Lab Rat or Button Monkey?

I currently work for a large diagnostic company.  Whilst installing a new piece of equipment on a site, I began to talk to a placement student about the fundamentals of the how the machine worked and it performed the ISE measurement.  I soon noticed that this was something that the student had yet to learn. [...]

I have been given some dedicated time at work to work as a Training Officer. I am really looking forward to seeing what I can do with the time and how I can shape the training of people within the laboratory. Watch this space for developments…..

I am currently working in a section with lots of HPLC equipment.  We have recently had the pleasure of several work experience people come and visit our lab and I was asked to show one of these people what I was doing.  I was in the middle of prepearing to do a batch of vitamins A [...]