Cover Story | Volume 14 - Issue 4 | May 2019
Agile Spaces
Effective design solutions for lab and technical facilities
Sections
Products in Action
Thermo Scientific TriPlus 500 Gas Chromatography Headspace Autosampler
Drive laboratory productivity with the innovative Thermo Scientific TriPlus 500 Gas Chromatography Headspace Autosampler
Solis Balances
Solis analytical balances provide an outstanding solution for a variety of lab applications
INTEGRA Offers Hands-Free Multichannel Pipetting
Using any INTEGRA electronic multichannel pipette, this compact system offers laboratory automation at an affordable price
Lab Design and Furnishings
Agile Spaces
Effective design solutions for lab and technical facilities
Cannabis Lab Design
The unique security, regulation, and instrumentation requirements of a cannabis testing lab
Ask Linda: Overseeing a Lab Expansion
Expanding your laboratory space allows you to better serve your team and ensures research goals are being met
Linda's Lab: Lab Design
Bigger projects and changing research means Linda and her benchmates need to redesign their lab
Research-Specific Labs
Innovative Design Key to World-Renowned Facility’s Success
The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is world-renowned for a variety of reasons
In Focus
Laboratory Gas Generators Keep Up with Increasing Demands for Cannabis Testing
Nitrogen and hydrogen gases are essential for different analytical techniques used to assess cannabis potency and safety
Better Sample Storage: Alternative Ultralow Temperature Freezer Technology Can Protect Your Valuable Biological Specimens
Breakthrough ultralow temperature freezer technology delivers outstanding reliability and efficiency to reduce operating costs and provide peace of mind
Setting Up Your New Lab Like a CEO
Between managing finances, purchasing equipment, and hiring staff, setting up a new laboratory requires you to operate with a business mindset
Business Management
Considerations for Transporting Used Lab Equipment
Plan ahead to ensure instruments arrive safely
Leadership and Staffing
Transitioning to Management
The challenges, pitfalls, and rewards
Lab Health and Safety
Avoiding UV Light Hazards in the Lab
UV light equipment in biological safety cabinets, germicidal lamps, transluminators, and Wood’s lamps can all have harmful effects
How it Works
How Automated Liquid Handling Systems for qPCR Set-Up Work
Avoiding cross-contamination during manual qpcr set-up is essential for reliable results, but can be a tedious, time-consuming process
INSIGHTS
Automating Cell Culture for Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Development
Advances in automation eliminate the tedious, time-consuming aspects of cell culture and cell line development
Laboratory Technology
Solutions for Cell Culture and Automated Liquid Handling
Lab Manager features some instruments designed to improve liquid handling accuracy and precision
Ask the Expert
Miniaturization: A 'Renaissance' for Mass Spectrometers
Dr. Christopher Brown is a co-founder, VP, and CTO of 908 Devices Inc. (Boston, MA).
Product Focus
How Casework Arrangement Can Improve Lab Space
A lab’s casework—benches, cabinets, and tables—forms the foundation of research projects
In Centrifugation, Samples and Materials Must Work Together
It’s worth the trouble to match the optimal centrifuge tubes with a particular application.
Essential Oils Meet Analytical Chemistry
There has been a major push for standardization and quality control, notably through the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Overcoming Challenges of Cannabis Sample Prep
Modern-day complexities for legacy methods