Lab Management
Writing in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/ad/article/managingrisk-managing"), veteran business journalist Russ Banham notes, "In this era of globalization, few strategic initiatives are more global than a company
| 2 min read
Microarrays, Inc. (MI), an innovator of array-based technologies for biological research, detection and diagnostics, today announced that the company's management team and a group of independent investors have purchased MI from Vanderbilt University.
| 2 min read
Brookfield Engineering, the worldwide leader in viscosity measurement and control, announces the expansion and relocation of their United Kingdom headquarters. The move to the new Brookfield Technical Centre was necessary to accommodate Brookfields s
| 1 min read
The pharmaceutical industry appears to be in the process of switching over to a different R&D model involving more outsourcing and less internal R&D than in the past. Perhaps a decade ago, pharmaceutical companies were outsourcing drug manufacturing
| 2 min read
Labsphere, a global leader in light metrology, has expanded its presence in Asia with the opening of a new sales and service facility in Shanghai, China. Operating under the name Shanghai Lanfei Optical Equipment Co. Ltd., the wholly owned foreign en
| 1 min read
For a laboratory to be able to survive in a difficult economic environment, it is crucial that the scientific and financial sides of the business be in sync.
| 5+ min read
Although the basic concepts and techniques of Lean are straightforward, adapting them to a particular lab situation and integrating them into a defined process that uses resources well is quite a challenge.
| 5+ min read
Techniques for prioritizing and managing tasks in alignment with your organization's goals
| 5+ min read
Forming and managing effective global research teams with members located in far-flung countries and different time zones is a major challenge for lab managers at multinational companies and at companies outsourcing lab work overseas.
| 5+ min read
BioFocus announced July 12 that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have extended their agreement for the operation of the Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository (MLSMR) through December 2012. According to the terms of this agreement, BioFocus will be
| 1 min read
Weights are a tricky subject. To be certain you have the right equipment for the job, consider the following during your next weight or weight-set purchase.
| 2 min read
Iowa State University's Robert C. Brown pulled a few of his graduate students aside a couple years back and offered up an extracurricular challenge. "You are all experts on pyrolysis," he remembers telling them. "Why don't you start a company specifically to commercialize bio-oil recovery?"
| 3 min read
