Lab Talks Clustermarket

In this quick interview, we invited Rory Macneil, the CEO of ResearchSpace to join us and share some insights into how labs adopt digital tools and make the best use of them. While discussing some important things to consider before choosing a digital tool for your R&D lab we also covered topics like integration, collaboration, and the importance that lab culture has on the adoption of digital tools.

In this panel discussion, we talked about topics such as advancements and new discoveries in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy field with some special guest speakers, and also gave tips on best practices in usage to allow you to get the most out of your NMR equipment.

Guest speakers:


Johanna Becker-Baldus - Goethe University Frankfurt
NMR Facility Manager - VU Amsterdam
Konstantin Luzyanin - University of Liverpool

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the nature of collaboration in all industries, and scientific research is one of them. Where scientists could previously work together in one lab, restrictions may have been placed on capacities, therefore affecting the dynamic and forcing them to adopt new methods. While the restrictions may now be decreasing, which new remote technologies will be staying with scientists in the future and which will be abandoned?

In our 6th Lab Talk panel, we will be discussing how collaboration and teamwork in scientific labs have changed since the pandemic and any ways in which remote technology and other factors have impacted this.

While the replication crisis can be a commonly mentioned issue, the background and causes of it may not be clear to all. Originating in the early 2010s, the term replication crisis refers to the fact that findings of many types of scientific research are often difficult or even impossible to replicate due to one or multiple issues raising concerns about the credibility of the findings. Along with this, the accuracy of existing scientific findings as well the matter of following correct procedure may be questioned. 

Guest speakers: 


Claudio Rolli - CEO Fluics Connect
Daniele Fanelli - Fellow in Quantitative Methodology at LSE
Karina Caetano Souza - Research student at Cranfield University

While most people won't experience much AI in their daily lives besides song or film recommendations, scientists and researchers regularly use it to explore much broader horizons in their work. While full AI utilisation across a body of research can be a difficult and lengthy process, it could potentially boost scientific discoveries across many fields. However, much like with any other tool used in research, both the added value and the negative aspects need to be considered when it comes to AI and machine learning.

In our 4th panel discussion in the Lab Talks series we have discussed the opportunities and threats brought to the scientific community by AI and machine learning as well as what the future might hold for it.

Creating a collaborative environment and streamlining resources can play a big part in increasing productivity and shared labs can have a big role in the process. While helping save costs and share knowledge, using shared resources can come with certain challenges as well. In this Lab Talk we discussed the benefits and challenges of shared laboratories, tips in managing them and had a look at what the future of sharing resources might look like.

Guest speakers:


Natalia Van Vloten - ABI-LAB (United States)
Ursula Arndt - Illumina Accelerator Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Shai Melcer - BIOHOUSE (Israel)