CURRENT ISSUE | VOLUME 15 - ISSUE 11 | December 2020
COVER STORY
Collaborative Robots: Mobile and Adaptable Labmates
The scale and versatility of 'cobots' signal a revolution in high-throughput applications, from drug discovery to COVID-19 testing
In Focus
Fully automatic, electronic technology tracks, records, stores, and transfers
data for greater accuracy
Leadership and Staffing
Most people neither experience nor practice gratitude at work—here’s why they should
Lab leaders share their strategies for ensuring their staff have time to decompress from the added stress
Laboratory Technology
The scale and versatility of ‘cobots’ signal a revolution in high-throughput applications, from drug discovery to COVID-19 testing
Automation and informatics fuel HTE programs across scientific fields
By implementing high throughput experimentation, you’ll be able to run far more experiments than your lab can complete using traditional methods
Labs Less Ordinary
Universities use the brewing process as a model for industrial biochemical processes, for biochemistry studies in their professional bachelors and masters programs
Multimedia
Finding the right mix for cell survival and growth
Business Management
When deciding whether automation will benefit your lab operations, there are several things to consider
Pre-owned systems offer many advantages, provided labs do their homework
Lab Design and Furnishings
Future labs will need more space and altered layout plans
Quest Diagnostics to open flagship lab facility in New Jersey
Management Tips
No matter the type of laboratory that you are managing, if the network or other informatics systems are down, the entire workflow of the laboratory stops
Lab Health and Safety
To prevent uncontrolled mixing, we need to segregate incompatible materials
Ask the Expert
In this Q&A, Craig Crews, PhD, discusses the discovery and development of proteolysis targeting chimeras, a new modality that is being explored for both drug discovery and therapeutic application
Updated
Product Focus
Automation of western blotting can increase its throughput and reproducibility, bringing biochemical protein expression analysis into line with modern techniques in genetics
Glove boxes can complement biosafety cabinets for reproducible biological experiments
Filtration and analysis techniques combine to improve therapeutics
Both real-time and endpoint-based PCR studies can benefit from the drive toward automation with high-throughput thermal cyclers
Products in Action
This new chemically resistant pump provides oil-free vacuum from atmospheric pressure down to 10-3 MBAR for cases that demand clean processes and pure products
Safe, convenient, and intelligent containment you can count on for big biosafety tasks
