CURRENT ISSUE | VOLUME 12 - ISSUE 2 | March 2017
COVER STORY
Government Regulations
What the 2-for-1 rule could mean for U.S. labs
Business Management
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.
Computer security breaches happen; it’s a fact of life, and just another cost of doing business these days.
Research-Specific Labs
Preventing slips and falls in winter conditions is this lab’s main mission
Leadership and Staffing
Managers must find the right methods to connect with and transfer information to their staff
Laboratory Technology
Manufacturers of analytical instruments often use robustness as a selling point, but what do they really mean when they say their hardware is robust?
The latest equipment, instruments, and system introductions to the laboratory market.
New CO2 incubator features unique space-saving design
Lab Health and Safety
Liquid nitrogen is used in many laboratory operations, especially in medical, health care, and related facilities.
INSIGHTS
Disease and drug response testing from the bottom up
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
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, PhD, is director of proteomics at the Harvard University Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Resource Laboratory
Product Focus
GCxGC provides higher sensitivity and added applications
Probing nature’s building blocks
Simpler, more accurate solutions to heat sensing
Some simple features mean a lot
Surveys
Find out our readers’ most common HPLC applications and more from our latest survey results.
Learn readers’ liquid handling purchasing plans and more from our latest 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.
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
Companies are introducing column-free antibody labeling kits that can be used in place of traditional, labor-intensive column-based methods
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