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The 2025 SLAS Conference Highlights a Paradigm Shift in Automation

2 months ago | labmanager.com | Ian Black |Scott Hanton

Every year, near the end of January, the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) hosts an international conference. Traditionally, the SLAS conference has been a place where leading developers can showcase the latest in automated technology and cutting-edge tools. These showcases have, historically, been very focused on advances in hardware—which improves data generation—over software, which typically facilitates data analysis.
SLAS Announces the Finalists for the 2024 Innovation Award

Jan 13, 2025 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Innovation Award is an annual cash prize (US$ 10,000) given out at the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition. The award goes to one exceptional podium presentation that showcases the most innovative research for improving laboratory technology. This year’s 10 finalists include:Get training in Change Management and earn CEUs.One of over 25 IACET-accredited courses in the Academy. Change Management course VIEW courseS.
Cervical Cancer Screening: HPV Screening vs Pap Tests

Jan 26, 2024 | clinicallab.com | Ian Black

A recent Harris Poll survey of women in the US, UK, and Sweden has found a disparity in access to, as well as a lack of education around, cervical cancer screening. Based on these results, experts at Becton, Dickinson, and Company (BD) have recommended options to improve screening access, as well as identified where healthcare professionals and communicators need to provide clearer dissemination of information to patients.
A New Lab Is Helping the Pharmaceutical Industry Safely Adopt New Workflows

Nov 2, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

Labs Less OrdinaryIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, long-standing weaknesses in medicine supply chains became even more obvious. This has helped spur increased stakeholder interest in advanced manufacturing technologies—like pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing (PCM)—that allow potential efficiencies that can help increase geographic diversity in manufacturing and reduce over-reliance on the sourcing of medicines from just a few countries to improve supply chain resilience.
New, End-to-End PFAS Testing Workflow from Agilent

Oct 12, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

The presence of a group of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment has become a growing concern in recent years. This is because PFAS can be found in many products, but they do not break down over time and can slowly contaminate soil and water. Researchers have recently discovered PFAS in numerous ecosystems and even in many types of animals.
New Survey Assesses Attitudes and Actions toward Lab Sustainability

Aug 17, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the results of a survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan concerning the implementation of sustainability measures in different analytical laboratories across the world. As more laboratories seek to develop more sustainable practices, a better understanding of what measures are being well adopted and where the gaps are can go a long way in informing lab managers about their policies.
Product News | Lab Manager

Aug 17, 2023 | labmanager.com | Alpha Resources |Oxford Instruments |Ian Black |Scott Hanton

New Chilling/Heating HPLC Column Temperature Controller The CO50 programmable HPLC column temperature controller has a range from 4.0°C to 100.0°C The Value of a Trusted Source of OES Supplies Precise analysis of homogenous metallic samples New Refrigerators Reduce Waste and Save Energy TSG Series Laboratory and Pharmacy Refrigerators offer a cleaner alternative and improved performance at a lower cost Agilent Announces Thought Leader Award to Peter Neubauer Technical University of Berlin...
The Biden Administration’s Budget Request for 2024 Lab and Research Funding

Apr 12, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

NewsThe Biden Administration has released their for lab and research spending, which includes US$210 billion in funding distributed to a variety of important research areas. In addition to suggested budgets for public health agencies, the Biden Administration seeks to secure funding for climate and green energy research as well as reauthorize the Cancer Moonshot. The President is looking to provide over US$4 billion in support of the Net-Zero Game Changers Initiative’s initial focus areas.
The D3 Array™ Is Filling the Gaps Left by NGS and qPCR

Apr 12, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

The clinical space has progressed tremendously since the early days of diagnostic technology. From the advent of the microscope to quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and next-generation sequencing (NGS), labs are more capable than ever to run effective diagnostic tests. Even these powerful tools have gaps, however, and there is always room for new advances to expedite and improve clinical testing.
Lab Manager Academy Receives IACET Accreditation

Mar 7, 2023 | labmanager.com | Ian Black

We are thrilled to announce that the Lab Manager Academy program has received accreditation from the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). The Lab Manager Academy provides the training and knowledge needed to help both new lab managers transition into the role and existing lab managers excel.