Laboratory research is a compilation of data production spread across various projects. Each project typically has its own slice of a larger departmental budget, or is funded by a specific grant. So long as the projects are separately funded on paper, they’re held to creating a data set that’s unique […]

If you’re a bench scientist, you’re familiar with the phenomenon of lab disorganization and the tactic of using information technology to remedy that disorganization–at least in theory. In many lab networks, there is a digital or physical folder dealing with “ELISA machine maintenance logs.” Lab personnel often dread diving into […]

As all researchers know, working with mouse models typically comes with collaboration between labs and groups of scientists. Alzheimer’s research and immunotherapy are no different, and researchers in these fields may soon have even more reason to collaborate with each other. A recent exhibition in the Journal of the Alzheimer’s […]

For scientists and members of the public alike, experiments performed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) take on an aura of prestige. Designated as a bastion of research since 2005, the ISS is an enduring symbol of international scientific collaboration and in the exploration of space. The ISS’s […]

New research using a modified Cas9 protein has shown that with the proper tools, geneticists have unprecedented access to edit the epigenome.1 Accessing the epigenome is a treasure trove of research on the same scale as CRISPR. However, utilizing this new research to maximum effect will require a comprehensive software […]

The brain has been described as the “last frontier” in medical research, but despite recent advances in technology, the field has been dogged by difficulties with studying the activities of individual neurons. Instead, in order to study brain activity, neuroscientists have relied on a variety of indirect visualization techniques based […]

Schematic diagram depicting the relationship between genomics, proteomics, interactomics, and metablomics. Source: US Department of Energy. According to a new review published in Nature Rheumatology,1 the wide and deep oceans of genomic, proteomic, interactomic, and metabolomic data that researchers have spent the last few years gathering and sorting are now […]

A metabolic network map of arabidopsis thaliana’s citric acid cycle. Wouldn’t it be great if doctors could make use of new biomarker research as rapidly as it was confirmed in the lab? A recent review published in the International Journal of Molecular Science makes the case for using information technology […]

Combination therapeutics are increasingly common, but efficient research and manufacturing operations for these products requires open channels of communication. Modern information sharing platforms can provide the solution. Image Credit: Flickr use List_84 More than ever, scientists are embracing the development of combination therapeutics. Not only is this more convenient for […]

New research insights into the neurological underpinnings of autism may provide a basis for the development of early-life pharmacological intervention strategies. Image Credit: Flickr user National Human Genome Research Institute A November 2016 study in Nature Communications has revealed new insights into the brain physiology underlying autism. It was previously […]