As sites and tools for online networking and collaboration evolve, they are gaining a permanent place in most laboratories and businesses. Have you explored?
Unless you live under a very big rock, far away from all things technological, you have become aware of Twitter. Maybe more than aware. Maybe a participant.
Laboratory managers and team leaders, because of their knowledge of how research on a project unfolds, often play critical roles in deciding inventorship issues. Correct inventorship has to be considered whenever one or more of your staff members submit an invention disclosure to be considered for filing as a patent application.
I recently came across a web site in which McCain and Obama answer the top 14 science questions facing America – sharing their views on issues of environment, health and medicine, and science and technology policy. It's worth checking out. http://
While the need for trans-global collaboration was obvious in 1991, the reluctance of the scientific community to embrace the social media aspects of the Internet for that same purpose seems curious
The economy, the election, your business. If thats not on your mind these days, youre lucky or not paying attention. Lab Manager Magazine is looking at all of these topics with the hopes of shedding some light.
In this month’s cover story, author John Borchardt describes the changes that have taken place since 2008 in priorities for hiring new laboratory employees.