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Waters November 14, 2016 Lab Manager | Subscribe | Products | Surveys | Webinars Feature Article New Computational Tool May Speed Drug Discovery fABMACS allows scientists to better harness the power of existing software while greatly improving their ability to predict the way that a potential drug interacts with a protein A new computational tool called fABMACS is helping scientists see beyond static images of proteins to more efficiently understand how these molecules function, which could ultimately speed up the drug discovery process. Read More Sartorius Sartorius AdvantaPure AdvantaPure Management Tips Creating a Collaborative Laboratory Reaping the benefits of a truly collaborative environment Collaboration and cooperation may often be viewed as the same thing, but they are quite distinct. Collaboration is not something that leaders can expect to happen naturally in a work environment. Rather, managers need to interact strongly with staff in order to create a collaborative environment. Read More Feature Article Insights into Why Materials Break Study of rigidity could help predict material failure, control cracking When a system is rigid, such as window glass, its bonds are tightly packed and break in clean, narrow, and relatively straight cracks. When a system is floppy with low rigidity, however, it has fewer bonds, and those bonds first tear at seemingly random places throughout the material. Read More Carver Inc. Carver Manual Laboratory Presses Carver, Inc. offers standard manual, bench top laboratory presses for pelletizing, destructive testing, fluid extraction, pressure forming and other applications. Several models are available with clamping forces in 12, 25 and 30 ton capacities. The models also offer several platen sizes of 6” x 6”, 10” x 7”, 9” x 9” and 12” x 12”. Learn More Feature Article What Does It Take to Make a Memory? Study Says New Proteins Scientists have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear associated with a specific environmental cue or “contextual fear memory” While the romantic poets’ idea of memories being akin to spirits may have poetic merit, the scientists’ perspective is that memories are concrete, physical entities that can be visualized within various regions of the brain. Read More Lab Manager Infographic Troubleshooting PCR Components of a Successful PCR PCR is a three-step, cyclic process, where new strands of DNA are created through successive rounds of denaturation, annealing, and extension using the enzyme DNA polymerase. PCR can fail for various reasons, in part due to its sensitivity to contamination causing amplification of spurious DNA products. Learn more about: Tips for successful preparation of the master mix Advice in the event of no or low amplification How to manage non-specific amplifications Troubleshooting smeared bands Download the FREE infographic. Feature Article Scientists Set Traps for Atoms with Single-Particle Precision Technique may enable large-scale atom arrays for quantum computing Atoms, photons, and other quantum particles are often capricious and finicky by nature; very rarely at a standstill, they often collide with others of their kind. But if such particles can be individually corralled and controlled in large numbers, they may be harnessed as quantum bits, or qubits. Read More Automated Liquid Handling Survey Tell Us About Your Automated Liquid Handling System Take Our 30 Second Survey Automated liquid handling (ALH) systems span the range from semi-automated multichannel pipettors to room-sized systems. 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Feature Article Researcher Develops Safer Gene Therapy Modified delivery system reduces cancer risk A Washington State University researcher has developed a way to reduce the development of cancer cells that are an infrequent but dangerous byproduct of gene therapy. Read More Waters About Us | Contact Us | Advertising | Sign in or Register To Subscribe: Sign up for a subscription to Lab Manager For Editorial: Pam Ahlberg, Editor-in-Chief For Business and Partnership Opportunities: Edward R. Neeb, Publisher © Copyright 2016 Lab Manager a division of LabX Media Group. All Rights Reserved Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy