is organized under the categories of leadership; management; health, safety and security; best practices; and integrity and compliance.
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This small biotech company successfully attracts great hires
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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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Most people dislike uncertainty. Therefore, the first priority of a manager should be to reduce uncertainty in the workplace by replacing fear, anger and rumors with facts, sensitivity to employee concerns and clarity of group goals and objectives
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