Organizational politics involves trades, exchanges of favors, relationships, reprisals, obstructionism and coalition-building. This sometimes goes beyond the normal process of getting the job done and the normal interchanges with peers and colleagues.

“All sound and fury signifying nothing” pretty much sums up the scientific establishment’s take on Twitter, Facebook, and company at the dawning of social media. Given researchers’ reputation as a media-averse, socially restrained crowd, social media seemed the worst of all worlds.

Knowing standard contract language is crucial in securing favorable terms and conditions

Whether fragments are long (>1,000bp) or short as in conventional NGS work (<500bp), NGS library preparations benefit from quantitative and qualitative analysis

With the downturn in the economy, many companies have cut back on training. A lot of employees view training as an expense they can’t afford and besides, if the company doesn’t pay for it, it must not be too important. This eventually hurts employees that don’t realize their talent is their best asset.

Research from North Carolina State University shows companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees – making it harder for them to attract top job candidates.

Drs. Warren and Roberta (Robin) Heydenberk of Lehigh University's College of Education provide their take on the harmful effects of bullying among adults and offer a solution to prevent and end the practice.

There are surely going to be times when experiments must continue running on their own while you do other things (go out to lunch or home to sleep). At these times, it’s important to consider all the things that could go wrong in your absence and to prepare for them.

Problem: Advancements in technology in the scientific arena have led to the requirement to store larger numbers of compounds including small molecules, potential drug candidates or biological samples.

Today's laboratory designers understand that in environments that support complex tasks, workflow should dictate design, not the other way around.