Lab Manager Magazine helps provide a forum and a framework to help lab professionals hire and supervise staff, establish a laboratory, and plan a coherent research program, while keeping the goals of good science and scientific discovery at the forefront.

Most lab managers, by education and experience, are thoroughly capable of handling the technical aspects of their jobs, but their managerial skills are often obtained haphazardly.

Lab Manager Magazine is written with those managers in mind and has the distinct editorial mission of providing practical information on business, strategy, leadership and staffing as well as the industry and technology news needed to effectively manage today's lab.

Managerial skills for most lab managers are often obtained haphazardly.

Lab Manager Magazine® is written with those managers in mind and has the distinct editorial mission of providing practical information on business,  leadership and staffing as well as the industry and technology news needed to effectively manage today's lab.

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CONTENTS

Running Your Lab Like a Business
Research skills are only part—albeit a critical part— of what lab managers need to succeed. Fortunately, scientists are learners and as such can put this skill to work in developing management techniques and tools to run their labs like a business.
John K. Borchardt

Total Cost of Ownership
Save money, increase instrument performance, and improve workforce productivity by understanding the costs associated with instrument and equipment ownership throughout the entire life cycle.
Dawn MacNeill

The Four Stages of Management, Part 1
Each stage of development has its challenges but the rewards are success and ease in the role of manager.
Ronald B. Pickett

Moving Laboratory Equipment
Laboratory relocation requires expertise in managing the complexities associated with moving scientific instruments and samples.
Joseph Tehrani Ph.D., Kevin Ajoku & Ralph Dioguardi

Achieving Flexible Lab Design on a Budget
Unlike offices, laboratories require infrastructure that is costly and not readily available in commercial real estate.
Mamie Harvey, AIA, LEED AP

Technology Management: Product Life Cycle
What effect will product upgrades, version changes, and retirement have on your lab’s operations? Are you prepared for it?
Joe Liscouski

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About Lab Manager Magazine

Every issue of Lab Manager Magazine® will concentrate on the following areas:

Leadership and Managing People: Find a wealth of ideas, including insights from leading business thinkers and management experts to help you improve your leadership and management skills.

Science Technology and Operations: Stay current with emerging technologies that advance life science and analytical science research.

Lab Design and Furnishings: Follow the latest trends in laboratory design and furnishings in creating an environment that advances the organizational goals and meets the needs of the people working in your lab.

Lab Safety: Learn about the latest trends in maintaining a safe laboratory environment—from chemicals to ergonomics, health and safety in the lab is a key priority.

Computer Corner: Learn about the hardware and software that will help you manage data, equipment, and, ultimately, productivity.

Business and Finance: Be business-wise when it comes to investment decisions for your lab. Looking at the lab as a business is changing the way laboratories are being run today.

Product Focus: Buy equipment and products with the information you need on features, improvements, and innovations.

How it Works: States a typical problem in a lab and how a product or service solves it with a focus is on improving laboratory performance, throughput, and/or results.

Now What?: Offers quick takeaways on a laboratory topic in a question and answer format on a topic relevant but not limited to laboratory equipment, process, operations, and services.

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