Cover Story | Volume 15 - Issue 6 | July 2020
Creating a Positive Lab Culture
Learn to use behavioral strengths to lead, motivate, and succeed
Sections
Leadership and Staffing
Creating a Positive Culture in the Laboratory
Learn to use behavioral strengths to lead, motivate, and succeed
Quick Tips from Linda: Recruiting Candidates Remotely
With hiring going virtual at many companies, Linda the lab manager shares her tips for attracting the best talent to your lab with a solid remote onboarding process
Managing a Multigenerational Laboratory
Understanding the unique traits of each generation ensures a cohesive work environment
Labs Less Ordinary
How Researchers are Protecting Our Oceans and Waterways
At the NOAA Charleston and Hollings Marine Laboratories, collaborative research is at the heart of safeguarding aquatic ecosystems
In Focus
The Power of Partnership
From resources to support, the right partner can help you tackle cell culture contamination
The Optimal Balance of Performance, Efficiency, and Safety
A biological safety cabinet without compromise
Business Management
Achieving Equity for Women in STEM
To implement real change in the scientific workplace, participation is needed on both an individual and corporate level
Facilitate Knowledge Transfer to Maximize Your Greatest Asset
Breaking down barriers for knowledge transfer supports creativity and innovation
Multimedia
Linda's Lab: Building an Inclusive Lab
In this month's comic, Linda shares how she creates a work environment where everyone feels included and can therefore do their best work
Lab Design and Furnishings
Laboratory Renovations: Made Fast to Last
Proper planning cuts down on construction time
Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute C Receives Excellence in Sustainability Award
This workhorse in the desert needed to set a new standard for sustainability, as well as provide space for ever-advancing scientific research and discovery
Lab Health and Safety
Proper Sequencing of PPE Use
Recommended procedures for donning and doffing PPE to prevent cross-contamination
INSIGHTS
The Power of Algorithms in Analytical Chemistry
AI can tackle big data and accelerate numerous applications in analytical chemistry
Ask the Expert
Laboratory Accreditation 101
In this Q&A, Elizabeth Carbonella of A2LA outlines the process of laboratory accreditation and the associated benefits
Product Focus
Bioreactor Designs Respond to Evolving Needs in Vaccine Manufacturing
Faced with limitations of egg-based vaccine production, researchers have turned to other approaches
Lyophilizing for Storage and Analysis
Although freeze drying is a well-known technique, it still comes with some hurdles
IR: Shining a Light on Chardonnay
Various forms of light-based analysis—including infrared and near-infrared spectroscopy—provide useful information from an easy workflow
Informatics Approaches to In Silico Drug Discovery
Revolutionary approaches to drug discovery aided by informatics and guided toward precision medicine have helped bring new drug approvals back to pre-1996 levels