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		<title>The History of “Suicide PCR” and How it is Used Today</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Suicide PCR was built for one purpose: stopping PCR carryover contamination from faking a positive in ancient DNA work. It identified Yersinia pestis in medieval plague burials and still teaches a useful lesson about experimental design. But is it a technique you would reach for today? Here's our take on whether it's still a useful methodology.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Build a Data Review Workflow in Waters’ Empower™ Software</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Inessa Peters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A chromatogram in a report and a chromatogram in Empower&#x2122; look identical, but only one can be interrogated. This article outlines four placement decisions for your critical review items, plus how to build the list, document the workflow, and test whether it actually detects anything.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The PCR Inhibition Problem That Standard Checks Can Miss</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zymo Research]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PCR inhibition can hide behind apparently acceptable QC results, especially in polyphenolic-rich samples like soil, wastewater, plant, and fecal extracts. Partial inhibition may delay Ct values, reduce sensitivity, and cause false negatives without complete reaction failure. Dilution testing can reveal inhibition, but targeted inhibitor removal is often needed to preserve low-abundance targets.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How To Apply SMART Goals to Your Experimental Design</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Priya Halvorsen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Experiments that never seem to end often start with questions that are too open-ended. Learn how to adapt SMART goals to your experimental design, define clear metrics and endpoints, and build research questions that give your work direction, make results easier to interpret, and help your studies reach a meaningful conclusion.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Run a Successful Stem Cell Differentiation Assay</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zara Puckrin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stem cell differentiation is central to disease modelling, drug discovery, and developmental research. Learn how differentiation works, how to choose the right culture system, support your cells through lineage commitment, and confirm that differentiation has succeeded. We'll cover key considerations for different models and downstream applications.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Manage Your Lab Projects More Effectively</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenneth Vogt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Happy Scientist]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your grants are submitted, your experiments are running, and your next paper is paper is nearly ready...and you're exhausted! But maybe you don't have too much work. Maybe you have too many windows open in your mind's browser. Here's four rules to help you manage your lab projects, and getting through the day with more ease.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How To Make Better Procurement Records for Your Lab</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Bucsa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Learn how to create clear procurement records that track what was ordered, what arrived, the documentation included, and any problems encountered. These six simple steps will help you stay organized in the lab and reduce the need for you to rely on memory alone.
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		<title>Why UV-Vis and Fluorescence Can Give You Different Concentration Values </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DeNovix]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[UV-Vis measures all molecules that absorb at 260 nm, while fluorescence assays mainly detect the target nucleic acid selected by the dye. Compare both values alongside A260/A280 and A260/A230 ratios to identify contamination, low-concentration measurement limits, or handling errors. Agreement between the methods indicates confidence in the sample results, while a consistent gap helps you decide whether to repurify, adjust input, or use a more sensitive method.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Prepare a Manuscript Faster (Without Using AI)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cordelia Dunai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preparing a manuscript involves plenty of work beyond writing: author lists, affiliations, disclosures, funding statements, references, and figure preparation. This post covers the tools I use to handle that admin, why I choose them over AI, and how they help. If you're first author on a multi-author paper, this is for you.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Going Serum-Free? A Practical Guide to FBS-Free Culture</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Bashant Day]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You've moved your cells into serum-free medium...and they look sparse and sad. Whatever pushed you to drop fetal bovine serum the temptation now is to blame the medium and start reformulating. But before you spend any more of your precious grant money, read this article.]]></description>
		
		
		
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