Lauren Everett

3 weeks ago | labmanager.com | Lauren Everett

Laboratories serve as engines of scientific progress, yet they are also resource-intensive environments that produce significant waste and consume vast quantities of energy, water, and single-use materials. As awareness of environmental responsibility grows across the scientific community, laboratory leaders are under increasing pressure to align their operations with broader sustainability goals.

4 weeks ago | labmanager.com | Lauren Everett

In every laboratory, there are individuals who hold sway—not through formal titles or org chart positioning, but through trust, credibility, and proximity to daily work. Julia Means, lead general and occupational safety specialist at UC Davis, calls these individuals informal influencers. She argues these individuals can be a powerful force, along with formal leadership, in shaping a lab’s safety culture.

4 weeks ago | labmanager.com | Lauren Everett

Laboratories are uniquely complex environments where safety and security concerns intersect in critical ways. The convergence of chemical, biological, radiological, and physical hazards in a single workplace presents risks unlike those found in most other settings. For lab managers, understanding and addressing this complexity requires not only comprehensive safety protocols but also an evolving appreciation for security threats.

4 weeks ago | labmanager.com | Lauren Everett

Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) has become an essential tool in drug discovery for characterizing biomolecular interactions with speed and precision. In this Q&A, Anthony (Tony) Giannetti, PhD, associate director, applications at Carterra, discusses high-throughput SPR (HT-SPR) and its newfound prominence in enabling more therapeutics to enter the clinic.   Can you provide a brief explanation of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and how it works?

1 month ago | labmanager.com | Lauren Everett

Choosing laboratory gloves isn’t one-size-fits-all. Find the right type for chemical, biological, thermal, and mechanical hazardsWritten byLauren Everett| 3 min readRegister for free to listen to this articleLaboratory gloves are essential personal protective equipment (PPE) in every lab environment. However, selecting the right pair of gloves is more complex than grabbing what's available on the shelf. A glove that works well for one task or hazard may be completely inadequate for another.