Lab Culture
Looking at the new products released this month, it appears many would be just as at home on a runway in Milan as on a sterile lab bench. So this has prompted me to make this the first annual "Lab Managers Next Top Model" competition and awards.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it is hosting the Industry Wednesday Symposium on July 8th, preceding the 7th International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting this week.
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The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA), a multi-disciplinary, non-profit scientific association spanning diverse academic disciplines, industries and technology sectors is pleased to announce its partnership with Boxwood Technologies to provide improved online job services at ALA Career Connections.
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According to research by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Adecco Group, the most serious threat to organizations in this recession may be the recession's end.
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Archaeologist Lynn Swartz Dodd of USC College and her students are taking trade artifacts from Egypt to the Argonne National Laboratorys Advanced Photon Source, home of the most powerful X-rays in the country.
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On the subject of personality factors and success in science, here is a provocative essay by UK professor Bruce Charlton. He claims that the modern system selects for conscientiousness over raw intelligence, with negative consequences.
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"Relatives of UCLA research assistant Sheri Sangji, who died of burns from a chemical explosion, say a state investigator ignored key information and seek harsher penalties for the university." LA Times, 6/22
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Hach Company and Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc. (ATL) have announced a joint marketing, technology and customer migration partnership that will provide significant benefits to customers.
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Retention programs are as diverse as the businesses that implement them, but an ideal retention strategy is comprised of three key elements.
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A new report from the National Academies contradicts an earlier one from that organization on whether women in academe face discrimination in hiring, promotion, and access to resources. The current report, released last week, finds rough parity between the sexes, even though the earlier report, released in 2006, contends that women do face discrimination.
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In our June Leadership & Staffing article, author Allison Champion describes her lab's cross-training program in which technicians develop capabilities in more than one area and adjust their focus as needed to alleviate workflow bottlenecks.
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Conferee Networking Sessions are free to all registered Pittcon 2010 attendees and provide an open forum for people to establish new friendships, alliances and communication in an informal environment.
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