Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, effective March 9, 2020, all of the conferences and business travel that Brooks Applied Labs staff member had planned has been postponed or cancelled. This includes: ACIL Policy & Practices (P2) Conference – cancelled...
Brooks Applied Labs currently remains open and all regular business operations are proceeding as close to normal as possible. At this point, we do not anticipate any delays in deliverables. BAL takes the safety of our staff seriously and we are following guidance on...
BAL now offers tissue sample lyophilization! What’s that? Lyophilization is another term for freeze drying, and it involves rapidly freezing the sample then subjecting it to high vacuum which removes ice by sublimation. Lyophilization can now be requested as an...
In February BAL welcomed Amy Goodall to our Project Management team. Amy has over 15 years of experience in metals analysis as both an ICP-MS analyst and as a project manager for projects that involved specialty trace metals analyses and speciation. Drawing on her...
When evaluating the selenium (Se) speciation at a site, sometimes things don’t add up – that is, the sum of detected Se species might be significantly lower than the associated dissolved Se result. Incomplete mass balances are often concerning, since they raise...
In the biopharmaceutical industry, optimizing bioreactor cellular health and titer quality requires accounting for micronutrients as well as contaminants; too little or too much can have a negative impact. Without meticulous control of raw materials and media...
Next month, BAL Technical Sales Specialist Chuck Bagi will be on traveling to Santa Clara to attend the BioProcess International US West Conference. This conference is the leading bioprocessing event on the West Coast for advancing biologics and novel products toward...