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History of the LPA (SAMA)

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Clark Mulligan

The LPA is a dynamic and vibrant association with approximately 120 member companies that are manufacturers and ... read more

How Modern Hypoxia Chambers and Chemically Defined Media are Changing the Face of Cancer Research

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Justin Croft Annie Cunningham

Discover how most growth media, used by cancer researchers today, is not physiologically relevant and what options exist... read more

How Synthetic Biology Has Shaped COVID-19 Response

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Gene synthesis and automation have made researching and combatting viruses like SARS-CoV-2 faster and easier than ever ... read more

How the Latest HPLC Advances are Helping Analytical Testing Laboratories Achieve Optimal Productivity

Monday, November 16, 2020

Dr. Carsten Paul

This article considers common productivity bottlenecks in routine analysis laboratories, and explores how modern LC ... read more

How to deal with unstructured data in the lab

Monday, November 11, 2019

Steve Yemm

The use of unstructured data, which includes text files (spreadsheets, emails, word files, etc.) and machine-readable ... read more

How to Reduce Autofluorescence

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Understand the causes behind autofluorescence and how to deal with this problem read more

How to Satisfy Your Cold Storage Budgets While Meeting Sustainability Goals

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Energy-efficient options can offer unrealized operational savings while lowering a lab's climate impact read more

How We Can Prevent “Unknown Unknowns”

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Sridhar Iyengar

Half of life science research and development fails, costing $28 billion or half the cost of pre-clinical research that ... read more

Increasing Throughput for Cloning and PCR Workflows with Ultrafiltration Tools

Friday, November 05, 2021

Ultrafiltration can enable rapid subcloning with smaller initial DNA quantities and help circumvent obstacles frequently... read more

Infectious Diseases Detection Platform: COVID-19

Friday, May 15, 2020

Varouj Amirkhanian Eric Tsai Neo Yang Jerry Liu Meya Kuo

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced an aggressive global testing strategy. Most of the standard viral detection methods ... read more

Innovative GC Technology is Key to Agilent’s Success: Interview With Agilent President and CEO, Mike McMullen

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.

In celebration of American Laboratory’s 50th anniversary as well as Agilent’s 50 years in the analytical sector, I had ... read more

Innovative Non-Invasive Technology Supports Liver Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring at Point-of-Care

Friday, May 15, 2020

Jon Gingrich

Clinical laboratories can support health care providers as the front-line of defense against asymptomatic liver diseases... read more

Integrated SEM Workflow Creates Powerful 'Nano-lab'

Monday, July 19, 2021

Combining tabletop SEM with built-in EDS, 3D analysis and automated sample prep can allow for more streamlined and ... read more

Interview With Amay Bandodkar, 2016 Metrohm Young Chemist Award Winner

Friday, May 13, 2016

Mr. Amay Bandodkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the laboratory of Professor Joseph Wang at the University of California in San ... read more

Interview With Professor Emeritus Barry L. Karger

Friday, September 28, 2018

Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.

Professor Barry Karger discusses his 55+ years in the field of separation science. read more

It’s Time to Embrace Whole Genome Sequencing

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

There are approximately 7000 rare diseases that are known, and according to the Rare Disease Day Organization, they ... read more

Keeping Drinking Water Safe: Precise, Reliable Determination of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Using Advanced Technology

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Chris Shevlin

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are prevalent in aqueous environments and known to be potentially ... read more

Lab Digitalization: Delivering Efficiency and Traceability

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Jean-Charles Wirth

Despite the abundance of digital tools on the market, the life science laboratory trails behind in solutions for digital... read more

Laboratory Planning and Operations Recommendations in a Pandemic Environment

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Scott Kreitlein

Laboratory planning and operating practices for safely reopening clinical and research laboratories (they differ) entail... read more

LABTips: How to Select a Tissue Clearing Method

Friday, September 16, 2022

Organic solvent, aqueous and hydrogel embedding-based methods each have their own advantages and disadvantages to ... read more

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