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What can senior managers do when outstanding staff members are moved into a management position and dont do well?
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While technical ability is essential to becoming a successful laboratory manager, it is not sufficient. Many outstanding scientists or engineers have failed as lab managers. It takes more than just technical ability. What is this more that outstanding lab managers have?
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When safety is done right it should be recognized.
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Given the economical cost, performance and myriad styles of today's safety eyewear, there is no excuse for not wearing proper eye protection.
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There are many different features of a pipette to take into consideration before making your purchase, including ergonomics, low force, fitting, ease of use, reliability, accuracy and precision.
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Concentrate less on what you want to say and more on what you want them to hear.
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Routine service of laboratory fume hoods includes the periodic changing of burned-out fluorescent light tubes.
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The old saying, When the cat's away, the mice will play, rings all too true for many a manager. Wouldn't it be great if you could always trust every employee to be just as productive when your back is turned? There is something you can do to help.
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When my skills at organization begin to breakdown, I know its time to create a checklist. I find checklists offer a simple solution to restoring control and then staying on track. Safety checklists in the lab are a work in progress, but as long as yo
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The September issue is en route to all our subscribers and the feature this month is Social Science. Is climate change real or the hysterical imaginings of environmentalists? Is seafood from the Gulf of Mexico safe to eat? Are organophosphate pestic
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Advances in the material technology of centrifuge rotors have led to the introduction of carbon fiber composite materials.
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As with many laboratory applications, RNA QC procedures can be streamlined through automation.
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