During the production of any biopharmaceuticals, contaminating microorganisms can enter the process at various stages. Once introduced, fungi or bacteria can replicate fast, severely compromising the final product. The presence of these microorganisms in vaccines or other types of biopharmaceuticals can spoil the product… Read More
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How to Maintain and Use Your Lab Balance Correctly
A lab balance can be a considerable investment, so, likely, you will not want to replace them that often. Plus, the wrong measurements could spell a lot of trouble for virtually any kind of application. That is why it’s crucial… Read More
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How to Pick the Right Vacuum Pump System for Your Laboratory
Lab technicians and scientists alike use vacuum pumps for multiple different tasks, from filtering and aspirating to controlling or inducing solvent evaporation into concentrators. Vacuum pumps can also be found in vacuum ovens, gel dryers, desiccators, rotary evaporators, and perhaps,… Read More
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Essential Tips For Picking Your Laboratory Equipment
No laboratory is complete without the proper lab equipment. Having to set up your laboratory is a challenging task, and one step in the process is selecting the right lab equipment. Without reliable or high-quality lab equipment, it will be… Read More
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How USP Works for Balances in the Laboratory
If you work in a laboratory, you likely have heard of USP. The USP, or the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), is a scientific, non-governmental organization that sets the official public standard for drugs or drug products here in the United… Read More
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How Desalting Works with Centrifugal Concentrators
Centrifugal concentrators, like Vivaspin, are a patented vertical membrane technology, designed for the quickest filtration with highest recovery of target proteins. This makes the Vivaspin the technology of choice for buffer exchange or desalting, avoiding those lengthy dialysis steps. While… Read More
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The Differences between ISO 8655 and ISO 17025 Pipette Calibration
Pipettes are an essential piece of lab equipment that every laboratory needs. We expect pipettes to accurately dispense liquid but after a while, pipettes will need calibration. The type of calibration your pipettes need may vary depending on usage, quality… Read More
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Why Pipette Decontamination is so Important for Clean Lab Practices
If you work within a laboratory, you already know how important of an instrument your pipettes are. Making sure they’re organized, calibrated, and, more importantly, decontaminated is crucial for accuracy while measuring for projects and experiments. Pipettes tend to accumulate residue the… Read More
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Case Study: Can Minebea High Precision Load Cells Provide Accuracy and Precision in the Biopharmaceutical Laboratory?
Key Facts Mismanagement of ingredients has resulted in many bad batches of critical products and threatening their current customer contracts. Estimates of the cost from wasted time, components, and resources are about $30,000 per batch Data from quality control labs… Read More
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How to Pick Pipettes that are Complaint for a GLP or GMP Facility
When developing or testing medical devices, there is always the question: are you following the right methods for current Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) or Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)? In this handy guide, we have compiled a list for you to… Read More