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Current Issue: July/August 2009

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Management Tip of the Week #27
Seven Steps to Riding out a Downturn

Employees who are anxious about their futures — especially during a challenging economy such as now —can adversely affect a company’s profitability by delivering poor customer service, being less intellectually engaged in their jobs, and making plans to leave.

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: :SAFETY TIP

Lab Safety Tip #38
Develop a System for the Legal, Safe, and Ecologically Acceptable Disposal of Chemical Wastes

We recommend the establishment of a chemical management system. This system provides for the safe procurement, storage, use, and disposal of chemicals. The system begins with the assumption of responsibility. Management needs to have written policies for the safe use and disposal of chemical and biological materials.

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: :INDUSTRY NEWS

June 29 2009
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Researchers First to Clone Mice in Spain

June 29 2009
Mice With Chromosomal Duplication Mirror Symptoms of Autism

June 29 2009
Pig Connective Tissues Transformed into Stem Cells

June 29, 2009
Research: CNS Serotonin Vital to Mouse Behavior

June 29, 2009
Underground Vivarium Plan Approved at University of Iowa

June 24, 2009
Mouse Model Created for Parkinson’s Non-Motor Symptoms

June 24, 2009
Brain-Tumor-Suppressing Gene Found in Flies

June 23, 2009
EPA Plans to Work Towards Animal-Free Toxicity Testing

June 23, 2009
Seminal Protein Identified in Mice

June 23, 2009
Fly Model Created For Charcot-Marie-Tooth Research

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: :MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Green and Lean: Methods of Improving Lab Animal Room Ventilation
July/August 2009
Hardly a day goes by where we don’t hear about the rising cost of energy, its scarcity, and the negative impacts of fossil fuels on the global environment. The media and the general public seem to focus primarily on vehicular and power plant energy consumption as our largest pollution concerns.
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Imaging Looks to the Future
July/August 2009
Emerging trends, techniques, and processes for the imaging field include optical and digital imaging.
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Perspectives in Alkaline Hydrolysis
July/August 2009
The commercialization of alkaline hydrolysis technology used in tissue digester systems has led to many new innovations in the process and equipment design — some of which have led consumers to many perceptions and misconceptions regarding the process due to the changing technology.
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Decontamination of Sensitive Equipment
July/August 2009
Not all chlorine dioxides are created equally. The use of pure chlorine dioxide gas successfully decontaminated an imaging laboratory — with the equipment in place.
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Regulation Update
July/August 2009

The Safety Guys: Stay Cool, No Pressure: Safe Use of Cryogenic Materials
July/August 2009

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