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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of US Food Safety
Germs are everywhere. Keeping the dangerous ones out of our stomachs is the explicit job of manufacturer food safety testing programs. With the abundance of technology available for testing and […]
Who Can Americans Trust with Food Safety?
Salmonella, E. coli, and listeria are invisible invaders, making supermarkets a scary place. Behind a facade of bright packaging and colorful produce lurks the possibility of bacterial infections that can […]
Opt in for Safety with a Research-grade Tabletop Autoclave
We like to assume that if we haven’t heard about a food safety problem, that’s because no problem exists. Unfortunately, in the absence of rigorous testing, we simply have no […]
The Culture of Safety Starts With Good Training
We applaud the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) and the White House for taking initiative to close gaps in biosafety and biosecurity at infectious disease laboratories. A memorandum released October […]
Lowering the Carbon Footprint in Research Laboratories
As every research scientist knows, running a lab isn’t cheap. And laboratory research runs up costs beyond what you see on budget line-items. Labs send enormous volumes of single-use plastics […]
How Safe is Our Food and Beverage Supply?
During the summer of 2024, dozens of deadly listeria cases popped up across the United States. This raised fears and red flags for epidemiologists, and sparked a race to uncover […]
Why Biotech Incubators Matter
When Dr. Gary Niehaus came to Ohio in 1985, the entire region was in a slump. The so-called “Rust Belt” had lost its traditional manufacturing base, but failed to replace […]
Putting Steam-Jacketed Autoclaves to the Test at University of Alabama at Birmingham
At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, there are hundreds of autoclaves on campus. Until a few years ago, all but two were steam jacketed. Nick Ciancio, UofA-B’s sustainability coordinator […]
Developing Your Mushroom Substrate Sterilization Procedures
Contamination is the most common source of failure in any mushroom crop. This especially affects slow-growing mushrooms with longer colonization times. The same characteristics that make mushroom substrate delicious to […]
Lab Leak Prevention in an Age of Pandemics and Globalization
While the question of whether or not the COVID-19 outbreak was the result of a lab leak is still quite contentious, there’s no doubt that inconsistent training and protocols continue […]
Explore Sustainable Lab Design with Priorclave at the 2023 UVA Green Labs Resource Fair (April 18 in Charlottesville, VA)
In celebration of Earth Month UVA Green Labs is again hosting their annual Green Labs Resource Fair at the University of Virginia—and Priorclave North America will be there. This free […]
The Right Autoclave for Streamlining Your Lab’s Growth Media Prep
Growth media preparation is the cornerstone of any microbiology lab. Not having the media you need when you need it—because someone forgot to start a batch or one failed—creates a […]