Lab Leadership
When we're trying to get a point across to someone else we often think long and hard about what we want to say. That is the wrong way to go about it. Instead of focusing on what you want to say to get your point across, you should focus on what you w
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The end of the year is a good time to review your companys holiday pay practices.
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Engagement with the public is a responsibility that many, if not most, scientists should accept, says David P. Friedman, Ph.D. I would even argue that it is a moral imperative, to be ignored at our own risk, he adds.
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SunEthanol, a spinoff company from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has raised $25 million in financing and is changing its name to Qteros, which refers to its Q Microbe technology for producing sustainable liquid fuel from non-food plants and wastes.
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A pair of Endeavour-carried cryogenic freezers will boost the biological research capacity of the shuttle and the International Space Station.
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Relationships between scientists and the news media have evolved tremendously over the past 25 years, and scientists should continue to improve communications with both the media and the lay public.
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If you run the lab like a seperate island outside the company, you will not be able to demonstrate where the laboratory is adding value to the overall business.
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To find and hire the best job candidates, lab managers need to employ a formal, deliberative process.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, posted a letter on its website yesterday, congratulating President-elect Obama and urging him to "act quickly to nominate--by inauguration day on January 20th--a cabinet-rank Assistant to
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Researchers at the center will work to develop the next generation of solar technology by studying one of the most powerful energy converting machines in world plants. Researchers will use sophisticated new technologies and techniques to understand the energy converting power of plants to develop new technologies that mimic this extremely efficient natural system.
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When asked the question, "Remember way back when - when you got your first management job. What do you wish someone had told you then? What would be the one tip you would give to a manager just starting out?"
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