Measuring The Impact Of Common Environmental Conditions On Laboratory Data Integrity

By George Rodrigues
Ph.D., Senior Scientific Manager
ARTEL

A team of scientists journeys to extreme locations to demonstrate how even the most typical laboratory conditions can wreak havoc on pipette accuracy.

While pipetting does not normally conjure images of sweltering temperatures, exploding geysers, or mountainous heights, laboratory technicians do often work in or with extreme conditions. Pipetting hot and cold liquids, using walk-in incubators and glove boxes, and outsourcing pipette calibration to laboratories at different elevations are common scenarios in today's life science community. And all of these tasks can expose pipettes to harsh environments and put important data at risk.