Laboratories across the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries have faced unprecedented challenges in recent years, related to staffing shortages and increasing testing volumes. These challenges, combined with social distancing restrictions…
Few industries were not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the life sciences among the most directly affected. The pandemic saw unprecedented levels of demand for sample testing, as well…
The pandemic has seen unprecedented staff shortages plague every industry, as well as forcing businesses to adapt their practices to comply with social distancing regulations while attempting to maintain day-to-day…
Laboratories dealing with high volumes of samples will be all too familiar with the logistical and operational difficulties related to tracking sample inventories. Maintaining a clear audit trail across the…
Why Automate Your Lab Processes? Automation in the lab can be defined as any equipment or instruments able to perform tasks with minimal manual input from staff. Purchasing equipment or…
Preserving biological evidence is one of the most important priorities for a forensic scientist. However most labs have not added technology to automate tube labeling. Why is automated tube labeling…
“Good, cheap and fast. Pick two.” – Manufacturing idiom. The above quote is included to remind us all that there are no perfect solutions and in purchasing lab automation equipment…
As you might imagine, we deal with a lot of lab technicians, research associates, scientists, post docs, lab managers, supervisor and yes, even directors who have to deal either directly…
The vast majority of modern barcodes fall into 2 basic categories – linear (1D) and 2-dimensional (2D). Some people mistakenly refer to 2D barcodes as 3D barcodes and while 3D barcodes…
As a lab operation grows, so does the need to have unique identifiers (UID) for each sample to track its processing and associate particular biological / chemical properties and analytical results. Often, the first step in implementing a new…
