CURRENT ISSUE | VOLUME 12 - ISSUE 8 | September 2017
COVER STORY
Employee Satisfaction
An important part of managerial responsibility is to ensure an overall satisfactory work environment
Leadership and Staffing
An important part of managerial responsibility is to ensure an overall satisfactory work environment
For every organization, people are the key asset. Their knowledge defines what the business knows and can accomplish
Business Management
What are the alternatives for those ambitious individuals who are blocked for promotion, whose job has lost its challenge, or who have lost their job?
Why scientists and startups have begun choosing this funding method
Surveys
Compensation, employer loyalty, and career satisfaction remain steady
Research-Specific Labs
From a menstrual cycle in a dish to bioprosthetic ovaries, the Center for Reproductive Science is breaking new ground
Laboratory Technology
The latest handheld instruments for remote use
Lab Health and Safety
Daily work in research laboratories poses constant risks to our health and safety.
New cloud-based software eases the burden of safety training
INSIGHTS
As the industry grows, so does the increased need for potency testing.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have turned the market for assay-worthy cells on its head.
Ask the Expert
Professor Robert J. Linhardt received his PhD in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1979 and did postdoctoral studies at MIT.
Thomas Neubert, PhD, talks to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about analyzing small molecules and proteins from diverse samples using mass spectrometry (MS).
Product Focus
Charged aerosol detection identifies a wide range of analytes at high sensitivity
The transfer of standard “test tube” chemical, biochemical, and live-cell assays to microplate formats boosted scientists’ ability to run large-scale, replicative experiments in many different formats
Some sample measurements can pose unique challenges that require special pH measurement considerations
When shopping for the right shaker, there are many factors to consider; as the rock band Genesis would say, there’s an “ocean of motion.”
How it Works
Almost every laboratory requires sample storage, regardless of whether the samples to be stored are chemical or biological in nature.
Lab Health and Safety Tips
Incorporate safety procedures into the university course curriculum
Multimedia
Linda and her colleagues throw a going away shindig for an old pal—the centrifuge