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Laboratory Equipment: June 2013
June 4, 2013 11:03 am | by Laboratory Equipment | Digital Editions | Comments
The June issue of Laboratory Equipment continues to celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary with a retrospective on the 1960s. Additionally, the cover story details efforts to remove sample prep as a common bottleneck in the lab. Other articles discuss ELN lessons for food and beverage companies and the efficiency gains achieved by implementing a direct-to-slide printer. Special product sections include food and beverage and forensics.
One Bad Apple Doesn’t Spoil the Bunch
June 4, 2013 10:36 am | by Michelle Longo, Managing Editor | Blogs | CommentsResearchers from China are accused of divulging nonpublic results from an NIH-funded grant to a Chinese medical imaging company. However, one (in this case three) bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch.
Automated Sample Prep Cuts Time and Costs
June 4, 2013 10:28 am | by Tim Studt, Editorial Director | Articles | CommentsSample preparation is one of the most important aspects of the research lab. It is the one operation used by more researchers than any other. It is the bottleneck that limits throughput. It is the operation that creates many of the errors generated in the lab. And it is now the operation that researchers focus on to improve their productivity.
June Product Releases
June 4, 2013 10:00 am | by Laboratory Equipment | Articles | CommentsCheck out the products featured in our June issue, and more! For 50 years, Laboratory Equipment has been the leader in providing information on the latest new products and technologies for the research lab. Part of our editorial mission is to provide as broad a range of product information as possible.
Pharma ELN Lessons for Food and Beverage
June 3, 2013 4:49 pm | by Ted Pawela, Sr. Director, Materials Science & Engineering Business, Accelrys Inc., San Diego, Calif. | Accelrys, Inc. | Articles | CommentsElectronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) have become standard fare for most pharmaceutical companies today—so much so that the “early adopter” path that pharma has taken to digitize research and development data has become a model for other industries looking to deploy similar solutions.
Direct-to-Slide Printers Improve Safety, Efficiency
June 3, 2013 4:39 pm | by Mark Strobel, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Primera Technology, Plymouth, Minn. | Articles | CommentsPrinting labels directly onto slides helps eliminate handwriting and incorrect label issues, thereby improving patient safety and error reduction. A direct-to-slide printer can also contribute to more efficient, cost-effective lab operations by enabling on-demand color printing.
The 1960s
June 3, 2013 4:31 pm | by Michelle Longo, Managing Editor | Articles | CommentsIn May/June 1964, Laboratory Equipment published its first issue, focused on lab/pilot equipment, apparatus, instruments, materials and more. While Laboratory Equipment was enjoying its maiden voyage, so too were other companies, products, technologies and culture.
