Method Validation Advanced Course
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, EST Professional Development Deanne Emory Affiliation Register Now Course overview coming soon.
Enhancing your Lab Informatics Systems (LIMS/ELN) through Lean Lab Principles
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, EST Professional Development Aimee Zwart Affiliation Register Now Manufacturers use lean techniques to improve quality, productivity, and cycle time. Labs can apply the same methods to realize similar benefits, especially if lab informatics tools like LIMS or ELN are used. Leaning a lab in concert with such systems improves performance, minimizes paper, facilitates compliance, and reduces operating costs with less expense than purchasing new tools.
Language and Matter: Technical Writing for Analytical Scientists and Managers
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, EST Professional Development Anthony Parker Affiliation Register Now This course is designed to assist professionals with the basic skills needed to effectively communicate with any target audience within a business/technical environment. Lectures are combined with examples to reinforce and develop techniques such as defining and understanding the needs/interests of a writer's audience and communicating ideas through "parallel structure.” Upon completion, participants will have been exposed to a unique paradigm that will assist them in planning and preparing high-quality technical, scientific, and business documents. [...]
The Art of Structure Elucidation of Small Molecules Using Mass Spectrometry
Instructor: Dejan Nikolic, University of Illinois at Chicago Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST Cost: $250 Track: Bioanalytics & Life Sciences Course Level: Intermediate Course Description: Mass spectrometry is an indispensable tool for structure elucidation of small molecules. In many instances, tandem mass spectrum is all that analyst has to identify an unknown molecule. Therefore, being able to identify an unknown compound from mass spectrometric data is a valuable skill that any user of mass spectrometry should develop. The overall motto of the course is “from spectrum [...]
Coaching and Mentoring in Technical Organizations
Instructor: Elizabeth Treher, The Learning Key Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST Cost: $250 Track: Professional & Career Development Course Level: Beginner Course Description: Coaching others to enhance job skills and productivity is a critical managerial skill. Mentoring others focuses on their future development and goals. Multiple studies show that employees feel most managers do far too little coaching and almost no mentoring. This interactive program covers tools and techniques to increase confidence and build skills useful for effective coaches and mentors. Multiple exercises give participants practice enhancing [...]
Wastewater Microbiology & Process Control
Instructor: Toni Glymph-Marti, Wastewater Microbiology Solutions Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST. **please note the time change Cost: $250 Track: Environment & Energy Course Level: Immediate Course Description: The objective of this course is to teach the operators, lab personnel and consultants how to optimize the wastewater treatment plant processes including biological nutrient removal processes, using the microscope and knowledge of wastewater microbiology. In this class the wastewater professional will learn how to identify the microorganisms that are favorable to the Activated Sludge treatment process and [...]
Scientific Data Management and Instrument Integration
Instructor: Burkhard Schaefer, Splashlake Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST Cost: $250 Track: Professional & Career Development Course Level: Beginner Course Description: Take your lab to the stage of digitisation. In the lab, we’re in it for the data. This data should be properly managed so it can generate value. This data management course provides a comprehensive overview of scientific data management, as well as instrument integration with LIMS and ELN systems. Learn how to get your instruments connected. Collect data from instrument PCs in [...]