LABTips bring users practical tips and tricks across a variety of applications, including environmental testing, food and beverage, materials science, and more. These articles are designed to help lab professionals troubleshoot and improve a specific technique or process.
Did you know?: As many as one-third of cell lines may be misidentified or contaminated. Follow these steps to help prevent this costly problem at your lab
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Avoid common mistakes and follow best practices to ensure accuracy and precision, prevent contamination and protect yourself against repetitive strain injury
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Dirty, damaged and dehydrated electrodes are common causes of pH measurement error; avoid these problems and more by following our LABTips
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While the process of method transfer may seem daunting, laboratories can take advantage of faster analysis times and lower costs when switching to hydrogen carrier gas
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Friday, September 16, 2022
Organic solvent, aqueous and hydrogel embedding-based methods each have their own advantages and disadvantages to consider
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From fixation to sectioning and everything in between, there are many opportunities to optimize histology preparation steps and prevent common problems
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Food matrices often contain interfering components that can result in false positive or false negative results if not addressed
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From strategies in method development and scale up to general best practices, these tips can help improve your purification HPLC workflows
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Are your pesticide testing methods in need of an upgrade? Consider leveraging these advanced techniques to develop a more powerful strategy
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Approach the IR spectrogram with a strategy that prioritizes your time and quickly narrows down potential compounds
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