Rob Wright, editor-in-chief of Life Science Leader Magazine, recently penned an editorial advocating the KISS principle as a guide for future pharmaceutical research. For the uninitiated, KISS is an acronym for “Keep It Simple Stupid.1”
While simplification is becoming a popular buzzword in the ...
If you are like most laboratory directors, the findings of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory should come as no great surprise. “Scientists are spending an enormous amount of their time and effort simply getting instrumentation to the point that it ...
If your lab is like most others involved in research, it spends a good share of its annual budget on consumables – everything from glassware, disposables, safety gear, gases, reagents, and media, to mention just a few. Staying on top of inventory for these items can pose a real challenge, especially...