Cover Story | Volume 12 - Issue 2 | March 2017
Sections
Business Management
What Does the 2-For-1 Rule Mean for U.S. Labs?
Current government moves to scrap two existing federal regulations for every new addition have received considerable attention in business circles, and undoubtedly from the management of laboratory operations.
A Multilevel Approach to Protecting Against Cybersecurity Breaches
Computer security breaches happen; it’s a fact of life, and just another cost of doing business these days.
Research-Specific Labs
How Toronto's WinterLab is Helping Improve Winter Mobility
Preventing slips and falls in winter conditions is this lab’s main mission
Leadership and Staffing
Effectively Communicating With Your Staff
Managers must find the right methods to connect with and transfer information to their staff
Laboratory Technology
How Robust Instruments and Workflows Can Optimize Lab Tests and Processes
Manufacturers of analytical instruments often use robustness as a selling point, but what do they really mean when they say their hardware is robust?
March 2017 Technology News
The latest equipment, instruments, and system introductions to the laboratory market.
Cell Culture in Tight Quarters
New CO2 incubator features unique space-saving design
Lab Health and Safety
Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety Basics
Liquid nitrogen is used in many laboratory operations, especially in medical, health care, and related facilities.
INSIGHTS
Clinical Applications of Omics: The Latest Challenges
Disease and drug response testing from the bottom up
Forensics Applications for Next-Generation Sequencing
DNA sequencing keeps getting faster and covering more bases, and today’s fastest approach is massively parallel sequencing (MPS)—also known as next-generation sequencing.
Ask the Expert
Patricia Granados on Gas Chromatography Troubleshooting
Mrs. Patricia Granados is the research instrument technician at the Centre for Environmental Analysis and Remediation (CEAR) at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bogdan Budnik on Trends in Mass-Spectrometry-Driven Proteomics
Bogdan Budnik, PhD, is director of proteomics at the Harvard University Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Resource Laboratory
Product Focus
Tandem Power from Gas Chromatography
GCxGC provides higher sensitivity and added applications
The Latest in Live Cell Imaging
Probing nature’s building blocks
Advances in Temperature Measurement for Microwave Digestion
Simpler, more accurate solutions to heat sensing
Hotplate Stirrers Get More Accurate and Adaptable Than Ever
Some simple features mean a lot
Surveys
2017 HPLC Survey Results
Find out our readers’ most common HPLC applications and more from our latest survey results.
2017 Automated Liquid Handling Survey Results
Learn readers’ liquid handling purchasing plans and more from our latest survey results.
2017 Glove Box Survey Results
Glove boxes go by many different names and are used for many purposes. However, their essential attribute is the ability to maintain a completely separate environment from ambient.
2017 Glassware Washer Survey Results
Whether to employ central washing stations or point-of-use washers located under a lab bench or in a corner is something that has to be addressed with regards to laboratory glassware washers.
How it Works
How Column-Free Fluorescent Antibody Labeling Kits Work
Companies are introducing column-free antibody labeling kits that can be used in place of traditional, labor-intensive column-based methods
How siRNA Knockdown Antibody Validation Works
With so many irreproducible results using antibodies across science, it is crucial to validate antibodies to ensure that they work for the lab’s application