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Cover Story |  Volume 21 - Issue 5  |  June 2024

Beyond Expertise: From Thinking Outside the Box to Outside the Domain

How your lab will benefit from fostering divergent thinking in staff

Sections

Product Focus

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Stirring Up Success in Sample Preparation Using Advanced Homogenization Techniques

How advanced homogenization techniques help ensure reproducibility

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Maximizing Sustainability in Rotary Evaporation

Evaporation can be made more environmentally friendly at both the purchase and use stages

INSIGHTS

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Streamlining Food Safety Testing with Rapid Test Kits

Graphene-based sensors have the potential to simplify testing for foodborne pathogens

Ask the Expert

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Toward Furthering Sustainable Agriculture

Fred Claussen of EPL Bio Analytical Services sheds light on genetic variations, anti-nutrients, and sustainable agriculture

Business Management

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Proactive Crisis Management: Essential Strategies for Lab Preparedness

Crises are inevitable. What must you do to prepare for them?

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Minimizing the Impacts of Implicit Bias

Overcoming bias in the workplace requires both individual effort and systemic change

Lab Health and Safety

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Embracing Neurodiversity in the Lab with Psychological and Emotional Safety

Neurodiverse safety staff can play key roles in minimizing risk

Leadership and Staffing

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Five Challenges that Lab Staffing Partners Can Solve

From enhancing capabilities to keeping up with regulatory changes, staffing partners can help with more than just turnover

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Beyond Expertise: From Thinking Outside the Box to Outside the Domain

How your lab will benefit from fostering divergent thinking in staff

Lab Design and Furnishings

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Strategic Lab Facility Planning: Expert Insights on Leasing Versus Building a Lab

Industry leaders delve into the strategic considerations of leasing versus building lab spaces