lab management

Mitigating Core Facility Challenges in Life Sciences Research

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Core facilities, or core labs, are shared, centralized facilities within research institutions that provide external research teams with access to instruments, technologies, and services (such as consultation and sample processing) that they might not otherwise have access to. External labs are then able to make use of cutting-edge equipment in designing and executing experiments, without …

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Overcoming Lab Staff Retention and Churn Challenges

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Staff are the most expensive investments of any lab, so bringing the right people onboard, and developing them professionally within your organization, is crucial to a lab’s success. As increasing numbers of laboratory staff age out of the workforce and a growing demand for R&D, vacancies are appearing at a faster rate than new graduates …

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Lab Flexibility: Avoid These Common Lab Management Risks

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During the initial design process, many labs fail to plan for future equipment substitutions, or repurposing of the workspace. This makes it logistically problematic as well as expensive to adapt the lab’s functionality to meet changing business or research objectives. Adding new instruments or robotic installations to streamline operations or pivot research becomes costly down …

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