(via labconscious.com) Elicia Preston, research scientist and lab manager in the Genetics department at the Perelman School of Medicine/University of Pennsylvania, took action to reduce plastic waste in the laboratory by switching to glass petri plates. Data shared by the University of Cambridge Sustainable Labs and generated by the University of Edinburgh, based on usage and conversion factors sourced through …
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Staying ahead of electricity use is a challenge taken up by labs and organizations like McGill University.
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Each year, the RCMP’s National Forensic Laboratory Services (NFLS) processes thousands of requests from police agencies across the country for forensic services, in areas such as biology (DNA), toxicology, trace evidence, anti-counterfeiting, and firearms and toolmark identification. These services play a vital role in criminal investigations. This summer, the RCMP took ownership of its new laboratory facility in Surrey, B.C., …
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A new program that aims to increase the job readiness of STEM and business students brings renewed attention to a skills gap identified in new graduates.
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Scientific research labs represent a huge portion of the energy demand of a university campus; as much as two-thirds of a campus’ energy
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Researchers at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN) in Winnipeg, are cooking up a storm.
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BC has no shortage of research institutions to draw innovation from, which gives rise to a lot of successful small and medium-sized biotech companies
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When Nina Dudnik and her colleagues started Seeding Labs at Harvard Medical School, they were looking to connect scientists all over the world.
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In 1993, Gloria Thomson was the first recipient of the WMLDF, a fund established by CSMLS, the national laboratory professionals.
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Seeking simpler, more reliable isolation alternatives to the large complex glove box
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