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New Game Plans

Welcome to Lab Manager’s first issue of 2016, in which we look at a number of challenges and changes facing today’s lab managers.

Business Management

A New Generation

“This is not your grandfather’s or grandmother’s national lab system anymore.”

Budget Planning

Setting up a new lab can present many challenges, not least among them is managing your budget.

Warranties on Pre-Owned Analytical Equipment

Used equipment can help keep your costs down, but you'll want to make sure you have the right warranty.

Research-Specific Labs

SNOLAB: Doing Science in an Active Mine

“Once you’re in the lab, it’s very difficult to recognize that you are two kilometers underground.”

Leadership and Staffing

High Standards

Thanks to stricter government regulations and a closer eye on laboratory tests, accreditation and training remain as important as ever.

Laboratory Technology

Managing Workflow

A workflow management system can enhance your laboratory’s operation, no matter what type of lab you have.

A New World of Experimentation

Models and simulations continue to connect the real lab space with the virtual world

Preventing Contamination in Pipetting

This article addresses the three contamination types that originate from pipetting: pipette-to-sample contamination, sample-to-pipette contamination, and sample- to-sample contamination.

January/February 2016 Technology News

The equipment, instruments, and systems introduced to the laboratory market at Pittcon 2016

Lab Health and Safety

How to Choose the Best Consultant for Your Lab

There are more health and safety consultants out there than you can shake a stick at. Many are very good; some are not.

INSIGHTS

The Case for Primary Cells

Primary cells have been a key part of life sciences research, and demand for these cells is at an all-time high.

INSIGHTS on Food and Beverage Screening

To feed the world safe and consistent foods and beverages, companies need increasingly fast ways to screen products from start to finish.

Ask the Expert

Automation Trends in Analytical Labs

Rohan Steel, PhD, is a project leader in the Biological Research Unit at Racing Analytical Services, Ltd. (RASL), in Flemington, Australia.

Advancing Big Data Science

Marina Sirota, PhD, discusses trends in data analysis, tools for data storage, and tackling challenges associated with big data.

Product Focus

Focus On Consumables: Solid Phase Extraction

Solid phase extraction (SPE) serves as the front end to numerous analytic modalities, particularly but not limited to gas and liquid chromatography.

Some Shaker Platforms Control Temperature and RPMs Over a Wide Range

Most of today’s biology labs need to shake something, and often in a controlled environment. That’s a job for a temperature controlled or incubator shaker.

Controlling Refractometry's Temperature

A material’s refractive index—essentially how much it bends lights—can be used to describe the material and its use.

Number or Volume-Based Reporting?

Which method of reporting is appropriate for your particle sizing/characterization application?

Surveys

2016 Titrator Product Survey Results

Find out the most popular features and more from our latest titrator product survey results.

2016 Microplate Reader Survey Results

Learn what accessories are most common and more from our latest microplate reader survey results.

2016 Lab Ovens User Survey

Learn the most common applications and more from our latest lab oven survey results.

2016 Freeze Dryer Survey Results

Find out readers’ purchasing plans and more from our latest freeze dryer survey results.

How it Works

How Sample Management in the Cloud Works

Problem: With non-automated sample management systems, searching and sharing information within and without the lab is slow and tedious.

How Microfluidic Technology for Implementing and Building Assays Works

Problem: Laboratories in the U.S. and abroad face obstacles such as limited budgets and are
constrained by inefficient workflow and a lack of qualified personnel and highly specialized
technicians to fill a growing number of professional laboratory positions.

Products in Action