Lab Culture
Welcome to the Lab Manager Magazine web site. Beginning today, I will be using this part of the site to regularly comment on industry trends and events, update you on product, research and event news, point out new features and functions of the site,
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Like any walk of life, management can be a satisfying endeavor. Sometimes you just need reminding of how to do it.
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The business manager for Syntrix Biosystems (Auburn, WA) was charged with defrauding the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute out of federal grant money that was supposed to be used for drug and cancer research.
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An interview with Rachel Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology, Harvard Medical School.
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced a substantial gift from the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation to endow a bilateral scientific forum to be operated jointly by NAS and the Royal Society in London.
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SciVee, a Web 2.0 resource dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research and science-specific research networking, is adding a video feature called a Postercast that enables students and professional researchers alike to upload their poster and related video to create a synchronized presentation on the SciVee website.
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Purdue University yesterday formally reprimanded and sanctioned a faculty member after a university appeal committee unanimously denied an appeal from two findings of research misconduct.
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. has introduced www.mytetracell.com, a new online social networking site created for current and new Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN system users to share and exchange ideas and information.
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Bruce Roths name may not be on the tip of many tongues, but his invention has been on more than 26 million in the United States alone. Inventor of Lipitor, Roth was among 25 unsung scientific heroes who were inducted into an American Chemical Society (ACS) hall of fame called the Heroes of Chemistry.
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Bruker AXS, in cooperation with The Microbeam Analysis Society, has announced that the Duncumb Award for Excellence in Microanalysis has been awarded to Professor Joseph Goldstein of UMASS Amherst. Dr. Goldstein is a scientist, educator and administrator internationally known for his work in the development of X-ray techniques in electron microscopy to determine the chemistry of small regions of solid materials, ranging from cubic micrometers to cubic nanometers, and in the field of meteoritics, the study of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials.
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The 29th Annual conference Tools of the Trade for the Association of Lab Managers will be occurring October 15-17, 2008 at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods, Waltham, MA. For the first time in the history of this conference, the event will be held in New England during the leaf peeping season close to all the cultural, historical and academic action of the area.
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