In the fast-paced world of analytical laboratories, where precision and accuracy are paramount, sometimes myths can cloud best practices. One such myth is that robust analytical lab equipment, built to withstand rigorous use, does not require preventive maintenance nor service contracts. While it’s easy to assume that high-quality technology can run smoothly on its own, …

In the fast-paced world of scientific research, time is an invaluable resource. Every minute spent on routine tasks is a minute taken away from groundbreaking drug discoveries and innovative R&D. For laboratories striving to push the boundaries of science, maximizing time for innovation is a necessity. Yet, many scientists find their days consumed by non-core …

Introduction: Unveiling the Complexities of Compliance and Lab IT Lab IT management is vital for maintaining the integrity of laboratory operations. For scientists and pharmaceutical professionals navigating these systems and regulations can be hard work. Ensuring your lab is protected against cyber threats can be a daunting task but a necessary one. Laboratories can be …

Sustainability is on the minds of business leaders and consumers more than ever. And growing numbers of organizations are adding sustainable policies and practices to their solutions and services, minimizing waste and environmental impact. They’re reducing carbon emissions, using more renewable energies, and increasing efforts to move toward circular economies. There’s no shortage of approaches …

“All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work . . . everything depends on our understanding of them.” When legendary Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter first said these words, he wasn’t applying them to the laboratory, but he may as well have been. …

When you have an optimized lab, you have more time to be strategic, attend a conference, or just recharge and explore. Running a laboratory is no walk in the park, any scientist could attest to that. The constant daily requirements to calibrate instruments, maintain compliant processes, schedule preventative maintenance or instrument repairs is a lot …

Robust asset management is the bedrock of any lab. Ensuring equipment is well maintained and kept will keep efficiency high. To get ahead of their increasingly complex day-to-day activities, higher throughput demands, and ever-growing cost pressures, labs need to be as efficient and optimized as possible. Save Money by Increasing Productivity It’s well-known truth in …

For people that live in a 4-season geography, summer days promise cloudless skies and sun-soaked windows. However, laboratories must consider how these cyclical changes can risk their analysis accuracy. Certainly, houseplants thrive in southern-facing windows, but that glorious summer radiant heat shining into an already instrument-ladened space can create unreliable microclimates. Microclimates can take over …

Starting a new lab is a heavy lift, both in time and money. There’s so much to do and so many variables to consider before getting your new lab up and running. Plus, the choices made at startup will have an impact on the lab – far into the future. If you want to get …

Detection of cell death is one of the most recognized flow cytometry applications. Combined with various death detection dyes, flow cytometry can be used to determine if cells are undergoing death processes. Although it is already informative to know if a cell is dying or has been dead, revealing details in cell death processes might …