Bogdan Budnik, PhD, is director of proteomics at the Harvard University Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Resource Laboratory

Gas cylinders present considerable effort and concern for many lab managers

Tanuja Koppal, PhD, speaks with Jennifer Smith, PhD, deputy director of the ICCB-Longwood Screening Facility, and Yanhui (Claire) Hu, PhD, senior bioinformatician at the Drosophila RNAi Screening Center in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School

Laboratory fume hoods are designed to protect the worker by containing and exhausting harmful or toxic fumes, gases, or vapors from chemicals used in the hood

Different sizes of nucleic acids and proteins will directly affect the type of gel and, as a result, the tank that is ideal for the process

Two main configurations exist for lab freeze dryers

The overall size of a laboratory and the number of instruments present will play a significant role in the design and type of gas generator required

Homogenizers come in a variety of configurations, including handheld and bench-mounted models with a variety of probes to match the correct sample type, and test tube strikers for clinical and tissue applications

A variety of different detectors exist for HPLC / UHPLC systems, and there are many other considerations when purchasing

Glassware washers come in a variety of configurations and sizes