All Health & Safety

Sedentarism and other physical health risks for laboratory workers
Added: 9 Jun 2021
During the course of the last year, many more people have had to get used to working from home. The…

Converting offices to laboratory space - understanding the needs of the LSCG sector
Added: 7 Jun 2021
With COVID-19 shutdowns accelerating the transformation of commercial and real estate needs away fr…

Retargeting space: converting offices to labs
Added: 7 Jun 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly …

Scientific research opens doors to unexpected careers
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Humans have an innate sense of curiosity, making us natural scientists from the moment we come into…

Lab Babble - It’s all just personality testes
Added: 20 May 2021
Go on... you know you want to because, as scientists, it’s a built-in imperative. Just by bringing …

COVID-19: Testing times for laboratories
Added: 7 May 2021
Following what may have felt like a slow uptake of voluntary third-party laboratory testing support…

How to keep your research on target
Added: 30 Apr 2021
Is a lack of focus baffling your team? Dr Matthew Partridge recommends setting research goals and s…

Declining work-life balance for scientific researchers, survey finds
Added: 27 Apr 2021
Reseachers are generally known for their dedication and the percieved norm is that many work for pa…

What should the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency look like?
Added: 15 Apr 2021
Following the announcement of the proposed launch of the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (…

Online airborne fluid modelling tool may help laboratories implement effective COVID health and safety precautions
Added: 14 Apr 2021
A new research project aims to develop an online tool to predict the spread of airborne fluid dropl…

Ensuring quality through accreditation in our Lighthouse Labs: IBMS response to BBC Panorama
Added: 31 Mar 2021
Following the BBC Panorama’s undercover investigation into a COVID-19 lighthouse laboratory, the In…

Workplace wellbeing and outdoor green space
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Complementing our January issue cover story on bringing nature indoors, and against a backdrop stee…

Laboratory Management: Monitoring the cold chain
Added: 5 Mar 2021
With many COVID vaccines relying on ultra-low temperature storage, Matt Feeny explains why and how …

UK's Global Talent Visa supports mobility of scientists and researchers
Added: 22 Feb 2021
Are you a researcher or a scientist seeking a fast route into the UK post Brexit? There's still tim…

Biophilic building for human resilience and pandemic prevention
Added: 15 Feb 2021
Derived in 1964 by the social psychologist Erich Fromm, ‘biophilia’ means to love life. Here, archi…

2020's top 100 highlights in research and scholarly commentary
Added: 21 Jan 2021
Good science thrives - even during a pandemic! We all know what dominated most of our thoughts in 2…

Call for entries: Long COVID co-created science and art installation
Added: 3 Dec 2020
"The stories we tell matter." Relational Space
Are you willing to 'fearlessly explore' the impact …

Compliant UN3373 Dangerous Goods Regulations sample packaging for COVID-19
Added: 3 Dec 2020
All COVID-19 test samples fall under the UN3373 Dangerous Goods Regulations because they may contai…

The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't end with a viable vaccine but with a vaccinated population
Added: 19 Nov 2020
With a potential finishing line suddenly appearing over the horizon, getting competitors to the end…

Reviewing EU microbiological safety cabinet regulations
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Following up on the lab management article 'Microbiological safety cabinets - On-site and maintenan…