Cover Story | Volume 14 - Issue 6 | July 2019
Laboratory Trends
Labor automation has always been a polarizing subject, approached alternately with hushed caution and with a tendency to rant and rave, to smash and rend
Sections
Products in Action
PRO Scientific Cannabis Homogenizing Package
PRO Homogenizers and generator probes are precision designed to provide reliable, reproducible results
Why Erlab’s Ductless Filtering Fume Hoods & Storage Cabinets are Different
Erlab’s dedicated R&D laboratory has developed the most advanced molecular air filtration technology in the industry
PPPL Selects Starline Plug-In Raceway & Track Busway as Power Distribution Solution for New Laboratory
Starline helps Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory plan ahead for future facility
Laboratory Technology
Laboratory Trends
Labor automation has always been a polarizing subject, approached alternately with hushed caution and with a tendency to rant and rave, to smash and rend
Solutions for Cannabis Sample Preparation and Analysis
This month, Lab Manager features instruments and services that support cannabis sample preparation and analysis
Research-Specific Labs
The Biomaterials Lab at Rice University
Novel solutions help solve medical challenges
Multimedia
Opioid Testing with LC- and GC-MS
Opioid testing is challenging, as many illicit synthetic opioids are designed to elude detection
Linda's Lab: Lab Trends
Lenny goes a little overboard in following the latest lab trends
In Focus
Expert Guidance on Your Path to a Higher Standard of Quality
Formal training can help labs create better operations and management systems and improve performance for greater competence and consumer confidence
Lab Health and Safety
How to Handle Lab Reagents After Their Expiration Date
Factors to consider before using expired reagents
Spill and Whine
Using solvents safely in the lab
Business Management
Highlights from the 2019 Lab Manager Leadership Summit
Inaugural conference addresses lab managers’ greatest challenges
Lab Design and Furnishings
Laboratory Relocation in Three Stages
A project manager and relocation team can help navigate all stages of a laboratory move
How it Works
Accelerating Cannabinoid Refining: An Opportunity to Maximize Throughput via Process Optimization
How can I refine cannabinoid extract faster and increase my production capacity?
How Improving the Efficiency of High Throughput Screening Assays with Mass Spectrometry Works
An acoustic ejection mass spectrometry system delivers significantly greater throughput and efficiency in screening and quantitation assays
Leadership and Staffing
Managing Millennials, from a Millennial
How to provide growth opportunities for the next generation of scientists
Ask Linda: Developing Strong Teams
When building your teams, include a mix of new hires and existing staff whose skills and strengths will play well off each other
INSIGHTS
What’s Your Dose? The Challenges of Cannabis Potency Testing
Cannabis potency varies between products, and different analytical methods are used to quantify active ingredients and contaminants
Ask the Expert
Multiplex Quantitative PCR in Wildlife Toxicology
Dr. Ronald J. Kendall is head of the Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory and professor of Environmental Toxicology in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University
Product Focus
Developments in Freeze Drying
The expansion of global biopharmaceutical markets, particularly within nations where electricity and refrigeration are unreliable, drives lyophilization markets
A Spectrum of Capabilities in FTIR Microspectroscopy
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has long been a valuable tool to facilitate confirmation of molecular structure through analysis of spectra in comparison to reference spectra
LIMS Meets the Modern Laboratory
The latest trends in laboratory information management systems
The Benefits of Combined TGA and DSC
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry deliver a one-two analytical punch