Debby Silver’s lab at Duke University uses a two pronged approach to better understand how the brain forms. As a Primary Investigator (PI), Debby manages a team of thirteen including postdocs, PhD students, technicians and undergraduates. With microscopy, genomics and a fair bit of intuition Debby and her team have made some pretty exciting discoveries... … Continue reading Follow your nose – even in the lab
Coherent Digital: taming wild content to push research further
Wild content. You may not know the term but you’ve absolutely experienced it. It’s the family photo album you’ve never gotten around to organizing. It’s your twitter feed. It’s every internet black hole you’ve ever fallen down. Wild content is all around us. In fact, it's anything that’s not already living inside of a formalized, … Continue reading Coherent Digital: taming wild content to push research further
Breaking down vaccine development with an assay expert
Maria Dennis, a research analyst in the Permar Lab at Duke University Medical School, is developing vaccines that prevent the spread of HIV from mother to child during the perinatal period. These days Maria and her team work in shifts, only coming into the lab when absolutely necessary. When she does go into the lab, … Continue reading Breaking down vaccine development with an assay expert
Ticks: a global issue
Veterinary Parasitologist, Shona Chandra, is finishing up her PhD at the University of Sydney. While you may not be familiar with Shona's field, you are likely familiar with her chosen subjects: ticks. We caught up with Shona to learn more about her research, what she’s learned and why she’s sharing it with the scientific community. … Continue reading Ticks: a global issue
User Group Meeting: UK + Europe + Middle East
In July, over 650 LabArchives users attended our first virtual user group meeting! LabArchives users often ask us for examples of how others use the platform. It’s actually the most frequent request we get. With that we decided to bring examples to our users and to actually connect with one another via virtual meeting and … Continue reading User Group Meeting: UK + Europe + Middle East
Two online tools you’re not using but should be in 2020
Effective STEM research requires collaboration. COVID-19 requires distance. The two feel at odds with one another everyday. Whether your lab is directly involved with COVID-19 research or not, staying organized in the lab is more important than ever. These two tools can help: Scheduler What: An online tool used to reserve lab equipment and resources. … Continue reading Two online tools you’re not using but should be in 2020
LabArchives Virtual User Group
LabArchives users often ask us for examples of how others use the platform. It's actually the most frequent request we get. With that we decided to bring examples to our users and to actually connect with one another via virtual meeting and live Q&A. Last month, over 650 LabArchives users attended our first virtual user … Continue reading LabArchives Virtual User Group
Finding success in the lab despite high turnover and COVID-19
Projects at Jonathon Hill’s lab at Brigham Young University generally take between two and five years to complete and his team of about twenty is composed entirely of undergraduate researchers. The setup inherently sees a lot of turnover but because Jonathon plans for this, it’s a highly successful one. Jonathon’s lab studies how the heart … Continue reading Finding success in the lab despite high turnover and COVID-19
UPDATE: LabArchives Inventory
Last month we released LabArchives Inventory. If you haven't checked it out yet, here's what you need to know: LabArchives Inventory was designed to help scientists organize items in their lab in a physical and digital way – items they ‘make’ and things they order, too. It’s a way for everyone to keep track of … Continue reading UPDATE: LabArchives Inventory
Open Source Malaria: a global solution for a global problem
Open Source Malaria (OSM) takes a different approach to curing malaria, a disease which kills approximately 430,000 people around the world every year. OSM contributors hail from Melbourne, Sydney, British Columbia, Geneva, Cambridge, Madrid and beyond and specialise in everything from chemistry to biology and informatics to administration. Technology, like LabArchives, enables the global, rapid, … Continue reading Open Source Malaria: a global solution for a global problem