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Laboratory Robotics: New Opportunities Internal December 2018 Volume 13 • Number 11 LabManager.com FOSTERING PRODUCTIVITY AT THE BENCH OR IN THE FIELD Internal Communication Laboratory Robotics: New Opportunities Lab Automation Product Resource Guide Follow us on www.genohm.com squad when they do. they happen, and alert your current with industry trends. defenses prevent errors before and is exible so you can stay conguration, and automatic and maintain. It saves you money An arsenal of rules, ags, The right LIMS is easy to set up Reduce Errors Investment workow, everytime. efciently and protect data. tracking samples in every permissions to work more creating digital locations and access with user, role, and group Foil the gambits of chaos by You control the gateways of Protection Visibility Management Capabilities all in a Single Solution, look no further than SLIMS! laboratory needs Sample Management, an Electronic Laboratory Notebook or Workow SLIMS is a digital platform used for managing all information in a laboratory. Whether your They deserve SLIMS Super Power Your Lab is full of heroes Your Lab is full of heroes They deserve SLIMS Super Power SLIMS is a digital platform used for managing all information in a laboratory. Whether your laboratory needs Sample Management, an Electronic Laboratory Notebook or Workow Management Capabilities all in a Single Solution, look no further than SLIMS! Visibility Protection Foil the gambits of chaos by You control the gateways of creating digital locations and access with user, role, and group tracking samples in every permissions to work more workow, everytime. efciently and protect data. Reduce Errors Investment An arsenal of rules, ags, The right LIMS is easy to set up conguration, and automatic and maintain. It saves you money defenses prevent errors before and is exible so you can stay they happen, and alert your current with industry trends. squad when they do. Follow us on www.genohm.com December 2018 contentsLabManager.com 10 18 30 22 feature leadership & staffing 10 Scientific Apps 22 Internal Communication Fostering productivity at the bench or in the field. Tips for developing effective communicators within and Lauren Everett outside the lab. Donna Kridelbaugh labs less ordinary technology 14 Ohmsett National Oil Spill Response Test Facility 26 RoboLab Saltwater test tank mimics real-world environment. Laboratory robotics offer new opportunities for both Lauren Everett researchers and clinical lab workers. Mike May business management health & safety 18 Smarter Systems The application of lean tools to chemical process 30 The Longest 10 Seconds development. Safety requirements for safety showers and eyewash stations. Remil Aguda Vince McLeod 4 Lab Manager December 2018 LabManager.com Wider Selection. Deeper Savings. From new to pre-owned, fully equip your lab at prices you can get behind. Start saving at ebay.com/lab December 2018 laboratory product reports LabManager.com AUTOMATION “MINI-PRG” DEPARTMENTS As you will see beginning on page 60, a more industry insights laboratory compact version of Lab Manager’s annual Prod- uct Resource Guide is featured in this issue. 34 Get the Red Out 50 Water Purification However, unlike our more robust PRG released New takes on scarlet snacks for the holidays How water contaminants impact your lab each August, this “mini-PRG” focuses solely on and beyond. analyses. automation in the lab—offering helpful tips, Mike May Erica Tennenhouse purchasing advice, and a list of manufactur- analytical 52 Vacuum Pumps ers for a variety of automated laboratory Vacuum pump maintenance tips. instruments. Readers can look for additional 38 Ask the Expert Angelo DePalma mini-PRGs to come numerous times throughout Managing Workflows. 2019, each with its own specific product focus. 54 LIMS Survey Lauren Everett Learn which options our readers use and 40 Fluorine NMR more from our latest results. An overlooked nuclide comes into its own. Catherine Crawford-Brown Angelo DePalma 54 Fume Hoods Survey 42 Chromatography Columns Survey Find out readers’ purchasing plans and more from the latest results. Learn the most common applications and more from the latest results. Catherine Crawford-Brown Catherine Crawford-Brown Lab Manager® (ISSN: 1931-3810) is published 11 times per year; in every issue monthly with combined issues in January/February, by LabX, P.O. life science Box 216, 478 Bay Street, Midland, ON Canada L4R 1K9. USPS 35 Infographic Ergonomics Safety. 024-188 Periodical Postage Paid at Fulton, MO 65251 and at an additional mailing office. 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See what collaboration can do at SigmaAldrich.com/collaborativechem The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada. © 2018 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. MilliporeSigma and the vibrant M are trademarks of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Detailed information on trademarks is available via publicly accessible resources. 2018-11695 2018-11695_MSIG_PTC_Lab-Manager-Ad.indd 1 8/7/18 8:05 AM editor’s note app app and away Google Maps, Instagram, and Waze are just a few of the mobile to see more complete end-to-end lab automation suites, removing apps that many of us have come to rely on and can’t imagine how the need for entering the same piece of data twice.” we lived without them. On the non-technology front, this month’s Leadership & Staffing According to this month’s cover story, laboratories too are now article, “Internal Communication,” (page 22) addresses a some- making use of scientific apps designed specifically for their needs times-overlooked aspect of running a lab, which is communicating and applications. Sridhar Iyengar, CEO and founder of Elemental your organization’s achievements and purpose to both inside and Machines, says, “Lab managers are looking for the same level of outside shareholders. Author and seasoned lab manager, Donna capability and performance in the lab as what they get from their Kridelbaugh, offers up practical tips for empowering your staff to daily, personal mobile experiences—seamless experiences and become better ambassadors of your organization. “Conduct in- well-designed functionality that support how they work.” house communications training and provide other helpful how-to Michael Mahan, a professor in the Department of Molecular, guides. These topics can include everything from the art of story- Cellular and Development Biology at UC Santa Barbara says, telling and an intro to social media to information on how to talk “The smartphone is a very powerful tool—detection (camera), to the press and on media relations,” recommends Kridelbaugh. quantitation (CPU), and internet connectivity—and these features For a refresher course on the rules around safety showers and eye- can be applied to a wide range of scientific disciplines.” Turn to wash stations, turn to page 30. For the latest analytical techniques page 10 to learn more. for detecting unsafe food dyes in snacks, treats, and spices, turn to Apps, AI, and automation are just a few cutting-edge technologies page 34. And for developments in NMR, vacuum pumps, water impacting the way research is being done today. Our technology ar- purification, and much more, check out the TOC to find those ticle this month, “Robolab,” (page 26) looks at recent developments topics that matter most to you. in the last of those categories. According to David Pechter, who Wishing you a peaceful, safe, and happy holiday season. has 25 years of experience in lab automation in the pharmaceutical Best, industry, the biggest change in automation is that it is “something Pam you now simply order, rather than going through a long specification and
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