Robotic and motion technologies help labs stay small, agile, and cost-efficient.

Companies to co-market automated sample preparation solutions

Lab Manager's guide to purchasing sample prep products.

Exosomes purification and analyses comprise a fast evolving research area; more than 70% of published research on exosomes has been done within the last six years.

Demand for trace metals analysis in the environmental laboratory is growing strongly due to stricter  environmental regulations. ICP has previously been the standard for metals analysis, but as demand for lower detection levels grows, labs are experiencing a significant transition to ICP-MS. This transition is placing increased emphasis on the sample preparation method.

Proper sample preparation for mass spectrometry-based analysis is essential to obtain reproducible and high-quality results. The editors of Lab Manager have assembled a team of industry experts to discuss some of the latest trends in sample preparation for mass spectrometry

Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the publication of a new sample preparation guide and selection tool to help scientists produce cleaner samples for more efficient chromatographic analysis.

Karyn M. Usher is an analytical chemist in the Department of Natural Sciences at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, MN. At Metro State, her research has focused on sample preparation for the determination of analytes in complex matrices by high performance liquid chromatography.

Sample preparation can be a labor-intensive and expensive process. What are the factors that should be considered when evaluating the possible transition from manual to semi-automated or fully automated systems? How do they impact your return on investment?

For many labs, automation provides the biggest return on sample preparation because it’s the key time-consuming bottleneck for many processes.